Windows on the World: Remembering the World Trade Center’s MCM Design
Remembering the hope of the American spirit, we look at the mid century design of the beloved World Trade Center restaurant, Windows on the World.
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Brutalist Architecture 101
Brutalism has resulted in some of the most heated architectural debates in history. It often appears intrusive and intimidating, but a closer look at the fine print may help us understand these mysterious buildings.
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Rudolph Schindler: The Innovative Space-Age Architect
He didn't just defy era architecture—he defied space. This innovative icon was inspired by many and inspired many more.
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Schuur Wild, Pt.2: The Crazy House on the Block
When the Schuurs started bringing their midcentury home back to its former, funky glory, not everyone took kindly to the vision of their crazy house.
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Meet Three of the Midcentury’s Defining Landscape Architects
From memorials to university campuses, these names have sculpted the world around us by pioneering designs in water, earth and flora.
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Modernism Week 2023
Last weekend, the Atomic Ranch team traveled to Palm Springs for Modernism Week, an event that “presents the best of vintage 20th century design and compelling 21st century contemporary art…
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Hotel Lautner: Well-Preserved Architecture + Hollywood Luxury
Before Coachella Valley was filled with festival goers and golf courses, Lucien Hubbard, famous movie producer, commissioned John Lautner to build a Hollywood oasis in the desert in 1947. The…
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Zippity Zook, Pt. 1: Transatlantic TLC
This story of across-the-pond romance stars a 1952 Zook home and the help it needed to reach the homeowners' long-anticipated vision.
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Zippity Zook, Pt. 2: From Fixer-Upper to Dream
With the home finally theirs, two homeowners tackle the renovation of their beautiful 1952 R. Harold Zook home in Southern California.
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