Midcentury Modern Remodel Tucson
As Featured in Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden Magazine:
Designed by Tucson’s first registered female architect, this future-looking home recently received a makeover that restored its luster. The 2,925-square-foot midcentury modern home, located in Tucson, Arizona, was designed in the early 1960s by architect Anne Rysdale and bears the hallmarks of her residential mid-century work. It’s an attractive yet extremely functional home with clean lines and natural wood and stone finishes.
Rysdale is a bit of a legend in the field of architecture. Born in Detroit in 1920, she graduated from Tucson High and enrolled at the University of Arizona and graduated in 1940. After serving as an officer in the Navy during World War II
and obtaining an architecture degree from the University of Washington, Rysdale returned to Tucson in 1945 and established her own practice. Until the early 1960s, she was the only registered female architect practicing in Arizona. Her residential work can be found throughout Tucson, including Winterhaven, Colonia Solana, El Encanto and Tucson Country Club Estates. Her com- mercial designs can be seen at The Shelter, the Sun Building near Speedway and Campbell and the Tucson Inn.
The owners of the home turned to Kathy Nieto of Interior Trends Remodel & Design. In business for more than 27 years, Interior Trends specializes in full-service remodel and design. “Our goal was to comple- ment the home and its original design,” says Nieto, the builder on the project. “We preserved the woodwork and did a lot of planking repairs so that it’s seamless.”
Excerpts from Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden, The Remodeling Issue, "Return to a Rysdale High" - July 2016.
---By Romi Carrell Wittman Photography by Robin Stancliff
Designed by Tucson’s first registered female architect, this future-looking home recently received a makeover that restored its luster. The 2,925-square-foot midcentury modern home, located in Tucson, Arizona, was designed in the early 1960s by architect Anne Rysdale and bears the hallmarks of her residential mid-century work. It’s an attractive yet extremely functional home with clean lines and natural wood and stone finishes.
Rysdale is a bit of a legend in the field of architecture. Born in Detroit in 1920, she graduated from Tucson High and enrolled at the University of Arizona and graduated in 1940. After serving as an officer in the Navy during World War II
and obtaining an architecture degree from the University of Washington, Rysdale returned to Tucson in 1945 and established her own practice. Until the early 1960s, she was the only registered female architect practicing in Arizona. Her residential work can be found throughout Tucson, including Winterhaven, Colonia Solana, El Encanto and Tucson Country Club Estates. Her com- mercial designs can be seen at The Shelter, the Sun Building near Speedway and Campbell and the Tucson Inn.
The owners of the home turned to Kathy Nieto of Interior Trends Remodel & Design. In business for more than 27 years, Interior Trends specializes in full-service remodel and design. “Our goal was to comple- ment the home and its original design,” says Nieto, the builder on the project. “We preserved the woodwork and did a lot of planking repairs so that it’s seamless.”
Excerpts from Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden, The Remodeling Issue, "Return to a Rysdale High" - July 2016.
---By Romi Carrell Wittman Photography by Robin Stancliff
Project Year: 2016
Project Cost: $200,001 - $500,000
Country: United States
