09-19-2006, 11:00 AM
Well, I dunno about Mid-Century Modern, but how about Modern Hawaiian? These guys seem to be making some nice designs:
De Reus Architects They are a bit too upscale for most people, but some of the design concepts such as moveable walls might be nice in other houses. They seem to have large portions of the wall as moveable doors which disappear into "door barns" at the corners. I've only done one house which had those and the people seemed to enjoy it but they used it as a vacation house and not their primary residence. For a full time home, I'd be tempted to have two sets of doors, one solid for weather and one screened for everyday use, but at this moment, none of my clients are "door barn" kinda people, they are horse barn kinda people. The De Reus folks also do nice things with the interaction between interior and exterior space, pools and interior ceilings.
I wonder how Mid-Century Modern would do if it were mixed with Hawaii Library? The Hilo library has a lovely indoor garden area surrounded by large interior lanais and it would work well with the MCM building style. Add in some moveable doorwalls from the De Reus architect designs and you'd have a lovely house.
Edited by - hotzcatz on 09/19/2006 15:02:21
De Reus Architects They are a bit too upscale for most people, but some of the design concepts such as moveable walls might be nice in other houses. They seem to have large portions of the wall as moveable doors which disappear into "door barns" at the corners. I've only done one house which had those and the people seemed to enjoy it but they used it as a vacation house and not their primary residence. For a full time home, I'd be tempted to have two sets of doors, one solid for weather and one screened for everyday use, but at this moment, none of my clients are "door barn" kinda people, they are horse barn kinda people. The De Reus folks also do nice things with the interaction between interior and exterior space, pools and interior ceilings.
I wonder how Mid-Century Modern would do if it were mixed with Hawaii Library? The Hilo library has a lovely indoor garden area surrounded by large interior lanais and it would work well with the MCM building style. Add in some moveable doorwalls from the De Reus architect designs and you'd have a lovely house.
Edited by - hotzcatz on 09/19/2006 15:02:21
Kurt Wilson