Clean Lines Open Spaces A View of MidCentury Modern Architecture (2012)

Clean Lines Open Spaces A View of MidCentury Modern Architecture focuses on the construction boom in the United States after World War II Sometimes considered cold and unattractive midcentury modern designs were a byproduct of postwar optimism and reflected a nations dedication to building a new future This new architecture used modern materials such as reinforced concrete glass and steel and was defined by clean lines simple shapes and unornamented facades