Upcoming DCPL Events: Most Endangered List, Symposium on Third Church
The D.C. Preservation League is will announce its 2009 list of most Endangered Places on June 2 at 12:30 p.m. See full details here. I wonder if there will be any MCM buildings on the list this year?...
View Article1966 "Pod" House in Reston – $859K: Open 6/7
This 5/3 late 1960s contemporary located here in Reston looks very similar to the Hugh Newell Jacobsen Skyview model in Truro in Annandale. Jacobsen’s design, with its soaring wood cathedral ceiling in...
View ArticleSold: I.M. Pei Slayton House Sells for $2.618 Million
The I.M. Pei Slayton House (with updates by Hugh Newell Jacobsen) has sold after being on the market since early 2008. The original listing price for the 1960 Cleveland Park property was $4.25 million....
View Article1968 Bolton Square Townhome in Baltimore – $324K
This listing is for a Hugh Newell Jacobsen-designed Bolton Square townhouse in Baltimore. Bolton Square is a complex of 35 mid-century modern townhomes designed by the D.C. modernist architect and...
View ArticleRobert Lautman, Dean of D.C. Architectural Photographers, Dies at 85
A 1954 photo by Robert Lautman of Charles Goodman’s renovated farmhouse in Alexandria. (Courtesy of the National Building Museum) Robert C. Lautman, the dean of Washington’s architectural...
View Article1970 ‘Pod’ House in Reston – $710K
This 5/3 late 1970 contemporary located in Reston evokes Hugh Newell Jacobsen’s Skyview model in Truro in Annandale. Jacobsen’s design, with its soaring wood cathedral ceiling in the living room, is...
View Article1968 Jacobsen ‘Pod’ House for Rent – $2,745/Month
Here’s an opportunity to rent one of only five Skyview models in the Truro neighborhood of Annandale. The home by Hugh Newell Jacobsen is often referred to as the “Pod” house, with Jacobsen’s signature...
View Article1966 Hugh Newell Jacobsen in Arlington – $1.05 Million
I toured this cool late 1960s mid-century modern home by Hugh Newell Jacobsen in North Arlington. It is a foreclosure and recently listed for $1.05 million. It is a large, open square house with a...
View ArticleTownhouse in Columbia by Hugh Newell Jacobsen – $400K
If you are a fan of the architecture of Hugh Newell Jacobsen, FAIA, but have a more modest budget, take a look at this 1970 townhouse in Columbia I found listed for $400K. Part of the 54-unit lakefront...
View ArticleHugh Newell Jacobsen Townhouse in Baltimore – $295K
Looking for a modernist oasis in Baltimore? Here’s a listing for a 1968 Hugh Newell Jacobsen-designed Bolton Square townhouse. The award-winning Bolton Square is a complex of 35 mid-century modern...
View ArticleBaltimore’s Bolton Square Celebrates 40 Years of Modernism
Bolton Square, a complex of 35 mid-century modern townhomes designed by D.C. modernist architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen, is celebrating its 40th anniversary today with home tours and an opportunity to...
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Post Explores the Meaning in Moderism for a Traditional Town
The Brown House by Richard Neutra, 1968 For those of you at the beach who may have missed the Post‘s Saturday Real Estate section, the paper ran a piece exploring the meaning in modernism in a town...
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Luxist Estate of the Day: D.C.’s Slayton House
Luxist, the blog about all things luxurious, highlighted the the Slayton House in Cleveland Park as its Estate of the Day. (Modern Capital got a shout out at the end of the post.) I wrote about the...
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NBM Event: Robert Lautman: Remembering a Lifetime of Architecture on Film
A 1954 photo by Robert Lautman of CharlesGoodman’s renovated farmhouse in Alexandria. (Courtesy of the National Building Museum) The National Building Museum is holding a discussion on Feb. 3 with...
View ArticleLautman Reflects on Career, Goodman
Robert C. Lautman, Washington’s dean of architectural photography who chronicled the work of local modern architects such as Charles Goodman, Hugh Newell Jacobsen and Arthur Keyes, reflected on his...
View ArticleUpcoming DCPL Events: Most Endangered List, Symposium on Third Church
The D.C. Preservation League is will announce its 2009 list of most Endangered Places on June 2 at 12:30 p.m. See full details here. I wonder if there will be any MCM buildings on the list this year?...
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Robert Lautman, Dean of D.C. Architectural Photographers, Dies at 85
A 1954 photo by Robert Lautman of Charles Goodman’s renovated farmhouse in Alexandria. (Courtesy of the National Building Museum) Robert C. Lautman, the dean of Washington’s architectural...
View ArticleBaltimore’s Bolton Square Celebrates 40 Years of Modernism
Bolton Square, a complex of 35 mid-century modern townhomes designed by D.C. modernist architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen, is celebrating its 40th anniversary today with home tours and an opportunity to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Post Explores the Meaning in Moderism for a Traditional Town
The Brown House by Richard Neutra, 1968 For those of you at the beach who may have missed the Post‘s Saturday Real Estate section, the paper ran a piece exploring the meaning in modernism in a town...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Luxist Estate of the Day: D.C.’s Slayton House
Luxist, the blog about all things luxurious, highlighted the the Slayton House in Cleveland Park as its Estate of the Day. (Modern Capital got a shout out at the end of the post.) I wrote about the...
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