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MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE MICHAEL HOUSER State Architectural Historian DAHP - Olympia, WA IN WASHINGTON STATE June 2014

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MID-CENTURY MODERN ARCHITECTURE

MICHAEL HOUSER State Architectural Historian

DAHP - Olympia, WA

IN WASHINGTON STATE

June 2014

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NEW FORMALISM 1960-1975

Repetition of arch motif is common

Smooth

exterior

surfaces of

brick, poured

concrete, or

cast stone

Often defined at top by heavy, flat

projecting slab

Monumental

presence by

emphasizing

symmetry Carefully

organized

hierarchy of

space with

emphasis placed

on the structural

grid of the

building

Often set on a raised platform

Utilization

of umbrella

shells,

waffle slabs

and folded

plates

National Bank of Washington

Yakima, 1969

Patterned

screen or

grills may

appear as

decorative

features

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NEW FORMALISM History

Helen L. DeRoy Auditorium, Wayne State

University Minoru Yamasaki, Detroit, MI, 1955-59

Kennedy Center Edward D. Stone, Washington DC, 1971

Amon Carter Museum Philip Johnson, Fort

Worth TX, 1961

Fullerton City Hall

Smith, Powell &

Morgridge,

Fullerton, CA, 1963

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Bank Everett, c1965

NEW FORMALISM Financial Examples

Bank Sea Tac, c1968

Bank Wenatchee, c1965

National Bank of Commerce Seattle, 1968

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Spokane Falls

Community College

Spokane, 1967

Carver Gymnasium - WWU Bellingham, 1961

Big Bend Community

College Moses Lake, 1968

Bouillon Hall – CWU Ellensburg, 1961

NEW FORMALISM Educational Examples

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Cascade Natural Gas Walla Walla, c1965

NEW FORMALISM Small Scale Examples

Library Aberdeen, 1965

St. Thomas Seminary Kenmore, 1958

Building Vancouver, c1966

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Valley General Hospital Kent, 1967

NEW FORMALISM Large Examples

City Hall Vancouver, 1966 Bon Marche Tacoma, c1968

Federal Building Wenatchee, c1965

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House Lake Forest Park, 1969

NEW FORMALISM Residential Examples

House Shoreline, c1966


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