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Not So Brutal After All: Misconceptions About Brutalist Architecture

February 9, 2024
Written by Kye Cardinalis and Featured image by Warren LeMay

If you want to start a lively architectural debate, bring up brutalist architecture or brutalism. Defined by blocky concrete forms with exposed utilities and creative use of both symmetrical and…

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living room in Fort Wayne atomic era AirBnb

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This Atomic Era AirBnb Recreates a Cult-Classic Film

February 2, 2024
Written by Michelle Mastro and Photography by Dustin McKibbon with ArtHome Photography

Fans of Animal House will want to visit this fun, atomic era Airbnb made to look like the childhood home of fictional character Fawn Liebowitz. Not much is known about…

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Mod Traveling Through Washington

July 28, 2023
Written and Photographed by Ken MacIntyre, Modtraveler.net

The Evergreen State boasts many mid-century gems if you know where to look. When people are asked what their favorite mid-century spots are in Washington State they might list the…

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The Hawaii State Capitol Building: An Architectural Ode to the Islands

May 27, 2023
Written by Kye Cardinalis and Featured image by Daniel Ramirez/CC-BY-2.0

One of the most iconic and surprising buildings in Hawaii is the State Capitol Building in Honolulu. This structure stands out both for the distinctiveness of its Hawaiian international style…

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Join Restore Oregon on May 13 for Mr. Rummer’s Neighborhood

April 28, 2023
Written by Kye Cardinalis

If you have always wanted to step inside a Rummer home in Oregon, now is your chance! On May 13, 2023, Restore Oregon will be hosting a tour of four…

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The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art: A Window on the Landscape

April 1, 2023
Written by Kye Cardinalis and Featured image photography by Dmadeo/CC-BY-SA-3.0

If you are ever at Cornell University, you have the chance to visit the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, also known simply as the “Johnson Museum” or the “Cornell…

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Boston City Hall: A Controversial Brutalist Landmark

March 18, 2023
Written by Kye Cardinalis and Featured image photography by Newton Court/CC-BY-SA-4.0.

If there is one building that divides Bostonians, it is the notorious Boston City Hall. This Brutalist structure looms imposingly over Boston City Hall Plaza, drawing both criticism and praise.…

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the Endo Pharmaceuticals building exterior

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Endo Laboratories: The “Fortress for Pharmaceuticals”

March 16, 2023
Written by Kye

While in Garden City on Long Island, you can drive to see a brutalist structure that has been dubbed the “Fortress for Pharmaceuticals” by John Morris Dixon in “Progressive Architecture.”…

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