Mad for Mid-Century Modern in Connecticut

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Listen to Grating the Nutmeg episode 48 and follow along with these images, all taken by Robert Gregson (and used by permission). And read the SPRING 2018 issue with Bob’s story about Frank Lloyd Wright’s Tiranna–a hidden gem in New Canaan, Connecticut.

New Haven

Yale School of Architecture, designed by Paul Rudolph. See “Love/Hate for Connecticut’s Brutalist Buildings,” Winter 2017-2018

Read more about Brutalist buildings and the Art & Architecture building at Yale HERE.

Louis Kahn designed stairwell, Yale Art Gallery. photo: Robert Gregson

Read more about Yale University Art Gallery HERE.

Litchfield

Gagarin House 1, 1955. The Gargarin House features Marcel Breuer’s signature staircase and sculptural bush-hammered fireplace. See Gregson’s “Modernism in Connecticut” for more on Gagarin House 1. photo: Robert Gregson

Fireplace design by Josef Albers. photo: Robert Gregson

Exterior of Gagarin House 1, 1955, designed by Marcel Breuer. photo: Robert Gregson

House designed by John Johansen, Litchfield. photo: Robert Gregson

Stillman 1, designed by Marcel Breuer, Litchfield. photo: Robert Gregson

Churches in Connecticut

Unitarian Meeting House, Hartford, designed by Victor Lundy. photo: Robert Gregson

First Presbyterian church in Stamford, known as the “fish church” designed by Wallace Harrison. photo: Robert Gregson

First Presbyterian church in Stamford, known as the “fish church” designed by Wallace Harrison. photo: Robert Gregson

United Church of Rowayton, designed by Joseph Salerno, 1962. photo: Robert Gregson

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Tiranna

See Bob’s story in the Spring 2018 issue.

More great stories about mid-century Modern design in
Winter 2009-2010
Read Peter Swanson’s story about mid-century modern pottery designer Lagardo Tackett in Winter 2010-2011

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