Mid Century Modern Ruins

_{Above: A summer house designed by Bruno Mathsson and located in Sweden. Photo: Mikael Olsson} 

Over the course of several years Swedish photographer Mikael Olsson began documenting the decay of two summer homes designed by architect Bruno Mathsson in an effort to create a record of what very well may be lost – or at least forgotten should new owners move in and attempt to ‘renovate’ without consideration for what was originally there. Steidl Verlag recently published Södrakull Frösakull, a beautiful presentation of Olsson’s project and a testament to the importance of preservation. You can check out more of Mikael Olsson’s photography here.

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Bench designed by Bruno Mathsson left behind in one of the two summer houses he designed in Sweden, now abandoned. Photo: Mikael Olsson

Bruno Mathsson´s ‘Eva’ Chair (1933) left behind in one of the two summer houses he designed in Sweden, now abandoned. Photo: Mikael Olsson

Here are a handful of Modernist homes – some by noted architects such as Paul Rudolph and Frank Lloyd Wright – that have been sadly left to the elements.

But cannot end it on such a gloomy note, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Turkel House in Detroit was purchased and has since been completely restored!

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