electri-living

March 25, 2015

The 1956 Parade of Homes Plans Featuring R. Duane Conner’s Electri-Living House

by Lynne Rostochil Awhile back, I was doing some online research and stumbled across the Retro Rockets blog, which is devoted to all things mid-century modern. In 2014, the blog featured several designs from the 1956 Parade of Homes Plans and #15 was OKC’s own Electri-Living House designed by R. Duane Conner — we devoted a […]

August 15, 2013

Performance, Not Size, Makes for Livability

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Text and present-day photos by Lynne Rostochil, vintage magazine photos from Lynne’s collection The following is an article from the September 1956 issue of Living for Young Homemakers magazine, which sponsored a poor man’s Case Study House program for several years in the 50’s called the Electri-Living Program. Each year, the magazine selected 12 architects […]

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