Come see inside a Space Age 1957 bungalow
Modernist architecture fans fall for an aluminum show home
The exterior of the home has purple cladding made from Space Age aluminum. There’s aluminum in other places as well: wavy blue window grates, a front door in anodized chartreuse, ‘frames’ around the interior Cypress wall panelling and structural supports, and even as roofing material.Steven Plouffe
The Brighton, N.Y. home of Steven Plouffe and Mike Linsner was built in 1957 as one of 24 near-identical, partly-prefab “Care-free” show homes by the Aluminum Company of America . It is now on the National Register of Historic Places.Steven Plouffe
Under a post-and-beam ceiling, a generous foyer flows into a formal living area, which connects to a large dining room, which melts into a family room; floor-to-ceiling windows and sliding doors send light into every nook and cranny.Steven Plouffe
The living room.Steven Plouffe
Cabinetry detail. Acting as the home’s hub is a 12- by 8-foot kitchen with floating walls that don’t reach the ceiling.Steven Plouffe
The original kitchen cabinets facing the family room – finished in apple green, black, baby blue, and white Formica – were so well built, they stayed put during renovations, and only the well-worn inner kitchen cabinets and the home’s two bathrooms needed an overhaul.Steven Plouffe
The original floor plan of the Alcoa house from a 1957 brochure.
Steven Plouffe and Mike Linsner said their was little need for restoration work on the home when they bought it.Dave LeBlanc/The Globe and Mail