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KCMODERN friend, Scott Butterfield did some serious scan work of 'The House that HOME Built' brochure to let us share it with our readers. The promotional brochure was designed and printed by NBC for participating builders to use in their marketing of the 'HTHB.' Kansas City Modern Builder, Don Drummond gave the brochure to Scott's parents in 1955, when they were thinking about having Don build them a house. Don Drummond signed the back cover for Scott at a soiree during the Drummond Weekend in 2006.
Also note the math notation on the last image from 1955 to Scott's parents, "1680 square feet x $15 per square foot = $25,200." That is not a bad price for a Jones and Emmons designed home that was also built by Joseph Eichler. That would be $200,000 to $275,00o in today's dollars depending on what conversion you use. I would hate to have to try to build it today for $275k!
Enjoy 'The House that HOME Built' in all its Mid-Century Modern goodness!
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Built between 1959 and 1962, this Modern Futurist and Googie building was designed by Eero Saarinen and Associates for Trans World Airlines to serve as a Flight Center, or Terminal headhouse, for their passenger services at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. The building is an example of thin shell construction, with a parabolic and curved sculptural concrete roof and concrete columns, with many surfaces of the building's structure and exterior being tapered or curved. The building also appears to take inspiration from natural forms, with the roofs appearing like the wings of a bird or bat taking flight. The building served as a passenger terminal from 1962 until 2001, when it was closed.
The building's exterior is dominated by a thin shell concrete roof with parabolic curves, which is divided by ribs into four segments, with the larger, symmetrical north and south segments tapering towards the tallest points of the exterior walls, and soar over angled glass curtain walls underneath. At the ends of the four ribs are Y-shaped concrete columns that curve outwards towards the top and bottom, distributing the weight of the roof structure directly to the foundation. The east and west segments of the roof are smaller, with the west roof angling downwards and forming a canopy over the front entrance with a funnel-shaped sculptural concrete scupper that empties rainwater into a low grate over a drain on the west side of the driveway in front of the building, and the east roof angling slightly upwards, originally providing sweeping views of the tarmac and airfield beyond. The exterior walls of the building beneath the sculptural roof consist of glass curtain walls, with the western exterior wall sitting to the east of the columns and the eastern exterior wall being partially comprised of the eastern columns, with the curtain wall located in the openings between the columns. To the east and west of the taller central section are two half crescent-shaped wings with low-slope roofs, with a curved wall, integrated concrete canopy, tall walls at the ends, and regularly-spaced door openings. To the rear, two concrete tubes with elliptical profiles formerly linked the headhouse to the original concourses, and today link the historic building to the new Terminal 5 and Hotel Towers.
Inside, the building features a great hall with a central mezzanine, and features curved concrete walls and columns, complex staircases, aluminum railings, ticket counters in the two halls to either side of the front entrance, a clock at the center of the ceiling, and skylights below the ribs of the roof. The space features penny tile floors, concrete walls and built-in furniture, red carpeting, and opalescent glass signage. On the west side of the great hall, near the entrance, is a curved concrete counter in front of a large signboard housed in a sculptural concrete and metal shell that once displayed departing and arriving flights. On the north and south sides of this space are former ticket counters and baggage drops, which sit below a vaulted ceiling, with linear light fixtures suspended between curved sculptural concrete piers that terminate some ways below the ceiling. To the east of the entrance is a staircase with minimalist aluminum railings, beyond which is a cantilevered concrete bridge, with balconies and spaces with low ceilings to either side, off which are several shops, restrooms, and telephone booths. On the east side of the bridge is a large sunken lounge with red carpet and concrete benches with red upholstered cushions, surrounded by low concrete walls that feature red-cushioned benches on either side, sitting below a metal analog signboard mounted to the inside of the curtain wall. To the north and south of the lounge are the entrances to the concrete tubes that once provided access to the concourses, which are elliptical in shape, with red carpeted floors and white walls and a white ceiling. On the mezzanine are several former lounges and a restaurant, which feature historic mid-20th Century finishes and fixtures.
The complex includes two contemporary hotel towers, the Saarinen and Hughes wings, which were designed carefully to harmonize with the original building and match its character. The two wings feature concrete end walls, curved Miesian glass curtain walls, and interiors with red carpeting, wooden paneling, brass fittings and fixtures, and white walls and ceilings. The only substantial modification to the structure's significant interior spaces was the puncturing of the two concrete tubes to provide access to these towers. The former terminal also features several service areas that were not previously open to visitors, which today house a massive fitness center, a cavernous underground conference center, and various meeting rooms and ballrooms, with all of these spaces, except the fitness center, being redesigned to match the mid-20th Century modern aesthetics of the rest of the building, with new fixtures, furnishings, and finishes that are inspired directly by the time period in which the building was built, and are nearly seamless in appearance with the rest of the building.
The fantastic building was designated a New York City Landmark in 1994, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Between 2005 and 2008, the new Terminal 5, occupied by JetBlue, was built, which wraps the structure to the east, and was designed by Gensler, and was carefully placed so as to avoid altering or damaging the character-defining features of the historic terminal. Between 2016 and 2019, the building was rehabilitated in an adaptive reuse project that converted it into the TWA Hotel, which was carried out under the direction of Beyer Blinder Belle, Lubrano Ciavarra Architects, Stonehill Taylor, INC Architecture and Design, as well as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and MCR/Morse Development. The hotel features 512 guest rooms, large event spaces, a rooftop pool at the top of the Hughes Wing, a large basement fitness center, and a Lockheed Constellation L-1649A "Connie" on a paved courtyard to the east of the building, which houses a cocktail lounge. The hotel is heavily themed around the 1960s, and was very carefully designed to preserve the character of this iconic landmark.
Googie Grill offers American style comfort food using fresh and local ingredients.
For more info visit: www.seemonterey.com/listings/Googie-Grill/5040/
Googie Grill offers American style comfort food using fresh and local ingredients.
For more info visit: www.seemonterey.com/listings/Googie-Grill/5040/
Chicago's North Lincoln Ave., north of Foster, is home to a strange strip of old motels, most of which display at least some elements of "Googie" architecture. If you don't know from Googie, THIS SITE is a good place to start.
So I went on a Googie tour of N. Lincoln. I drove north into Skokie, camera in hand. Scroll down the stream to travel from north to south back into Googie time.
From a bygone era, a classic sign on South Tacoma Way (Highway 99) in Tacoma, Washington
This photograph is available as a print here: society6.com/VoronaPhotography/Classic-Googie-Sign_Print
Complete with Googie bowling alley, seedy motel, a couple of run-down shacks and a service station. All built to look approximately circa 1960/70s.
At left, Lawry's The Prime Rib (now The Stinking Rose restaurant). Middle, Stear's for Steaks (now Lawry's current (and original 1938) location. Closer in, Benihana of Tokyo (still there) and at right, the 1957 Googie favorite Tiny Naylor's coffee shop, from the Armet and Davis architecture firm, which from the end of the seventies and beyond has housed a succession of eateries. It is now something called The Phoenix, and thankfully the signature roof is unchanged. In the smaller and simpler Los Angeles of the 1940s through the early 1970s there actually was one street that served as a hub of many of the city's most esteemed restaurants, and it was this boulevard between Wilshire and , say, Melrose Avenue. (North from Melrose to Santa Monica was Gallery Row, a locus of contemporary art.)
La Cienega's eateries ranged from Lawry's and Stear's and McHenry's Tail of the Cock to Fairchild's, Ollie Hammond's, Richlor's, and Smith Brothers Fish Shanty (this is indeed going back a bit). There is still a Restaurant Row on La Cienega (Lawry's endures amid those that come and go) but in recent decades the dining scene, spread out all over the map, is much more diverse, diffuse, and differentiated. . The fortunes of taste, fashion, celebrity buzz --and certainly economics--change quickly. Your new Zagat guide may be outdated by the time you pick it up. On this Sunday morning in 1973 there was very little traffic, and the day was clear enough to see all the way up to the high-rises of West Hollywood and the hills beyond.
Googie architecture originated in Southern California. It is inspired by 1900's vision of what future architecture would look like. Googie architecture was the new, and the booming Anaheim, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas opened new opportunities for developers and architects alike to build cities inspired by UFO-shapes. However, much of the googie architecture are already replaced or demolished.
Googie Grill offers American style comfort food using fresh and local ingredients.
For more info visit: www.seemonterey.com/listings/Googie-Grill/5040/
Googie Grill offers American style comfort food using fresh and local ingredients.
For more info visit: www.seemonterey.com/listings/Googie-Grill/5040/
scans from the archives. nikon n90s + fuji velvia RVP 50. the ruins of the abandoned sundowner motel on the west shore of the salton sea. the motel burned in 1998 and was bulldozed several years later.
1958 grand union supermarket
the new jersey grocery chains second and most memorable store in toronto. the parabolic roof courtesy of bregman & hamann architects.
i'm of an age where i remember grand union as grand union. the chain departed canada and this store has sold groceries under several nameplates.
a rare example of 'googie' architecture remaining in ontario. it represents the age in which it was founded, the space age, the atomic age.
Googie architecture is a form of modern architecture, a subdivision of futurist architecture influenced by car culture, the Space Age, and the Atomic Age. in Southern California during the late 1940s and continuing approximately into the mid-1960s, Googie-themed architecture was popular among motels, coffee houses and gas stations. The school later became widely known as part of the Mid-Century modern style, elements of which represent the populuxe aesthetic,[attribution needed] as in Eero Saarinen's TWA Flight Center. The term "Googie" comes from a now defunct coffee shop and cafe built in West Hollywood.
Features of Googie include upswept roofs, curvaceous, geometric shapes, and bold use of glass, steel and neon. Googie was also characterized by Space Age designs symbolic of motion, such as boomerangs, flying saucers, atoms and parabolas, and free-form designs such as "soft" parallelograms and an artist's palette motif. These stylistic conventions represented American society's fascination with Space Age themes and marketing emphasis on futuristic designs. As with the Art Deco style of the 1930s, Googie became less valued as time passed, and many buildings built with this style have been destroyed. Some examples of the style have been preserved, such as the oldest McDonald's stand qualifying for the National Register of Historic Places in 1
Scenes from the Westlake District of Daly City, California. One of America's first master-planned postwar suburbs, Westlake was the "inspiration" for Malvina Reynolds' song "Little Boxes," which became a hit for folkie Pete Seeger in 1964.
Read more about Westlake at the blog: "America's Most Perfect Ticky-Tacky Suburb."
Googie Grill offers American style comfort food using fresh and local ingredients.
For more info visit: www.seemonterey.com/listings/Googie-Grill/5040/
Found this wonderful googie leftover - with 3-D letters AND an arrow. This looks like an old car dealer space - or maybe a restaurant at one time. The L & J are gone from the other side, which is the worse view.
This drive-in bottle shop is an excellent example of late 1960's googie architecture. Spotted in the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong, Victoria, Australia. Built 1967.
Shot on Ilford SFX 200 black-and-white film
a place to buy volkswagen parts with your dad.
though this original location is being demolished, the sign will be moved to a new location! (and hopefully repainted)
Shell Gas Station located at 5515 Auto Mall Pkwy. in Fremont,CA. This gas station was built ground up a few years ago with this outrageous design. I did not do any modifying to this photo, the gas station actually looks like this!
Googie Grill offers American style comfort food using fresh and local ingredients.
For more info visit: www.seemonterey.com/listings/Googie-Grill/5040/
It felt like we traveled back to the 1950's and the superdawgs come in cool '50's style boxes. Chicago, Ill 2003.
scans from the archives. nikon n90s + fuji velvia RVP 50. the ruins of the abandoned sundowner motel on the west shore of the salton sea. the motel burned in 1998 and was bulldozed several years later.
Googie Grill offers American style comfort food using fresh and local ingredients.
For more info visit: www.seemonterey.com/listings/Googie-Grill/5040/
Googie Grill offers American style comfort food using fresh and local ingredients.
For more info visit: www.seemonterey.com/listings/Googie-Grill/5040/
Scenes from the Westlake District of Daly City, California. One of America's first master-planned postwar suburbs, Westlake was the "inspiration" for Malvina Reynolds' song "Little Boxes," which became a hit for folkie Pete Seeger in 1964.
Read more about Westlake at the blog: "America's Most Perfect Ticky-Tacky Suburb."
Located in El Monte, CA, this is a rare example of a drive-thru dairy dating from 1961, built by Theodore Masterson. Fabulous example of Googie architecture.
Among hundreds of classic neon signs lost to tacky condo development in the Wildwoods of NJ, the Dolphin is one of the best remembered. The dolphin minus the rest of the sign did manage to flip over to the Wildwood Historical Society.
July 2010. This Futuro house is sitting over at the Pink Elephant Antique Mall in Livingston, IL. It's in pretty rough shape; missing several windows, all the interior finish
and the stairs.
Strobist info: One SB900 flash 1/1 power with red gel inside saucer. Triggered with Yongnuo RF602 wireless remote. f/4.5 1/250th, ISO 400.
Googie Grill offers American style comfort food using fresh and local ingredients.
For more info visit: www.seemonterey.com/listings/Googie-Grill/5040/
Back of postcard reads:
ANAHEIM CONVENTION CENTER
This beautiful 15 million dollar center consists of an arena, exhibit hall and meeting rooms. Located across from Disneyland on a 40 acre site with 375,000 square feet of space.
Address: 800 West Katella, Anaheim, CA.
Opened in 1967.
Architects: Adrian Wilson & Associates.
Apologies for the crappy scan. My scanner does not like this postcard. Incredibly cool building nonetheless.
Googie Grill offers American style comfort food using fresh and local ingredients.
For more info visit: www.seemonterey.com/listings/Googie-Grill/5040/