Pre-Fab in the City

While MoMA recently hosted an exhibition on pre-fabs, which included constructing five modern structures in a lot in the middle of the city, this Bronx couple built one for real. Regina and Bill Marengo replaced their 900-square-foot bungalow with an 1,800 square-foot home designed by Resolution: 4 Architecture, the designers of the original Dwell home.

Scenes from MOMA

A few shots from a recent trip to MOMA. Also check out images from the upcoming exhibit on pre-fab modern housing. Watch time-elapse videos of the pre-fab homes being built in the heart of New York City.

Vintage Eames Molded Plywood Dining Chair, DCM

Marcel Breuer Wassily Chair and Laccio side tables and LC4 Chaise Lounge by Le Corbusier

Ribbon Chair and Mushroom Chair by Pierre Paulin

Chairs by Jean Prouve. The exhibit focuses on Prouve's mass-production efforts.

Paintings by Mark Rothko. My walls need some of these.

La Crazy

Isn't a little ironic that the Eames La Chaise originally designed in 1948 for MoMA's International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design now cost's more than $8,000? At the time of its design, it did not even go into production because it was too expenisve to make. It was first produced in 1990.

Celebrating Pierre Paulin

To celebrate the French modernist designer's 80th birthday, the French Cultural Services and MoMA's Department of Architecture and Design is holding a free exhibit of Paulin's mid-century furniture designs through Jan. 25. You can find the exhibit in the Stanford White building at 972 Fifth Avenue (at 79th Street).