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The Renovation Guide Issue

Our annual special is back and better than ever! Dive into 132 pages of expert insight, real homeowner stories and amazing reveals. No matter what stage of a Midcentury Modern home renovation you’re at—dreaming or battling drywall dust—this issue has the info you need to create a true midcentury marvel.

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Green + Growing Transitional Ranch

A 1950s low-slung ranch in Cedar Hills, Oregon becomes a home and an exercise in refreshing everything from the landscaping to the kitchen with respect for the period.

An Eichler With A Touch of Midcentury Modernization

A 5-year renovation blends midcentury design with contemporary creature comforts for the modern couple.

The Abstract Modern Landscapes of Roberto Burle Marx

Brazil's Renaissance man left an indelible impression on tropical landscape architecture with influences from ecology, cubism and abstract painting.

4 Tips for Improving Your Home’s Midcentury Landscape

When the weather is good, it's time to spruce up your front yard.

12 Incredible Curbs + 5 Tips to Mimic Them

Bring the style and boldness of midcentury exteriors home with this collection of eye-catching homes (and ways to get the look yourself).

Noguchi’s Hidden Sculpture Garden in Southern California

It turns out that the famed sculptor and furniture designer was also a landscape architect. And he left a mark in a corporate office park in Costa Mesa, California.

Xeriscape 101: Learn the basics for a Stylish Low-H20 Landscape

Balancing a beautiful yard that is also mindful of water use can sound like a tall order. Luckily, this landscape method emphasizes infrequent irrigation, native plants and other low-water choices.

5 Ways to Turn Your Pool Into a Midcentury Summer Paradise

Explore the lounge chairs and kidney-shaped watering holes of the midcentury and discover how to give your own pool area a retro vibe.

Women of Disney: Ruth Shellhorn’s Integral Landscape Design

It took a village of creative, problem-solving minds to bring Disneyland into three-dimensional form in 1955. An indispensable mind in this process was a woman who knew a thing or two about modernist landscape.