Author Archives: Lawrence Modern

FLW-inspired time capsule delights

October 24, 2015 – 4:56 pm

Oh yeah. It was the mod gathering to top all mod gatherings. The Beal/Charlton House event on the 18th was fantastic, probably the best attended and most satisfying that Lawrence Modern has ever done. Somewhere up there Frank Lloyd Wright was smiling. George Beal was smiling. Robert Still, the builder, was doing cartwheels. Down here, […]

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Historic modernism on view Oct. 18

September 23, 2015 – 1:56 pm

Designed in 1950 by KU architecture professor George Beal, the unassuming wooden house at 1624 Indiana — the location of our next event — is an outstanding example of Usonian architecture, a term coined by Frank Lloyd Wright to describe his vision for an organic architecture suited to the United States. Prof. Beal was a Taliesin Fellow and […]

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Modern fans bask on butterfly roof

June 15, 2015 – 10:41 am

“I loved the light and the trees,” said Elaine Blank in response to the question of what she enjoyed the most of her 60 plus years in the house at 2133 Owens Lane. In 1951 Elaine and her husband, local photographer Robert Blank, purchased plans from House Beautiful magazine. Their desire to live in something […]

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DIY modernism June 7th

May 17, 2015 – 9:20 pm

Back in the days before Eisenhower was president, Bob and Elaine Blank were a typical young couple driving around Lawrence looking for a place to build their dream house when they found a barren-looking lot south of the KU campus for $2,000. At the time, Blank was a professional photographer who admired the architectural photography featured […]

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Modernism in Film: a New Series

March 13, 2015 – 11:26 pm

When Tim Hossler, an assistant professor in KU’s Department of Design, approached Lawrence Modern last fall with the idea of collaborating with the School of Architecture on a series exploring modern architecture in film, we reached a consensus almost instantly. The concept is appealing: examine the role that modern architecture has played in film—the modernist medium par excellence—appreciated through the […]

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