by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos from Lynne’s collection. Kind of okay current-day photos by Lynne. Really great current-day shots by O’Life Photography. Today’s blog is one of those cool full circle stories…. It all started last year when I found seven photos of a mid-century house at a local antique store. From the rock […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos by Bob Bowlby, modern-day photos by Lynne Rostochil, blueprints courtesy Dr. Larson Keso. If you’re driving along NW 50th just west of Hefner Parkway, you’ve probably noticed what looks like a duo of cozy, pitched rock buildings hiding at the back of the lot behind tall, protective trees. If you’re like […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Vintage photos courtesy Pam Keller, present-day photos by Lynne Rostochil Some of you might have dropped by this gem of a house on the 14th fairway of the Quail Creek Golf and Country Club course during an estate sale a few weeks ago — there was certainly a buzz about it on the Mod […]
by Lynne Rostochil During his years as an architecture professor at OU, Dean Bryant Vollendorf also regularly contributed designs to the New Homes Guide, a bi-annual publication featuring all kinds of residential plans for potential buyers wanting to construct their own home. While many of the guide’s designs are pretty generic and sedate, Vollendorf’s are much […]
by Lynne Rostochil Awhile back, I was doing some online research and stumbled across the Retro Rockets blog, which is devoted to all things mid-century modern. In 2014, the blog featured several designs from the 1956 Parade of Homes Plans and #15 was OKC’s own Electri-Living House designed by R. Duane Conner — we devoted a […]