Denver Modern Homes

Beginning October 30th, the Denver Film Society will be screening this outstanding  documentary about photographer Julius Shulman.

Design Within Reach Boulder will also be screening this film in their studio on Thursday, October 29th. Please contact boulder@dwr.com for time and to RSVP.

5280mod highly recommends you see this film!

Posted by Shannon Stanbro of 5280mod

960 East Hampden Interior

Check out this cool new listing in Old Englewood. Amazing modern home with a long list of cool new features. Rooftop deck views and a gourmet kitchen that is open and very sleek. This home will be open this Sunday from Noon – 2 pm. Or contact Shannon Tiger at Fuller Towne and Country to set an appointment.

Click here for listing information.

Though it’s not about Denver, the must-have coffee table book for any modern home (Denver and beyond) would be Barbara Bestor’s Bohemian Modern – Living In Silver Lake . This book is a fabulous collection of everything modern and is based in the birthplace of modern – Silver Lake, CA – a small, eclectic and unique community just outside Los Angeles. The book is a detailed tour of the modernist movement that Silver Lake encompasses.  The book is 300 pages of modern architecture, landscape architecture, remodeled homes, new homes, restaurants, cafes and artists. It is a journey through one communities modernist roots. If you have any interest in learning more about modern architecture this is THE handbook to get you up-to-speed.

The beautiful book also adds to an aesthetically-pleasing coffee table. Guaranteed every guest in your home will pick up this book and lose themselves on page 1. The book is overflowing with gorgeous pictures and details of every room in the house, yards of all sizes and in-depth interviews of great modern architects.

So as Denver moves into the Modern Architecture movement, will we one day soon have as beautiful a publication as BoMo – of course it will be named DenMo. Are you a DenMo?

P.S. You won’t find BoMo at the Tattered Cover but Amazon has plenty of copies and it only take a few days.

from now until June 1st at the Aurora History Museum.  

“On display will be examples of how the Art Deco style was utilized in building design, furniture, domestic pieces, radios, lighting, kitchen appliances, jewelry, and much more.”

I have not been to the exhibit yet, but I understand it includes a Fiestaware display and admission is FREE!

The building pictured is “Buerger Brothers” at 17th & Champa. Designed by architect Montana S. Fallis in 1929, it is considered one of Denver’s best examples of Art Deco design.

More mod happenings and tidbits here:  5280mod Blog

Mile Hi Modern has four historically Significant properties for sale. Each represents a distinct modern architectural style by well known local architects.

These homes include Denver’s first example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian architecture at 5435 E. 6th Avenue Parkway by Earl Chester Morris; Burnham Hoyt’s International style home in Bonnie Brae; Charles Haertling’s concrete Cubist home on Shangri La in Hilltop; and two homes by Eugene Sterneberg in his unique Modernist enclave on South Dahlia Lane.

All these homes are noteworthy and have recently been featured in the new Historic Denver guide to Denver’s Mid-Century Modern Homes by Michael Paglia and Diane Wray Tomasso.

Check Out MileHiModern.com for more info!

In case you missed it in today’s Rocky Mountain News, here is a link to an article on Boulder’s most unique architect:

Outside the Box

Haertling’s work can also be found outside of Boulder.  The bulk of his work is in Boulder, however, where he not only created truly unique structures, but invested himself in the community and worked to preserve its open space.

I have finally been given permission to share with you the new and improved ModMidMod site. It is chock full of photos and illustrations of homes, buildings, signage, records…  You get the idea.

www.modmidmod.com

My talented husband has taken up where I have been lagging with my own Denver mod home photo blog, but I still have some good stuff that he doesn’t!

www.5280mod.blogspot.com

Happy surfing!