Cape Cod Modern: Midcentury Architecture and Community on the Outer Cape
"Cape Cod Modernreveals one of the East Coast's best-kept architectural  secrets: an enclave of disarmingly unpretentious houses . . . . In this  rich cultural setting, left-leaning figures . . . dined on plywood  tables, bathed nude in brisk waters on principle and exercised elastic  morals among the unpainted two-by-fours. It was a summer camp for  consenting, distinctly un-Puritanical intellectuals. And the party  needn't be over."— Joseph Giovannini,New York Times"Aficionados as well as those curious about these architectural gems  will be interested inCape Cod Modern, a name-dropping beauty that  covers not only the designers of the odd-shaped, rustic 'summer camps in  the air,' as the coauthors call them, but their parties and  intellectual ferment."     — Jan Gardner,Boston Globe"'Walter Gropius was tired.' That is the fabulous first sentence to this engaging book. . . . A sweeping celebration of modernism anchored by a strong sense of place, Cape Cod Modern is a must-read for anyone interested in architecture, maritime history, artistic communities, the Cape itself, Yankee do-it-yourself determination and Thoreauvian love of the land. Without McMahon and Cipriani's efforts this mostly unknown chapter in the history of modern architecture would've been forever lost."-- Design Notes,Design Within ReachFor nearly four decades, Cape Cod was a haven where two different sets  of designers--European modernists and local nonconformists--found common  ground, working hard during the daytime, then repairing to each other's  houses for cocktails and bonfires at night...Cape Cod Modern, by  McMahon and the architectural journalist Christine Cipriani, [will] be  published by Metropolis Books in June. Full of fascinating primary  research, archival photographs and lavish color pictures of the houses  today--well--preserved and not--it opens a window onto a part of Cape  life that has been secreted away in the woods for years, partly because  that's what its creators intended.-- Carol KinoWSJ Magazine2014-06-01"More than just a paean to an architectural style,Cape Cod Modernilluminates a rich, under-examined moment — from 1938 to 1977 — when the  towns of the Outer Cape drew a hyper-creative crowd of design-besotted  artists and intellectuals. . . . The book traces the flowering of a  distinctly regional modernism marked not by flashy commissions but  instead by deeply personal spaces meant for repose."— Elle Decor"A vibrant cultural history that considers how time, place, and  intersecting lives coalesced to generate the built environment. . . .  The pages ofCape Cod Modernbrim with captivating images, original  scholarship, unexpected legacies, and humorous anecdotes. . . . [these]  cultural memories have been preserved with great dedication and joy."— Susan Morgan,Modernmagazine"Almost 80 years [after Gropius and Breuer discovered the area], Peter  McMahon and Christine Cipriani documented the scene that flourished  around the houses for their evocative new book,Cape Cod Modern."— Alice Newell-Hanson,Condé Nast Traveler"McMahon and Cipriani's depth of coverage, the first of its kind, does a  great service to the architectural history of the Cape."— John R. DaSilva,Provincetown Arts...the definitive account of this little-known chapter in American architecture.-- Nick MillerPIN-UP2014-05-01