NCMH continually hosts wildly popular Modernist house
What is a Modernist House?
2017
Modernist
design is characterized by features such as combining
traditionally separate common areas (like the living
room and the dining room, for example), open interior
floor plans with vaulted ceilings, large and numerous
windows, flat or low pitched roofs, long exposed beams,
extensive use of glass to bring in natural light, and
aesthetic geometric forms. Modernism is both a design and a
informal way of living through making houses and objects more affordable
and enjoyable.
Modernist houses truly rock, if you are into this kind of thing. Sadly
for us fans, many people aren't. The general public tends to think Modernist homes are cool but consistently buy more traditional designs.
What is "brilliant" to an architecturally-inclined
person can be unsettling to the neighbors. Modernist
houses are generally more works of art than
construction, and the general public has little taste
for living inside something that looks different from
the neighbors - until they spend the night in one.
Mid-century
modernist houses are endangered. Their locations, often
on prime real estate inside cities, are often worth more
than the houses, making demolition and development an
attractive option. By networking sellers, buyers,
agents, and the public detailed information and
histories, NCMH helps endangered houses be purchased or
otherwise occupied. NCMH has helped hundreds of
Modernist houses change hands and avoid the bulldozer.