It wasn’t too long ago that I posted about John Lautner, but somehow I managed to miss this amazing documentary about him. Infinite Space : The Architecture of John Lautner is available on DVD for $20.

My friend is selling his gorgeous Federal Heights/ Avenues Mid Century Modern home located on 291 Virginia St. Priced at just over $200 a square foot, the $700,000 price tag isn’t exactly “affordable” like a lot of the content we feature here on GRM. That being said, this home is absolutely amazing and is located in one of my favorite areas in Salt Lake City.

Built in 1962 this home has a some great MCM architectural features and has been tastefully remodeled and updated in 2006. If you or someone you know is in the market for a high end classic modern home in SLC, make sure you let them know about this gem. For those not in the market, just follow the link below and enjoy the eye candy.

See all the details here.

If you are like me, and it has been a while since you have checked in with the 100k house guys, maybe it’s time you get over there. First off, Chad and his lovely wife have been in the home for some time now, and inspired by unhappy hipsters have taken a wonderful series of interior photographs. You can see the whole set on Flickr. Feel free to add captions where appropriate.

Secondly, the Postgreen team has broken ground on their second house, dubbed the Skinny Project, and are well on their way in the planning of a third development known as none other than Awesometown. I have the utmost respect for the Postgreen guys, and it’s exciting to see them having so much success!

100k House Blog

Postgreen Website

Louis Kahn was one of the greats. In this compelling 2003 film My Architect, his only son Nathaniel explores the relationship that he never had with his father. The clip above is the first 10 minutes of the film. The DVD can be purchased from Amazon for $10 – $30.

My Architect website.

I have blogged about Form 3 before. Based out of Tomales California they design and build amazing homes and custom furniture. They just finished up a recent project that I thought was worth sharing. The home shown above is new construction, but they were able to reclaim 80% of the wood from the old home.

The interior is full of custom furniture in typical Form 3 style. I really love the contrast of concrete and wood that they use in a lot of their projects. This whole home was built for around $200 a square foot, which is not cheap but by California standards it’s not bad at all. More photo’s after the jump.

Form 3

Read more

An extra helping of eye candy for your Monday morning! All images are from a villa renovation by Studio John Irving, based in New Zealand. Wish I knew more about it or had some before shots for reference. Oh well, it’s gorgeous anyway! Enjoy!

See more here.

Read more

Never heard of Robert Rummer? Don’t feel too bad, most people haven’t. Robert Rummer was a builder in the 1960’s in the Portland area who built many gorgeous mid century modern homes. Here is a great little interview with him that also shows a couple of the homes that he built. Enjoy!

I was reading a post over at Fresh Home about HIVE Modular prefab homes. Priced at around $185 a square foot these homes aren’t exactly amazing from a price point, although there are certainly more expensive options, nor are they particularly amazing from a design standpoint (see more photo’s after the jump). So with all these tepid comments, why even post about them? One thing I think they did get right is the size. The B Line small home pictured here is around 990 sq/ft, and it got me thinking. One area that can save you more money than anything else with a new home is cutting back on square footage. I can attest that our 2,000 sq/ft home is more than we need with two kids. With that in mind, a pat on the back goes to HIVE Modular for offering a modest selection of “small” modern modular homes.

Read more

Here is a fantastic hour long documentary on the life of the great master Le Corbusier. Done by Jacques Barsac in 1987 this film is full of wonderful vintage footage. Unfortunately it’s all in French and the only subtitled version I have found is in German.
If anyone knows of a version with english subtitles, please share!

The Utah Heritage Foundation is having a Mid Century Modern Architecture photo contest. Sponsored by Pictureline, not only will the winner get some great prizes but they will also have their photos shown at the Utah premier of Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman. If you feel your architectural photography skills need a little help, tomorrow Feb 6th there will be a free architectural photography workshop taught by retired U of U professor Peter Goss.

For more information about both the contest and the workshop, visit the Utah Heritage Foundation website.