Picture a college campus. You’re probably imagining a sprawling quad, plenty of trees and 18th- or 19th-century academic buildings whose bricks have become worn with the passing of years.

A project under way at 390 Madison Ave. is taking a mid-20th century office building once shrouded in dark glass and turning it into a light-filled, 21st-century office building—only taller.

It was a state office building, designed by architect Thomas Page Edwards and built in 1956, and is now a commercial structure in the increasingly threatened mid-century modern style.

The building can accommodate 550 full time in-office employees, or up to 750 hybrid workers. Constructed on a prominent corner of a new tech corridor in northern Long Beach, the building’s design ...

Back in the day at the Harvard Design School, I had the pleasure of auditing a course called "Green Modern," a history of environmental consciousness through the 20th century in architecture. The ...

A mid-century modern landmark on Prospect Street in La Jolla has been turned into 16 luxury residences, including a $10 million penthouse. The four-story concrete building, known as Prospect ...

Buildings time forgot: Architecture tours focus on mid-century modern You love it or hate it: Mid-Century Modern style, with that sleek but sometimes uncomfortable furniture in TV's "Mad Men ...

Mid-century modern pieces represent “the last great period of solid quality construction,” says Douglas Meyers, owner of Modern Mobler, a vintage seller in D.C. and Maryland.

A vacant Glenview office complex with an uncertain future has been placed on a historic preservation organization’s list of the most endangered places in Illinois. Landmarks Illinois, a prese… ...

The chair has more features than comparable mid-century modern office chairs that ring in under $200, and it comes in gray or black faux leather upholstery. Dimensions: 27.36″ W x 23.82″ D x 40″H.