Image 1 of 4 from gallery of Inside a Demolished Brutalist House: the Lincoln House. Courtesy of Stewart Hicks
They say it's hard to love a Brute (I'm personally a fan of the style) and it is an important example of architectural history currently at most risk. Some Brutalist buildings have been granted heritage status (like Habitat 67 in Montreal and the Trellick Tower in London) but most end up under a bulldozer with few grieving the loss. A great example of American Brutalism was the Lincoln House designed by Mary Otis Stevens. Located in Lincoln, Massachusetts the concrete and glass home was completed in 1965 and demolished in 1999. Perhaps the biggest misconception about Brutalism lies in the name. While it is true many Brutalist buildings look 'brutal' the name is actually derived from the original French phrase, 'Beton Brut' meaning raw or unfinished concrete.
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Explore a revolution Lincoln, Massachusetts Walter Gropius, founder of the German design school known as the Bauhaus, was one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century. He designed Gropius House as his family home when he came to teach architecture at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Modest in scale, the house was revolutionary [...]
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Source If you happen to be taking a backroad shortcut from Walden Pond through the woods to the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Mass., you'll most likely buzz past this modern house tucked among the old Colonials. Since I learned about the Walter Gropius house in Lincoln, I've wanted to go take a tour of this National Historic Landmark. Walter Gropius, if not a familiar name, was the founder of the Bauhaus School of architecture whose faculty included Paul Klee, Josef Albers and Wassily Kandinsky to name a few. Gropius escaped Nazi Germany in 1937 and came to Cambridge where he taught at the Harvard School of Design with Marcel Breuer. I'm sure you know Breuer's Wassily and Cesca chairs even if you're not familiar with his architecture. Gropius' house in Lincoln was built in 1938. The sculpture in front of the house is by Richard Filipowski and was installed by Gropius in the 1950s. The sculpture is titled "Winter Pine." Side of house looking into the living room and upstairs deck. View of rear of house. The oak was planted when the house was built. Interior photos of the house are not allowed on the tour but I've borrowed a few from the Historic New England website. The house has been maintained as it was at the time of Gropius' death in 1969. Just inside the front door is Gropius' office. The chairs are Saarinen. The living room with picture windows that beautifully frame a view of the back yard and forest beyond. The chair is a Saarinen Womb chair. I should have asked about the white leather sofa because I loved it. View from the dining room looking back in to the living room. See the little vents just below the dining room windows? Gropius had a second heating system just to keep the windows frost-free in the wintertime. The kitchen is very fun. Small but adequate. Another windows that frames a view of the landscape. One of the period bathrooms. Notice the typical Bauhaus palette of black, white, gray and red. The dressing room and master bedroom is set up as if his wife Ise would be right back to get ready to entertain guests that evening. Her Merimekko dress is laid out on the bed. A shot of daughter Ati's room. I love that wall light! View of the back of the house. I would highly recommend taking the tour; it's a 1969 moment frozen in time. A one-hour tour is $10. Gropius House 68 Baker Bridge Road Lincoln, Mass. 01773 It's privately owned (so not open to the public) but just down the road is the Marcel Breuer house. It's well worth a walk down the road just to see it.
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NRHP #73000694 Wealthy German immigrants, including Wacker, Leight, Gaetner, Deever, and Schlosser, constructed luxurious mansions east of Clark Street in Chicago's Lincoln Park. Francis Dewes, a Chicago brewer and millionaire, built the most elaborate home in the Lincoln Park still standing - Dewes Mansion at 503 West Wrightwood Avenue. Architects Adolph Cudell and Arthur Hercz designed the Dewes mansion, and it was completed in 1896. Hercz was originally from Hungary, and Cudell was no stranger to building grand residences for Chicago's wealthy elite. In 1879 Cudell also designed the Rush Street mansion of prominent businessman Cyrus Hall McCormick. The Dewes mansion was built for Francis J. Dewes, a brewer. Dewes was born in Prusia in 1845, the son of a brewer and member of the German parliament. In 1868 Francis Dewes emigrated to Chicago and found employment as a bookkeeper for established brewing companies such as Rehm and Bartholomae and the Busch and Brand Brewing Company. He rose through the ranks, and in 1882 he founded his own successful brewing firm. His mansion was built to reflect his own Prussian background and European tastes. Taken as a whole, the building is an unusual example of a German inspired style, influenced by the neo-Baroque architecture of Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris at the end of the nineteenth century. The exterior of this lavish gray-stone is decorated with carved stonework and ornamental cornices and lintels. The entrance to the mansion is flanked by caryatids, tall female figures acting as columns, supporting a balcony over the doorway. The house is now used for wedding receptions, parties, and other private events.
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Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln is the 16th President of the US, and he is a great inspiration to me. He failed in business a lot of times, but he never gave up, that's why I admire him so much.
“We chose a small hill surrounded by an apple orchard…also in walking distance from Lake Walden, famous throughout the world through the writings of Henry Thoreau…” -Ise Gropius
In a recurring series, Vanity Fair pulls back the curtain on awards season’s most visually enticing films, revealing exclusive details of the creative process of art directors, costume designers, makeup artists, cinematographers, and more. This week, first-time Oscar nominee and costume designer Joanna Johnston discusses her designs for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. “I don’t think we should talk about Lincoln’s underwear,” costume designer Joanna Johnston said recently, and laughed. “It’s not appropriate for someone so iconic. Even in the bedroom, Lincoln is never shown in his pajamas. He’s in his shirt and pants.” Johnston’s success in this matter—on all things presidential and sartorial in Steven Spielberg’s film—has earned her an Oscar nomination, and incredibly, it’s her first. The English costumer is known for her work with Spielberg (War Horse, Munich, Saving Private Ryan) and Robert Zemeckis (The Polar Express, Cast Away, Forrest Gump). Sneaker-heads might also recognize her for her collaboration with Nike on Marty McFly’s self-lacing kicks in Back to the Future II. But in a contest that’s biased toward “movies about dead monarchs or glittery musicals” (as costume designer Sandy Powell memorably noted in her 2010 Oscar acceptance speech for The Young Victoria), Johnston’s contemporary approach has yet to be recognized.
