Author Archives: Lawrence Modern

Where KU faculty retire

February 2, 2013 – 6:09 pm

Lawrence possesses a large number of modern university apartments and dormitories built large and small across the campus of the University of Kansas during the 1950s and early 1960s. One of the smallest but, in some ways, most ambitious of this housing type is Sprague Apartments, designed by Kansas architect Charles L. Marshall (1905-1992) and […]

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Lawrence Modern floods Bowersock!

January 27, 2013 – 8:54 pm

Thanks to all who attended Saturday’s Bowersock Powerhouse tour. Our most successful event ever! Special thanks to owner/operator Sarah Hill-Nelson and architect Dan Sabatini for adding one more reason why Lawrence is a special place to live. Now, if it would only start to rain …

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Hold back the water Jan. 26th

January 1, 2013 – 8:05 pm
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s search for organic simplicity

November 15, 2012 – 7:23 pm

Lawrence Modern’s own Dennis Domer examines architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s revolutionary and wholly integrated approach to interior design. Thanks to the Kansas City Public Library for their excellent work capturing this fascinating, dynamic lecture.

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Postmodern style, ancient roots

October 14, 2012 – 4:24 pm

Lawrence has many interesting midcentury modern homes, each with their own story to tell, but 2145 Owens Lane, where we will gather for our next event, is one of the most intriguing. Originally designed in 1951 by revered Kansas City architect David Runnells for KU chemistry professor Cal Vander Werff, the house was demolished in […]

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