Restored Modernist Masterpiece in Maine

Written by on February 25, 2010 in Architecture - No comments

From the NYT: Photograph by Anthony Cotsifas.

This masterpiece of Modernism was designed by Wallace K. Harrison and Isamu Noguchi in 1947 on the Maine coast. Designed as a summer home for William A.M. Burden and his wife, Margaret Livingston Partridge Burden, in 1996 it was inherited by their youngest son Ordway Burden and his wife.  In 1999, in the midst of being renovated their was a fire and all that was left was the chimney and some metal frames part of Noguchi’s design.  The family was finally able to move back in in 2006.  For the story and more photos visit the below link.  Its definitely worth the read.

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