If you have a cool 1 million dollars plus, than this gorgeous modern beauty can be yours.  Clean lines, exceptional use of various materials and filled with light.  Puts the soul and mind at ease just looking at the photos (not necessarily the price tag though…).  Additional features are as follows:

Source: Prudential Georgia Realty

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Atlanta architect Joseph Amisano, was a partner of the firm Toombs, Amisano, & Wells and his work defined the progressive period of post-WWII Atlanta.

Born in New York City, Amisano went on to study at Pratt Institute, where he received his Bachelors (1940) and Masters of Architecture degrees (1941). His early practice was in the Manhattan firms of Sanders & Breck and Harrison, Abramowitz & Fouilhoux. In 1942, a job designing facilities for Pan-Am airways brought him to Brazil, where he had his first experience with the built work of Oscar Niemeyer. In 1950, he travelled throughout Europe and the Mediterranean as a recipient of the prestigious Rome Prize.

In 1954, Amisano joined the partnership of Toombs & Wells in Atlanta. Toomb’s reputation for modern design had previously been established through such projects as the 1947 Atlanta Rich’s department store expansion- a four-story steel and glass structure known as the “Crystal Bridge”. Following Amisano’s partnership, the firm gained the commission for the Lenox Square Shopping Center [1954-, altered]. Completed in 1959, the original open-air arcade with its expressive concrete canopy became a central feature of the suburban annexation and growth of metropolitan Atlanta.

In the 1960s, Amisano’s design work included the Visual Arts Center (1962) [now Lamar Dodd School of Art] for the University of Georgia, the original Fernbank Science Center (1963-5), and the Atlanta Memorial Arts Center (1965-8) [altered]. The John Knox Church (1964-5) was one of Amisano’s most celebrated Atlanta projects and won the 1967 AIA Award, the only church in the nation honored that year. Located on Powers Ferry Road, the church was designed as an intimately scaled response to its residential context. The main sanctuary was anchored by a low square base of rough-hewn stone, topped by a high pitched shingled roof. The exterior’s modest use of material belied an expansive interior defined by a timbered roof frame channeling natural light from openings above the altar.

Amisano was recognized as one of the dominant urban form givers of 1960s-80s Atlanta. He remodeled the Federal Reserve Bank downtown and added a garden plaza in the early 1960s. His 148 Cain Street Building and Northside 75/Beta Buildings were not atypical of the period, but his Cities Services Building (1968-70) at the edge of Lenox Square was a refined and taut exercise in late Modern office building design, standing out from the crowd of speculative office towers and commercial architecture in a fast developing city. Amisano’s Peachtree Summit Building of 1975-8, with its open corner balconies exposing to view the building’s powerful structural features of post and slab, became a prominent Atlanta landmark rising above the downtown expressway. And underground, Amisano made an asset of the raw rock and exposed earth walls of his Peachtree MARTA station of 1975-82 which became one of the most notable public spaces in the transportation system. Rugged dynamited geology is juxtaposed to the sweeping architectural vault and high technology of the rail tracks and to the steepest and longest escalators in the South, all masterfully composed within this notable rapid rail station.

In the 1980s, Amisano’s work with the firm included the Robert Woodruff Library at the Atlanta University Center serving Atlanta’s traditional black colleges, and the Second Church of Christ Scientist, Atlanta (1984-6) a poetic expression of light constructed in reinforced concrete (featured in Docomomo’s Fall 2007 Newsletter). Following retirement from his firm, Amisano remained active in design, as evidenced by a colorful proposal for a Cabbagetown Atlanta home in 2004. In that year, Amisano was featured in a public roundtable of Atlanta’s early Modernist architects, co-sponsored by Docomomo’s Georgia Chapter at the Atlanta History Center.

To the extent that an architect may change the face of a city, Amisano’s impact on Atlanta may be said to have been substantial. He designed some of Atlanta’s best known works of the period, an era labeled Late Modern and Brutalist, and the range of this work is noteworthy.

As of the date of this posting there is a current listing available in Atlanta (as seen in some of the photos above) at 1028 Nawench Drive in Atlanta, Georgia which needs renovation.  Could be a wonderful investment for the right person who appreciates this period.

Source: DOCOMOMO US

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“A true classic. Awesome original mid century modern on 1.1+/- acres. Great floor plan with large rooms and tons of natural sunlight! Rare St Joe brick on the outside. Modernist dream. Move right in or renovate over time. Lot is on the high side of street. Beautiful private lot. Won’t last long.”

Thankfully they had modified the original description which suggested you could purchase the home and renovate it or tear it down and start over!  Tear it down??!!!  The stress returned immediately. The listing agent must have received some complaints because the revised version of the description appeared the day after the email blast.  Which could get me up on my soap box about the necessity to include these gorgeous homes on the Historic National Registry to insure their survival.

Although the listing gives us the basic details of the home – location, square feet, etc. – it fails to identify the builder or the history.  I immediately thought it resembled some of the wonderful homes built by famed Atlanta architect Robert Green (see our article, Robert Green: Atlanta Modern Architect and Icon) however I thought that certainly the listing agent would have highlighted this information if that were the case.  I actually attempted to search Fulton County, Georgia’s deed records online however it does not allow for searching by street address and the subdivsion search using “Chastain Park” came up empty.

So, here is what we do know.  The home was built in 1958 and resides in Chastain Park subdivision which is an umbrella for many smaller neighborhoods.  One of these neighborhoods is Broadland – Hillside which I have a sneaky suspicious is the more accurate location of 489 Broadland Road.   Although the neighborhood is listed on Chastain Park Civic Association’s website (ChastainPark.org), it was not linked to another page or information.

I have listed the additional details below and a virtual tour is currently available.  If anyone has any additional information on the history of this home, please post it in the comments section.

List Price: $599,000.00
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3.5
2 Story Home in Chastain Park subdivision
Fulton County, Georgia
2 Car Carport/Driveway
Brick and Frame Construction
Fireplace

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Source: Prudential Georgia Realty

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Since moving into and renovating our own mid-century modern home over seven years ago (the renovation continues…), we have come to appreciate those within the Atlanta modern community.  They have given us direction on everything from the proper building materials to use to information on the pioneering modern architects in our area.  Of course, one cannot begin to research the modern history of Atlanta without coming across the name of Robert Green.

Robert Green was originally from Savannah, Georgia and moved to Atlanta when he was fourteen years old.  He began studying at Georgia Tech when he was seventeen knowing nothing about architecture. In the library of the School of Architecture Robert discovered books containing pictures of the buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright.  They were a revelation to him: houses low, long, tying into the ground, beautiful in proportion, fascinating in plan and space.

During that period of time at Georgia Tech, the favorite of the styles among the professors were the glass buildings of Mies van de Rohe. The professors tended to force the students into copying his stark, modern buildings.  Robert however, liked the naturalness of Mr Wright’s designs better.  After two years at Tech, he joined the U.S. Marines to both satisfy his two-year requirement, and to get the G.I. Bill, which would allow him to attend college where he wanted: California.

After the Marines, Robert attended the University of California in Berkeley only to find that the professors there were no more open-minded than those at Georgia Tech.   Feeling frustrated, he returned to San Francisco for a few months where he had a job and a girlfriend.  He realized if he didn’t leave he would never realize his dream of becoming an architect so, he returned to Georgia Tech for one year before he decided to quit permanently.

Robert returned to California where he discovered that his favorite Georgia Tech professor had also moved to California and had been made the head of Architecture at the University of Southern California, in L.A.  On his way to Los Angeles, Robert ventured to  Scottsdale first and learned that Frank Lloyd Wright would allow students to use the G.I. Bill, if they applied and were accepted to study with him.  When Robert later arrived at L.A. he wrote a nice long, heartfelt letter to Mr Wright explaining how he wanted to study with him.

Three weeks and no answer.

He wrote another letter.  Again no answer.

Finally, Robert wrote a short, nasty letter saying, “..at least you should show me the common courtesy to answer my letter…” and sent along drawings of the only building he had designed while attending Tech.  A week later he received an application form, and an appointment to meet with Mr Wright at Taliesin West in Arizona.

Arriving at Taliesin West, Robert was instructed to wait outside of the office, because Mr Wright was in the theater.  Frank Lloyd Wright came into sight, and he saw Robert about the same time he spied him.  Wright was speaking to a man and Robert stared at him–he was about thirty feet away–and he kept looking back at Robert.  The man left and Robert resolutely approached Mr Wright, sticking his hand out and saying, “Mr Wright, I’m Robert Green, I came to study with you,” figuring the short, direct method had gotten him that far, so why not continue.  He was all of twenty-three years old.

Mr. Wright chuckled and then said, “Well, Robert, do you want to live out here in the desert where it’s cold at night and hot in the day?  Amongst the snakes and things?”

“Yes sir,” Robert replied.

“We have taken on several new apprentices recently, and I don’t know if we have room for you.”  All the time looking straight into Robert’s eyes.

Not missing a beat, he responded, “Mr. Wright, I’ll sleep in my car if I have too.”

Wright laughed, and then said, “Well, we won’t make you do that.” Then he looked to his right at a high hill behind the camp and said,  “You know, we had snow on that hill last night.  The first time I’ve ever seen that here.”  And then they spoke of the weather for the next minute or two.  Finally, he said, “Robert, you go down to the office there and see Gene Masselink.  Tell him I said to get you fixed up with everything you’ll need.”

And that was Robert Green’s acceptance by Frank Lloyd Wright.

After Mr. Wright’s death, Mr. Green returned to Atlanta, and for many years designed beautiful and fascinating buildings in the Wright style which only someone who studied with Mr. Wright would be able to do.  Mr. Green’s works included many custom homes – from 800 square feet to 15,000 square feet and costing from $100,000 to several million dollars – office buildings, apartments and condos, churches, warehouses and other commercial buildings.  Some of his work is featured below.

It is because of his talent and training with Mr. Wright, that Robert Green was able to build such beauty into his buildings, that he could boast that homes he designed often quadruple in value from the time of construction. And even with all the work drawing, detailing, and on-site inspection of construction, his fees were only approximately what real-estate sales agents received to sell a comparable sized house.  He absolutely deserves the status of local icon and it is thrilling to know my love of modern design in the south is shared with such an amazing individual.

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Location: 1075 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309 (MARTA accessible and parking available)
RSVP: AIAAtlantaTours@gmail.com (tour is limited to 30 people)
Bring: Hard Hat and Boots

Project Features:

Sustainable Site

• Previously Developed Site Community Connectivity
• Reduced pollution and land development impacts from automobile use
• Reduction in heat island effect

Water Efficiency

• Native and drought tolerant plant material
• No permanent irrigation system
• Water savings of 31.8%

Energy & Atmosphere

• Commissioning of the Buildings Energy Systems
• Measurement & Verification Plan being composed

Materials and Resources

• Infrastructure in place for tenant recycling
• At least 10% recycled content materials and 10% regional materials
• A minimum of 50% of all the wood products used are Cerfitied by the Forestry Stewardship Council

Indoor Environmental Quality

• Monitored outdoor air volumes
• Building materials specified to contain little or no VOC’s
• Floor area in the core and shell space will have high levels of natural light and over 90% of the occupants
• Views to the outdoors
• HVAC system was designed to facilitate acceptable thermal conditions for building occupants

Website: AIA Atlanta

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Northcrest Modern is a website created by Atlanta Realtor, Cindi Sokol and is dedicated to the presentation of information involving the Mid-Century Modern style homes within the Northcrest Georgia sub-division and the surrounding areas.  Cindi is a current resident with a love of Modern architecture and design, and was inspired to begin collecting information about this unique neighborhood.  As most of the original residents are no longer present, it has been a difficult task to discover historical information surrounding this great and unique neighborhood.  Cindi’s intent is to collect any information she may be able to find and make it available to those interested.

The site features home throughout the neighborhood – most of which are for sale.  Great interior and exterior views along with some original drawings and marketing materials.

Website: Northcrest Modern

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• Solar hot water
• High efficiency 19 SEER HVAC
• Soy-based spray foam insulation
• Efficient, aluminum clad windows
• Steel construction
• Bosch Energy Star appliances
• Dual flush Caroma toilets
• Rapidly renewable Plyboo bamboo flooring
• Low-VOC paints and adhesives
• Low maintenance, zero water landscaping

Additionally, for the tech-savviest of home purchasers, the home has been wired for HDTV, surround sound, and internet.  All of which is why 81 Weatherby has been getting a ton of interest … I mean, how could it not?  Plus, it’s expected to have 50-70% energy cost savings.

Source: Jetson Green

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