Some of the last extra shots I had wanted to post from my Arapahoe Acres shots. I will be rolling these into the existing posts.

I have one more post of these before I move on to something else and fold these extra pictures into my older posts.

Love this carport!

I am eventually rolling these pictures into my previous posts on Arapahoe Acres, but I like to post them to the front of this site, first.

I have also been updating other portions of this site, describing what movies and music I have been paying attention to lately. I also want to start another page listing my favorite hole-in-wall eateries!

A diverse Usonian neighborhood!

I’d like to think that if the lessons from Frank Lloyd Wright were properly assimilated, we would all be living in such unique, architecturely satisfying abodes. . .

Of course, these designs are not Wright, but mostly the vision of
Denver’s Edward Hawkins

Beautiful Arapahoe Acres in Englewood, Colorado.

An outstanding example of diverse modern architecture from the 40s and 50s.

A little bit of Usonia, right here on earth. . .

Gray House in Arapahoe Acres, Englewood, CO, 1954 by Ed Hawkins

google sketchup

McCallin House in Arapahoe Acres, Englewood, CO 1954 by
Ed Hawkins & Joseph Dion

google sketchup

Arapahoe Acres is a truly great modernist housing development built in the 1940s-50s. What makes it unique is the variety of house designs. Every home is on the National Historic Registry, not at all common for buildings this recent.

I have not posted a photo of every house in Arapahoe Acres (most!). For some, I have yet to take a presentable photo. I still have another large batch of photos to sort through, and will add and replace photos where I find a better image.

What you really need to see are the books devoted to Arapahoe Acres by Diane Wray, such as the Historic Denver Guide: The Arapahoe Acres Historic District from 2004. Diane Wray has the most outstanding modernist architectural vocabulary. It should be studied by enthusiasts everywhere.

As for my illustrations, you may notice I work in phases, first just a sketch, then minimal illustration, then eventually landscaping. Check back and you will notice continuous improvements.

Thanks for visiting, enjoy! - Tom Lundin 2007