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#midcenturymodern obsessed blogger and Realtor with Compass in MD, VA and DC.

Washington, D.C.
Joined June 2009
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#NEW Home price analysis for America's 50 largest metro area housing markets MoM = Month-over-month YoY = Year-over-year Table via
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Have you ever read Arts & Architecture Magazine (1929-1967), an important platform for modernist ideas and the California avant-garde? Learn about its publisher, John Entenza, born today in 1903, on the #EichlerNetwork archive: bit.ly/3H3RkoG
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Former bank branch in Fort Wayne, IN designed by architect and furniture designer George Nelson
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This home reinterprets horse barns with a gabled structure, an industrial shed and a breezeway that connects indoor and outdoor spaces. Details: arc.ht/3F7XgOk |📍East Hampton, NY, US
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The Arboretum Recreation Center transforms a historic field house into a modern, sustainable community space. Details: arc.ht/4bnOGqP | 📍Washington, DC, US #ArchitizerAwards
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Compass announced its Q4 & FY 2024 earnings results. Our agents closed 205k transactions, generating $216.8B in sales volume, $5.6B in revenue & $122M in full-year operating cash flow. To see our full results, click here: bit.ly/4hHH1WJ
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The Villa Savoye and the Unité d'Habitation would not be the icons they are without certain legendary images. Emanuele Piccardo’s photographs, now at the Fondation Le Corbusier, reopen the debate. domusweb.it/en/architecture/…
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"The minute we walked inside ... we were immediately just ... wow." Discover how one couple found the Midcentury Modern house of their dreams and learn what they love most about it. (Spoiler: abundant natural light and functional design top the list!) ow.ly/GQLI50UfP99
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Conversation pit at Eero Saarinen’s Miller House (1957) in Columbus, IN
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Experience the Alexander Estate, known as the House of Tomorrow, and popularly as the Elvis Honeymoon Hideaway where Elvis and Priscilla Presley honeymooned in 1967. House of Tomorrow Home Tour Feb. 13-23, 2025 🎟: go.modtix.com/f/2025/house-o…
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Owen Davies’s photographs of beige concrete buildings find beauty in these divisive brutalist landmarks. trib.al/HwcMaLN
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"This is not A.I.; this is a raw analog shot! I unintentionally came up with one of my favorite double-exposure works that I’ve ever made."—Photographer and Guggenheim New York Intern, Gabriel Ramos Careaga #FrankLloydWrightFridays
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Vintage Cars Find Shade Beneath Midcentury Modern Carports in Palm Springs palmspringslife.com/vintage-…
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The latest story in our mid-century modern series explores how designer Charlotte Perriand stepped out of the shadow of her mentor Le Corbusier in the 1950s and created a pioneering modular storage system. dezeen.com/2024/10/21/charlo…
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After "languishing for decades" in upstate New York, this house has been relocated to Palm Springs, California, where the Palm Springs Art Museum plans to showcase and preserve it. dezeen.com/2024/03/22/all-me…
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's new survey of architect Paul Rudolph seeks to reframe the Brutalist master's polarizing work trib.al/HVSNz7g
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How mid-century modern architecture took over the world. f-st.co/3kppozA
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