Rios Vaux Development LLC

Coming this spring!

Latest project. Started renovations this past month on this four-bedroom Mid Century Modern ranch. Too excited! Stay tuned!

https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/2/21/18235157/south-loop-development-metra-tracks-gateway

Giant South Loop development would cap train tracks near Soldier Field The 34-acre project will make its public debut in March.

Frank Lloyd Wright - Detroit

Wright House, Right Time Inside Frank Lloyd Wright’s Palmer Woods masterpiece // A world-class city has world-class architecture, and Detroit is no exception. Masters worked here: Kahn, Saarinen, Yamasaki, van der Rohe. And so did Frank Lloyd Wright, the man

https://www.dwell.com/article/minneapolis-home-peterssen-keller-architecture-96a43835

An Indoor/Outdoor Home in Minneapolis Defies a Harsh Climate When Peterssen Keller Architecture set out to create a California-inspired property in Minneapolis, they decided to do so with an airy design that works for all seasons.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180419/CRED0701/180419837/where-chicago-s-real-estate-market-has-been-hottest-in-2018

Here's where the real estate market has been hottest in 2018 Places in the city and suburbs where three signs of strength—prices and the speed and number of sales—all improved over last year.

Apartment Therapy

This is an interior update of an apartment in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago. The building is a lakefront high-rise and was designed by Black Architect John W. Moutoussamy in 1967. It is believed that "for a short period" the building was the Chicago home of Muhammad Ali.

The apartment itself, has an awesome view of Lake Michigan with a strong southern exposure. Evidently, it was a very bland space which is not at all uncommon in the rental market... I started off by adding an accent wall to favor denim; I accomplished this by using a faux Ralph Lauren Blue-jean paint. You can find the technique here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTyWU-q6Buw&t=4s and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPu1fLZVIDs. Most of the furniture is of Mid Century Modern design which I found in various places. The Shell chair which was designed by Hans J. Wegner in 1963, is an obvious reproduction; but I felt was a nice touch.

As you can see, these are the befores and afters:

Mid Century Modern Gary

This home is known as “The Rainer” a kit house designed by Jerry Gropp back in the 1960’s. Jerry Gropp (who is still practicing) is an architect from Seattle, Washington who designed several modern home designs for a variety of national shelter magazines such as New Homes Guide, Home Modernizing Guide and Better Homes & Gardens. His skills were recognized by the National Association of Homebuilders who asked him to provide his contemporary designs for a number of their builder publications. For about two decades, Gropp designed over eighty unique “Plan Packages” for home owners to purchase through mail order.

He provided thousands of plans for clients all over the United States and abroad. His most popular design was “The Rainier” NHG #2450, which was designed for sloping narrow lots. It featured contemporary lines with a shallow pitched roof and exposed beam framing, and a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows in the living and dining areas.

I have seen “The Rainer” on several websites dedicated to Mid Century Modern architecture and have admired this floorplan, not knowing that there were actually a few in the region I grew up in. I had not realized it until I went back home to visit, that there were a few in Gary. I happen to drive past one and recognized it. I ended up circling the block. Lol… I pulled out my phone and looked up the floor plan, then did a comparison, and it was indeed a Rainer.

Gary, Indiana has a nice array of Mid Century Modern architecture that I would love to research, explore and share. Many of these homes and public buildings are examples of the economic prosperity Gary experienced in the 50’s and early 60’s.

Old article but yet and still, a great read.

At Home in Chatham: A Bounty of Mid-Century Modern on the South Side, Where the African-American Elite Once “Strutted Their Stuff” By Krisann Rehbein The conversation about preserving mid-century buildings is growing by the day. Generally defined as the era after World War II and through the late 1960s, these buildings are now…

http://www.chicagomag.com/real-estate/June-2018/Get-an-Exquisite-Minimalist-Mid-Century-Modern-Home-for-Just-450K/

Get an Exquisite, Minimalist Mid-Century Modern Home for Just $450K Designed by Edward Humrich, the Olympia Fields house is in a prestigious, tranquil pocket alongside similarly elegant homes by Keck + Keck, Edward Dart, and John McPherson.

https://www.dwell.com/article/what-are-eichler-homes-and-why-do-people-love-them-89c96c5d

What Are Eichler Homes and Why Do People Love Them? If it's oozing with California midcentury-modern design—complete with wood paneling, gabled ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling glazed walls—it just might be an Eichler home.