Minnesota modern : architecture and life at midcentury / Larry Millett ; with photographs by Denes Saari and Maria Forrai Saari.

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 fro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Millett, Larry, 1947- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
Subjects:	Midcentury modern (Architecture) > Minnesota. Architecture and society > Minnesota > History > 20th century. ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-) ARCHITECTURE / Regional. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) Architecture and society. Midcentury modern (Architecture) Minnesota. 1900 - 1999 History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	xv, 366 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Format:	Book

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 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 house (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.