Mid Century Modern Architecture

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Third, the owners just finished painting and repairing some of the exterior on this house. This one reminds me of a house from a Bugs Bunny cartoon - the Opera singer's house when Bugs got into a little war with the singer.

You can see part of the roofline of the house next door (my camera was still processing the pic when I drove by it). It is a very nice example of Mid-Century Modern, the vaulted ceiling is nearly two stories high. Behind it is the ugly cube someone built two years ago.

 

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Finally, this one story is one of my favorites. It is about 4000sq ft. I've been told that there is an indoor pool, or maybe part indoor/part outdoor. The exterior is field stone with green tinted windows and copper gutters.

There are many other fine examples of Mid-Century architecture around here. Personally, I would never buy a flat roofed house in this area - too much rainfall.

I'll try to go further up the road today, one place has a neat split driveway with a shrub and rock landscape theme.

 

[hydralique]

58 Limited . . .

That second house (with the for sale sign) is very interesting. It has lots of International Style and Bauhaus influences, as distinct from the MCM ranch style of most of the others. I'd love to know its' history - I don't think it's a developer house but rather a custom house, probably designed by an architect.

The bottom house is very nice too, and looks to be quite original. It would look better without the semi-circular driveway though.

 

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Cool photos. What kind of car are you driving? Lincoln?

Jim

 

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Flat roofs

A friend of mine who owned a roofing company once commented about flat roofs: "They all leak"...

When I asked why, the basic answer was that they generally leaked through the penetrations. On a sloped roof, the roofing material can be overlapped so that water drains down around the penetrations and their flashings. On a flat roof, there must be a water-tight seal around everything, and given the vagaries of sun, wind, rain, etc, sooner or later something pulls apart and then the fun starts. Plus the no-no of people walking on flat roofs.

 

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Jim, I was driving my '77 Lincoln Continental convertible.

Rich, when I first moved here the owners of a couple of the flat roofed houses would have the roofs re-tarred about every two to three years. Most of those houses have changed hands and I haven't seen any roofing activity. I'll bet that they will have a rude surprise before long.

 

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That house (with the Lakeshore street sign) is terrific! I wonder though why the wall of brick interspersed with with the flagstone. Seems a little out of place, but otherwise, talk about your linear look! Love that flying carport roof.

In theory, even residential flatroofs are supposed to have a little bit of pitch to avoid ponding. Tar and gravel works pretty well, if maintained. Guess what? Nobody maintains 'em (or the scuppers). Practically all commercial buildings are "flatroofs" but I notice roll-out rubber roofing being the primary covering these days. Few seems, quite durable, easy to patch. We've made some real advancements in roofing materials the last few years, but the biggest failures are lack of knowledge on installation, and lack of upkeep.

There's a gorgeous butterfly roof locally that was turned into a shed roof some time in the past, if you can believe it. Talk about disproportionate!

Cory

 

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Have you ever cruised through Arden Park?

Arden Park? Not familier with that unless you mean Arden Arcade. That is the area around Arden Fair Mall and Arden Way. I have seen neighbor hoods in that area with similar MCMA's. It blends in with Carmichal with also has neighborhoods with some MCMA's. My sister use to live in one there. If I find the time I will take a run out there and see if I can snap some photos.

 

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flat roofs: "They all leak"...

Here are some photos of houses with re-designed roofs. Some were flat top,some were not. Most of the HVAC duct work was exposed on these style house. They now have an attic so the duct work is not exposed now....

 

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2 This WAS a flat top roof. I liked it better flat,myself.

 

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3 This WAS also a flat top house...

 

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Here are some other houses I found just for fun...

 

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3 This reminds me of the Brady Bunch...

 

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I think Arden Park

Is South of Arden , East of Watt, West of Eastern (not positve
on the Eastern boundary) and North of Fair Oaks. I think it
was in full swing by 1949 and continued to 1960 as far as the
prime building times. Lots of good mcm's, custom tracty. No doubt about it, there are great mcm's all over the "Greater Sacramento" area.

 

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4 Nice!

 

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5 I have been inside this one. Very cool. The house is the WRONG color though... Would look much better with a different color.

 

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6 I have been inside this house also.. Very nice sunkin family room with raised fire place. Also sunkin double walk in showers in the master bath.

 

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