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Late Modernism: Myresjöhus

The home shows the great opportunities inherit in the buildings of the seventies, with its big windows and more open floorplans. In Swedem the materials popular in these late modernist buildings, such as various bricks (mexitegel), stained wood, glazed ceramic tiles and concrete/stone mixes are frowned upon and considered "ugly" by most. But just as we see a growing accceptance of the functionalist architecture of the first half of the 20th century, it is only a matter of time until the spotlight will shine upon the qualities of the sixties and seventies.

This couple has done the best with their 1972 pre-fab house, leaving many original details, while sensibly upgrading it to modern standards. The house, its furniture by Wegner, Mogensen and Jacobsen and their new black-stained kitchen from CPH Square all resonate perfectly in the modern, scandinavian, traditions.

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White Bricks Part II

Rechter House by Pitsou Kedem Architect, 2006-2009.

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White Light/White Heat - Pendants from the 60's

Lars Englund

Tobia Scarpa

Uli Berger

Jørn Utzon

Achille Castiglioni

Jeff Zimmerman

Gino Sarfatti

Verner Panton

Simon Karkov

Inspiration 60's

Piece on inspiration from the sixties, by Elle Interiör

Shot at the Italian Institute C.M. Lerici, in Stockholm

Here's another Kasthall rug by Gunilla Lagerhem Ullberg:

White Bricks I

This couple fell for a falling building, aquired it for land value, and proceeded with the original architects help “restoring it exactly like it was built.” When asked why, he looks nonplussed. “Why would we change something when 50-plus years later it functions beautifully and is part of the architect’s vision? We don’t want the house to look like every other house,” he says, “because it never did.”

“It’s probably a little nutty,” Mandolene admits, reflecting on their insistence on pure preservation (about 75% was salvaged). And yet, he adds, “people think that this style of architecture doesn’t deserve to be landmarked because it’s not old enough, but it is part of architectural history, and it’s slowly disappearing.

1957, Arthur Witthoefft

As one of the comments say "a man and his young son walked by (presumably from a neighboring McMansion). Someone overheard the father say to the son, "Some people like this kind of stuff."

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