This mid-century modern house designed by Arthur Witthoefft in 1957 has been recently bought and completely renewed to bring it to its original beauty after seven years of complete abandon.
Its design remembers me the Case Study House #9 designed by Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen for John Entenza.
The house respects all the mid-century modern architecture principles: “a 25-by-95-foot rectangle, composed of a black exposed-steel frame, front and northern elevations clad largely in white glazed brick, and southern and western exposures enclosed by floor-to-ceiling glass sliders.“(via Dwell).
Probably the most astonishing part of the house, to me, is the living room with the fireplace as real hearth of the house and the amazing wood panelled wall in contrast with the shining polished white floor; speechless.
The ceiling to floor glass windows and the landscape make the rest of the magic…
You can see more pics and a full article about this amazing mid-century modern house on Dwell.
Let me know in the comments how did you like this house. Share is fun! 
Thanks for reading.
Swoon! Particularly love the shot of the fireplace and dining area!
Yes I like it as well…but the third pic -I think- clearly represents the mid-century soul of the house
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Love the house! Was wondering what materials they used for the white flooring. I would love to do something similar with my mid-century house as well.
Hey Linda! I think they are big polished marble tiles…at least that’s what they look to me
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I was friends with the Wittehoefts kids in the 70′s and visited this house often. At the time the flooring was the small white marble tiles you find in many older bathrooms. I believe they are six-sided. It was the first time I had experienced heated flooring. I wish they had shown more that center wood structure that forms the dining room wall. You can also see it as the interior wall in the kitchen. It also goes down both sides forming hallways along the glass wall at the rear of the house where there is a wet bar built in to it. At the front of the house the wood is presented as panels to form a hall way, but the panels function as doors to storage closets, coat closets and the door to the lower level. It’s a magnificent home
The following description is from another article i found about the reno. The living room, with vintage furnishings by Harry Bertoia, Paul McCobb, and others, overlooks the heavily wooded site, which adjoins a protected watershed. Goddard and Mandolene replaced the original tile floor with a glossy coat of resin and restored the original ceiling.
I think this house was featured in the Christmas(november) Catalog of Design Within Reach – 2012. The house really caught my eye…i know this is the same house. If you want more info on the finishes, take a closer look at it here:
http://www.dwr.com/category/new/shop-the-new-catalog.do