Designed to satisfy the University’s need to have both departments in a central location, this building became one of the finest visual arts centers in the country with its completion in 1970.
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The Weber County Main Library is one of Utah’s finest examples of modern architecture. The 1968 building was designed by prominent Utah architect John L. Piers.
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In one of the final residences of an illustrious career of design and education, Utah native John Sugden wanted to build a model of his design philosophy.
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Architect
Robert Bliss is an award-winning architect who’s shown exemplary dedication to preservation and community services with a vocal passion for art, architecture, and landscape.
Learn More >Salt Lake Modern’s Tour of St. Mary’s Neighborhood
Saturday, June 16, 2012
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
After our successful tour of the Ron Molen-designed Westshire neighborhood in West Valley in October 2010, Salt Lake Modern is hosting a tour of four private mid-century modern homes in
This week, a new website Defining Downtown at Mid-Century, found at www.midcenturybanks.com, has been launched that will change how you look at buildings from the 1950s and 60s.
Integration of the automobile and ideas of reaching the moon changed popular culture in post World War II America. Architecture responded by adapting its designs for a new personal aesthetic, especially in the area of banking. Nearly everyone used a bank, and the automobile necessitated an explosion in the construction of branch banks and drive-throughs in every state.
The website documents this unprecedented growth in the United States through the country’s foremost design-build company of banks, the Bank Building & Equipment Corporation of America. Citing over 200 of their projects with hundreds of photographs, www.midcenturybanks.com is an exploration of the space age design, cutting edge technology, and profile of the founders and architects who streamlined today’s popular design-build process into a multi-million dollar business.
