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From the genteel elegance of Christ Lutheran Church in Minneapolis to the lowbrow wonder of Porky's Drive-in in St. Paul, the Twin Cities and other Minnesota communities are nothing short of a living museum of midcentury modernism, the new style of architecture that swept through much of America from 1945 to the mid-1960s. Renowned Minnesota architecture critic and historian Larry Millett conducts an eye-opening, spectacularly illustrated tour of this rich and varied landscape.
A history lesson as entertaining as it is enlightening, Minnesota Modern provides a close-up view of a style that penetrated the social, political, and cultural machinery of the times. Extending from modest suburban ramblers and ranch houses to the grandest public and commercial structures, midcentury modernism expressed new ways of thinking about how to live, work, and play in communities that sprang up as thousands of military members returned from World War II. Millett describes the style's sources in the work of European masters like Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius, as well as the midwestern innovations of Frank Lloyd Wright, and its refinement at the University of Minnesota under the guidance of Ralph Rapson and other modernists. He shows us its applications in twelve midcentury homes in Minnesota and takes us through its many permutations in sites as different as Barry Byrne's St. Columba Catholic Church in St. Paul and Eero Saarinen's sprawling IBM complex in Rochester. This is Minnesota modern at its historic best, a firsthand, in-depth history of a singularly American sensibility and aesthetic writ large on the midwestern region.
Contents
Contents
Prologue: A New World
1. The Modern Age
Midcentury Modern Houses, 1938-1950
Benjamin and Gertrude Lippincott House
Gerald and Ruth Buetow House
Dr. Clarence E. and Ruth Arlander House
2. Corporations and Commerce
Midcentury Modern Houses, 1952-1954
S. Pearl and Millicent Elam House
Dr. Harvey Nelson House
3. Entertaining on the Road
Midcentury Modern Houses, 1955
Donald and Hilda Haarstick House
June Halvorson Alworth (later June and Robert Starkey) House
4. Architecture of the Public Realm
Midcentury Modern Houses, 1956-1957
George and Annirene Buck House
William and Frances Shepherd House
5. Modern Faith
Midcentury Modern Houses, 1958-1961
Alcoa "Care-free" House
Benjamin Gingold House
Richard and Dorothy Babcock House
6. The Midcentury Home
Epilogue: The Midcentury Legacy
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
