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spotlight series: vitrolite (pigmented structural glass)

Oct 8, 2022 | ModArchitecture

spotlight series: midcentury materials, brands & accoutrement chapter 1 - vitrolite It’s not just the time that makes the look of a particular era. It’s as much the slate of materials available as it is the design(ers) and craftsman that put it all together. ...

architourism part VI

Oct 14, 2014 | ModTourism

Sometimes, you just have to see what you have to see. While on our road trip East over the Summer, I decided it would really not be all that much out of the way while heading home to casually drive through New Caanan, CT. I've been entranced by Philip Johnson's...

architourism, part V

Jul 18, 2014 | ModTourism

I’m no architecture critic. But I am, by nature, critical of architecture. I can’t help it. Our latest in a series of mid distance road trips took us to Boston via Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. With no real knowledge of the Falls area and no expectations, we...

late spring market update

Jun 19, 2014 | ModMarket

Apologies for not blogging more frequently this Spring, but we have been BUSY! Spring is always our busy season and this year is no exception. What’s different is this year it is busy with an unprecedented sense of urgency. This is what we are...

how this works

Apr 22, 2014 | ModMarket

It came to our attention recently during a conversation with our millennial offspring that people really don’t know how the real estate business works or how we get paid. So I thought I would use this opportunity to explain one of the strangest – and most...

another one bites the dust

Mar 14, 2014 | ModArchitecture

I write of this with a heavy heart, and after a long day and a glass of wine. The house that started my quest into Cincinnati Modern architecture was torn down today. I knew it was coming. The house was in terrible disrepair and suffering from what must have...

the times they are a changin

Feb 26, 2014 | ModObjects

Vintage buffets and credenzas can work well as media storage for today’s flat panel TVs and components, but sometimes there is that particular space where nothing vintage (or cool) seems to fit. It’s amazing how much of our furniture is really space specific. ...