Another Mid-Century House

Today a mid-century house designed by Warwick Kells in 1950.

Mr Kells was a Sydney architect, who worked for some with the Australian Aluminium company promoting their products in the building industry, and later worked as a manager for Commonwealth Engineering (Comeng), where he was involved with the construction of Unilever House.

Unilver House 1957

Happy Birthday Eero Saarinen

Eero Saarinen (August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was one of my favourite mid-century designers.

Hailing from Finland, Saarinen emigrated to the US when he was thirteen, and studied furniture design and sculpture at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, where his father was a teacher. His fellow students included Charles and Ray Eames, and Florence Knoll (née Schust).

Eero Saarinen  c. 1937 via

He was also an architect and interior designer, having studied architecture in both Paris and at Yale, and loved simple, modern designs with sweeping curves. Such as this.

reception desk by Saarinen via

MCM Audette House and Castlecrag

Today a look at an iconic Australian mid-century home, Audette House, designed in 1953 by Peter Muller.

Born in Adelaide on 3 July 1927, Peter Muller graduated in Architectural Engineering in 1948.  He was the first architecture recipient of The United States Education Foundation  Fulbright scholarships in 1950, and did post-graduate study in Philadelphia. On his return to Sydney in 1952 the chairman of the Foundation, Mr. Hauslabe, and his step-son Bob Audette approached Mullerr and asked him to design a solar - efficient house for their block in the Sydney suburb of Castlecrag - they thought that with Peter having been in the US for his studies he would understand Colonial architecture. Instead, Muller presented them with this modern model and plans:

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