Traces the evolution of midcentury houses and demonstrates how they are experienced and lived
in today This expanded and updated edition of the 2014 classic focuses on the concentration of
midcentury houses in New Canaan Connecticut built by noted architects including Marcel Breuer
Eliot Noyes Philip Johnson John Black Lee and Edward Durell Stone. This new edition
addresses the issue of preservation and adaptive reuse as a sustainable architectural strategy.
A representative group of 17 houses reveals an evolving legacy now adapting to contemporary
life. Each is examined in detail with plans timelines and both archival and new photography
capturing the clean minimalist look of the initial construction and re-imagining by
significant architects of our time. Today preservation and renovation of older buildings has
new visibility as a sustainable approach. As the National Trust for Historic Preservation has
said The greenest building is the one that is already built. Traces the evolution of
midcentury houses and demonstrates how they are experienced and lived in today Cristina A. Ross
is an architect and preservationist based in New Canaan and a board member of Preservation
Connecticut Lorenzo Ottaviani is the creative director of Lorenzo Ottaviani Design Jeffrey R.
Matz is a practicing architect in Stamford Connecticut Michael Biondo is an architectural
photographer whose work has appeared in numerous design publications John Morris Dixon is the
former editor-in-chief of Progressive Architecture and a board member of Docomomo International
