Austin Texas Modern Home Photos

CaBoom 2009

CA Boom Design Show 2009 to be June 26 to 28, 2009 We have a wonderful new venue this year in a beautiful mid-century modern building - the former Robinsons flagship Department Store - Beverly Hills, CA Now with our 6th Los Angeles show, the CA Boom Design Show continues to be the west's leading design trade event. CA Boom Design Show 2009 now has a more convenient and prestigious westside location - adjacent to the Beverly Hilton Hotel - just west of the intersection of Wilshire Blvd and Santa Monica Blvd in Beverly Hills. Our successful Design & Architecture Tours will be back ...

Eames House - Case Study

[caption id="attachment_540" align="alignright" width="334" caption="Eames House in Pacific Palisades - photo by danny willis"][/caption] The Eames House (also known as Case Study House No. 8), is a landmark of mid-20th century modern architecture. It was constructed in 1949 in Pacific Palisades, California (a suburban neighborhood of Los Angeles) by husband-and-wife design pioneers Charles and Ray (Kaiser) Eames, to serve as their home and studio. Unusually for such an avant-garde design, the Eames publicized the house as a thoroughly lived-in, usable, and well-loved home. While many icons of the modern movement are depicted as stark, barren spaces devoid of human use, photographs ...

Miami CUBE

Have you considered living in the forth dimension? When we move into a high-rise building usually we feel lucky if we have the choice of where to put some of the interior walls. Most commonly we are left to choose between one floor plan and another. There may be a choice between one of two models - maybe one or two sizes. But now there is, in Miami at least, a new way to build your condo even if you are buying into a high-rise. About 100 years ago artists like Picasso and Braque decided to try out a new way ...

Aside from being the capital of Texas, Austin is known as a funky, art supporting city. Its one of the few places that liberal minded folk gather in the big ol state of cowboys. Maybe the creative energy of the city has encouraged some of the unique modern homes that have been built in recent years. After all, when a citys slogan is Keep Austin Weird, you’d expect to find some unusual buildings cropping up between the traditional stick houses! As most of the US falls into foreclosure trauma, Austin is still a thriving real estate market with new modern homes being built and rehabs of 50s and 60s architecture aglow with possibility. These photos represent the modern homes in Austin, TX.