Mid-Continent Modern

"Mid-Continent Modern: The Champaign School of Mid-Century Architecture" captures the understated beauty and enduring significance of mid-century architectural innovation in America's heartland. Revealing the remarkable contributions of architects Jack Sherman Baker, John Gordon Replinger, A. Richard Williams, Robert Louis Amico, and Jeffery S. Poss to the local built environment, this book tells the story of their work and the people who continue to care for these distinctive buildings. The photographs, layouts, and text offer elements to construct a "Champaign School of Mid-Century Architecture," emphasizing formal simplicity, functional pragmatism, unaffected dignity, and thoughtful detailing. Architecture that is unmistakably modern yet thoughtfully integrated into its natural surroundings and in harmonious dialogue with the regional vernacular.