Modern Homes Picture Thread...

The first house is especially nice...I'm very partial to Wrightian influence.

I'll get some pics of Modern houses around Dallas...this city has an overwhelming preference for the traditional, but when someone decides to do a modernist house, they do it big and $$$. There are also a lot of 40's, 50's, and 60's modernist gems here that have now been sympathetically restored.

A thread on traditional styles...older versions and recently-built...is needed as well; anyone feel free to start one and I'll get some pics to post as well.

 

+1. Great idea for a thread - looking forward to seeing it develop

 

Recent home in Venice California. Contrast of materials, colors, plants quite well done....
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Maybe they're limited by zoning laws or property lines or who knows, but wouldn't you want to deal with that cinderblock wall?

 

Some very cool Southern California moderns here: http://www.socalmodern.com/gallery/index.htm

 

Looks like it's time to start shooting some pics of the neighborhood I work in (Marina del rey/Venice area). There are some really interesting places around here!

 

That house was on HGTV...It was awesome. One cool features was the concrete deck was heated so you lay on it when it got cool in the evening.

 

A Place here in Nashville. The black cone is the owner's office. It looks crazy when lit up at night.
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That's what I call a true one-off creation...unplaceable in any architectural tradition. Interesting, to say the least.

Here's a Wrightian-modern house built in the Dallas Whiterock area bout 5 years ago; architect is Clifford Welch, son of well known Texas architect Frank Welch. A similar house by C. Welch is under construction next door. My guess is that these houses are in the $350/sq.ft-up construction cost range.
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I like it. Spruce it all up with some Bang & Olufsen electronics and it will be the complete package.

 

That would complete it, for sure. House looks like big $$$ was spent.

 

Yeah. That B&O stuff would probably cost as much as the house itself!

 

Currently, the Turkel House is undergoing restoration, but can you just imaging how freaky this looked when it was built in 1955?
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It still looks weird.

 

Two words. Richard Neutra.

 

An article here on Turkel House: http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=9372
It's good to see that it's getting restored.

 

Wow - that's incredible! Some night time pics would be great if you can get any! Any idea what the interior layout/floorplan is like?

 

It was also in Newsweek in an article on new designs that conserve energy.

 

Talking about that. The neighborhood where my dad in Mexico City, is supposed to be eco-friendly. They have a bunch or rules that make the place pretty unique.
As I remember the building had to be 1/10 of the land.
The house should not be visible from the street.
Certain percentage of the water must be recycled.
Certain percentage of the electricity must be generated by the house.
The few houses I visited there were pretty nice. The place was in the woods, so that was all you were able to see.
I wander why we do not have more of those places here in the US?

 

Sounds questionably eco friendly (or econimcally) given the amount of land needed to do this....

Jon

 

Scott - This sort of design is quite tricky. It is very hard to slice the cake half modern and half traditional. I'm sure that it is possible, but I can't think of anything that actually pulls this off. For me these particular examples are either too much of one or too little the other to work for me. Is it allowed to do anything more modern than this in this neighborhood? If so, I guess I'd cut it at least 2/3'rds Modern or vise versa.

Jon

 

I love the house in the Glasshouse movie. Awesome.

 

Everyone's been telling me that I should watch that movie, because they say I would probably like the house it featured. And now, you're saying just that.

I should probably really watch it, then.

 

Jon...my poor-quality pics don't do this house justice at all. It's more of a contemporary rendition of what I would call 50's Wright-principled modern, Texas version. There aren't any traditional elements involved at all. IMO a very successful work...once again, only good-quality architectural photos or personal observation can confirm that.

In Dallas, you can build anything you want as long as it's not in a conservation, historic, or otherwise protected district, and conforms with subdivision deed restrictions and city codes/zoning ordinances.

Some very expensive uncompromised-modernist houses have been built here recently...successful designs unto themselves, but then not so successful because they're placed in the middle of long-established neighborhoods where traditional styles predominate.

The lesson here...I need a new digicam, with capabilities suited to architectural and automotive photos. The one I have is old and good enough for family photos, pictures of pets, etc...and that's about it.