Author Archives: Lawrence Modern

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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A simple plan

August 27, 2012 – 11:36 pm

My grandfather Paul and his next-door neighbor Pearly built this hunter’s cabin deep in the Maine woods in 1962, and there are few things in our family that are more treasured. Over the years the cabin has provided for all manner of escape—weekend getaways, visits to the lake, skiing and hunting trips, post-breakup sojourns, and writer’s […]

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Get back to nature July 29th

July 1, 2012 – 10:32 am

Sure to be the coolest Lawrence Modern event this summer, our next gathering will be at a leafy modernist retreat west of campus owned by John and Muff Kelly. Architect Keith Herrin, a former KU Architecture grad, will be on hand to talk about the design of the house, which was originally built in 1965 […]

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KCModern to host Goff extravaganza June 8-10

May 27, 2012 – 2:21 am

The precious few times I’ve had the privilege to visit Bruce Goff-designed houses, I’ve always left feeling enthralled by the experience and reminded that the world is far more mysterious and wonderful than I had imagined. So it is with great delight that we relay the news that our friends at KCModern have organized an ambitious, […]

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Big turnout at mod/Victorian event

April 16, 2012 – 2:01 am

More than 90 people turned out for our modern/Victorian get-together with the Lawrence Preservation Alliance. We toured architect Scott Trettle’s 2009 modern creation at 618 Walnut St. and walked across the street to view a Queen Anne-style Victorian home built in the 1870s owned by David Baird. As LPA board member Virgil Dean noted, the […]

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