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Marlow House – Then and Now

Recently the home of Joseph and Louise Marlow came on the market. Not surprisingly, it was under contract within a week.

A remarkable residence from 1948 with original features we consider contemporary…waxed concrete floors with radiant heat, for instance. The Marlow’s designed the home for their own family and it is still a very livable, family friendly space. Here is a photo spread from the 1952 Architectural Record book “A Treasury of Contemporary Houses.” (Click the thumbnails for larger pictures)

The home has been altered slightly to create a larger master suite and the kitchen appears to have been updated in the 80′s. The concrete floors have been tiled over and the wonderful original fireplace has been enclosed. I don’t think it would be too difficult to get the house back to its original loveliness and we hope the new owners are preservation minded!

THE HOME IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR RENT.

Click for the virtual tour of the home as it looks today.

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Listing Brokerage: Distinctive Properties

For Sale – Eugene Sternberg’s Home

If you look under the white and beige paint, Laura Ashley fabrics, and traditional furniture, there is a gorgeous mid-century modern home.

Sternberg designed this home for his family in the early 60′s and lived here until he retired and moved to Evergreen in 1980. It has 4500+ square feet with a full walkout basement, 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 2 car garage, and lots of outdoor living space. Sternberg was also responsible for the site planning of the subdivision, so it’s no surprise the house sits on a large lot and backs to open space. It could be yours for somewhere around $1.5M.

Please note that we work ONLY for buyers and this is an example of the homes we locate for our clients.* All of the properties featured on the site are either For Sale by Owner, or listed by other brokers.

Contact us when you are ready to utilize our unique expertise!

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Listing Brokerage: The Kentwood Company.

Tags: Arapahoe Acres, architect, Eugene Sternberg, historic modern, homes for sale, midcentury modern

Architecture on Film

Last night we watched (and loved) Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman followed by a Q&A with director Eric Bricker. If you weren’t able to catch the film, keep an eye out for it at the Starz Filmcenter the first week in October.

The Shulman documentary is the first in the Denver Film Society’s Film and Design series. There are three more films  and I’m looking forward to seeing Design Onscreen’s Journeyman Architect: The Life and Work of Donald Wexler on the big screen. More on all of the films in this series here.

Design Onscreen will also be screening the Colorado premiere of  Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner at the Denver Art Museum on October 9th @ 6:00

A Denver based initiative, Design Onscreen is dedicated to documenting primarily post WWII architects, industrial designers and graphic designers who are still living but have not received significant attention to date.

We are very fortunate to have so many modernist events happening around Denver!

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Tags: architecture, Denver, Denver Art Museum, Denver Film Society, Design Onscreen, Donald Wexler, John Lautner, Julius Shulman, mid-century, midcentury modern, modernism