Miami has an abundance of cool, mid century modern homes. Neighborhoods in the areas of Coconut Grove, South Miami, Pinecrest, Palmetto Bay, and Cutler Bay are full of these gems just waiting for the right owner.

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I love the architecture!  I'm an owner of a mid century home with many of the original features and furnishings. I invite you to peruse my Pinterest board collection of fabulous mid century homes and elements, including Googie, and Atomic. You can swoon over clerestory windows, decorative screens, cantilevered roofs, breezeway blocks, split-level rooms, and more!

Key Elements of a Mid Century Modern Home Flat planes. The geometric lines of the house are regular and rigorous. Flat roofs are common, though modern ranch-style houses had gable roofs. Large windows. Sliding-glass doors and other expansive panes of glass allow light to enter rooms from multiple angles. Changes in elevation. Small steps going up and down between rooms creates split-level spaces. A midcentury modern might have partial walls, or cabinets of varying heights to create different depths in the space. Integration with nature. Rooms have multiple outdoor views, or multiple access points, encouraging an appreciation of healthy living.

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Resources

These are some of my favorite websites/stores for all things mid century including resources to remodel, redecorate and restore your mid century home.

Feature Articles

What is Midcentury Modern Architecture, Really?

If houses reflect the times they were designed, midcentury modern is the architecture of ideas, created by those who believed the forward-looking style could be a vehicle for social change to create a better society. Characterized by flat planes, large glass windows and open space, these homes -- built from 1945 to the 1980s -- featured simplicity and an integration with nature, encouraging residents to explore the world in new ways.

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Mid-Century Modern: Bringing the Outside In

Picture a long, low-slung home with floor-to-ceiling windows, exposed beams and an open floor plan.

Don Draper is there, right? Or at least it’s a mid-century modern?

Well, probably. That description also fits a fair number of prairie-style homes — which came earlier — and ranch homes, which have some overlap with mid-century modern.

The confusion comes because mid-century modern is not actually a style: It’s a collection of designs built from roughly 1940 to 1975.

What they share is “an emphasis on lifestyle, a new way of modern living centered around family and home,” said Elaine Stiles, a Ph.D. student in architectural history at the University of California, Berkeley.

Rebounding from World War II, people were building families and making homes. They wanted open living spaces, views of their yards (and golf courses) and high-tech kitchens with windows above the sinks so they could wash dishes while watching their children play.

As Stiles put it, “This was the era of the patio.”

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