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MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE MICHAEL HOUSER State Architectural Historian DAHP - Olympia, WA IN WASHINGTON STATE June 2014
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MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE · Theater Federal Way, c.1970 Building Kennewick, c.1975 WRIGHTIAN Commercial Examples Bank of Vancouver Vancouver, c.1969. Title: MID-CENTURY MODERN

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Page 1: MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE · Theater Federal Way, c.1970 Building Kennewick, c.1975 WRIGHTIAN Commercial Examples Bank of Vancouver Vancouver, c.1969. Title: MID-CENTURY MODERN

MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE

MICHAEL HOUSER State Architectural Historian

DAHP - Olympia, WA

IN WASHINGTON STATE

June 2014

Page 2: MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE · Theater Federal Way, c.1970 Building Kennewick, c.1975 WRIGHTIAN Commercial Examples Bank of Vancouver Vancouver, c.1969. Title: MID-CENTURY MODERN

WRIGHTIAN 1950-1990

Clearstory windows Flat or shallow pitched roof with dentillated

our outward projecting fascia boards

Sheathing can

range from

horizontal

wood siding

to brick, stone

and/or

concrete

block

Broad deep

overhanging

eaves Plan

developed

using strong

geometric

shapes

arranged in

distinct

zones

Emphasis on

horizontality

De-emphasised

entry

Stricker House I Seattle, 1968

Corner,

butt

jointed

windows

Page 3: MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE · Theater Federal Way, c.1970 Building Kennewick, c.1975 WRIGHTIAN Commercial Examples Bank of Vancouver Vancouver, c.1969. Title: MID-CENTURY MODERN

WRIGHTIAN History

Taliesen Fellowship 1941

The Natural House 1954

House Beautiful

October 1959

Page 4: MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE · Theater Federal Way, c.1970 Building Kennewick, c.1975 WRIGHTIAN Commercial Examples Bank of Vancouver Vancouver, c.1969. Title: MID-CENTURY MODERN

Riley House Seattle, 1965

Brandes House Issaquah, 1952

Tracey House Normandy Park, 1955

Redfern House Seattle, 1962

WRIGHTIAN Residential Examples

Page 5: MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE · Theater Federal Way, c.1970 Building Kennewick, c.1975 WRIGHTIAN Commercial Examples Bank of Vancouver Vancouver, c.1969. Title: MID-CENTURY MODERN

Kurus House Ridgefield, 1970

Meakowa House

Seattle, 1967

Taylor House Sammamish, 1965

House University Place, c.1965

WRIGHTIAN Residential Examples

Page 6: MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE · Theater Federal Way, c.1970 Building Kennewick, c.1975 WRIGHTIAN Commercial Examples Bank of Vancouver Vancouver, c.1969. Title: MID-CENTURY MODERN

Drumlin Apartments Tacoma, 1965

Four Unit Townhouse Seattle, 1978

WRIGHTIAN Multi-Family Examples

Page 7: MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE · Theater Federal Way, c.1970 Building Kennewick, c.1975 WRIGHTIAN Commercial Examples Bank of Vancouver Vancouver, c.1969. Title: MID-CENTURY MODERN

LDS First Ward Bellevue, 1962

LDS Institute of Religion Seattle, 1961

Faith Lutheran Church Sequim, 1974

WRIGHTIAN Ecclesiastical Examples

LDS Church

Tacoma, 1968

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National Bank of Commerce

Aberdeen, 1969

Theater Federal

Way, c.1970

Building Kennewick, c.1975

WRIGHTIAN Commercial Examples

Bank of Vancouver Vancouver, c.1969


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