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cincinnatimodern’s favorite things 2024
14th annual gift guide for modern design addicts Seasons Greetings to all of our modern minded followers! It’s been an unprecedented year in so many ways. The Real Estate world has undergone the biggest changes in our 21 years in the business, and is settling...
mile high modern masterclass
Imagine if you will a pristine 30 acre neighborhood comprised entirely of 124 architect designed midcentury modern homes, where the homeowners love and covet them, where the neighborhood is a historic district and is on the National Register of Historic Places, and...
we got this!
It’s 2024, the 21st year of cincinnatimodern. How did we get here? Let’s see, in the past 4 years we have: survived a worldwide pandemic seen unprecedented low interest rates seen the highest interest rates in 30 years dealt with the lowest housing inventory in...
cincinnatimodern’s favorite things 2023
13th annual gift guide for modern design addicts As we round the corner to the holidays, we take time to give thanks for 20 years of selling the most amazing homes in town, and dealing with clients who become friends, and friends who become clients. It is our 13th...
spotlight series: formica (my life in laminate)
spotlight series: midcentury materials, brands & accoutrement chapter 2 – formica In 1967, my parents decided their growing family needed more space, and they purchased a building lot in Lincoln Woods, a brand new subdivision in Sylvania, Ohio. Over the...
the OG masters
In 1997, we bought an architect’s own house. Admittedly, it had some water demons that we spent the next 15 or so years solving. We now have the ability to meld midcentury modern style with 21st century materials like improved drainage systems, sump pumps and high...
ch ch ch ch changes…..
In real estate like many things, the only constant is change. In my nearly 20 years as a licensed agent, I have seen technology change in ways we could have never imagined. Consumer searching habits have changed drastically, deals are now done completely paperless,...
featured publications
research + articles
- thesis on the work of architect james (jim) alexander melissa marty, 2002
- benjamin dombar various sources
- abrom dombar various sources
- woodie garber various sources
- rudy hermes various sources
- dick calef various sources
- carl strauss + ray roush various sources
- and the rest
modern books
- 50 from the 50s: modern architecture and interiors in cincinnati udo greinacher, elizabeth meyer, susan rissover, patrick snadon, margo warminski, 2002
- atomic ranch midcentury interiors michelle gringeri-brown (author), jim brown (photographer), 2012
- implosion elizabeth garber, 2018
- charley harper, an illustrated life, todd oldham & charley harper, 2007
- about design: insights and provocations for graphic design enthusiasts, gordon salchow, 2018
- cincinnati's terrace plaza hotel: an icon of american modernism, shawn patrick tubb, 2013
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