4 glass-walled, midcentury modern homes with cool atriums are for sale
Christopher Barnes of Windermere Realty Trust says modern abodes built by Robert Rummer can be remodeled without jeopardizing clean lines.
“Everyone wants an open concept and a Rummer is the perfect example of that,” he says. “There are not many homes in the Pacific Northwest that give you the ability to look through an atrium and see [almost] your entire house.”
He points to the large windows, skylights and glass walls, and concludes that “even the darkest days seem bright” inside a Rummer.
In this week’s real estate gallery, we look at Robert Rummer-built homes for sale. Marisa Swenson of Modern Homes Portland-Living Room Realty keeps an active list. She calls Bob Rummer a risk taker who “brought unique, bold home designs to our area, changing the real estate landscape, challenging home buyers to live differently.”[1961 Park Forest Ave. in Lake Oswego, listed at $699,900, has a pending offer.]
What’s the story with Rummers? Read Oregon’s coolest midcentury modern houses: Builder Bob Rummer’s enduring legacy and see the photos. The developer created wide-open, glass-walled modern homes in the 1960s and 1970s that encouraged then-revolutionary indoor-outdoor living.
[1961 Park Forest Ave. in Lake Oswego, listed at $699,900, has a pending offer.]
Portlanders who appreciated Frank Lloyd Wright’s later work and developer Joseph Eichler’s atrium-centered homes in California instantly understood the appeal of Rummer’s soaring living rooms with see-through sliding glass doors that opened to patios. Many of Rummer’s customers stayed put in their homes for decades.
[1961 Park Forest Ave. in Lake Oswego, listed at $699,900, has a pending offer.]
Plans were inspired by A. Quincy Jones and other Case Study House architects, Today, a Rummer-built house can sell fast. An offer was received in five days after one, built on a half-acre lot at 1961 Park Forest Ave. in Lake Oswego, was listed in November 2018 at $699,900.
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