Midcentury Modern

Pound Ridge’s modern architectural story began in the late 1930s and accelerated through the 1950s and 1960s, when architects, artists, and families from New York brought new design ideas into the town’s wooded landscape. Early and mid-century houses by architects including John C.B. Moore and David Henken introduced flat or low-pitched roofs, broad walls of glass, open plans, and strong indoor-outdoor connections.

That tradition continued and evolved in later decades through the work of Vuko Tashkovich, who developed a more sculptural and highly individual architectural language while keeping a core modern principle at the center: designing homes in conversation with the land, light, and surrounding trees.

Midcentury Modern houses in Pound Ridge emphasized low or gently pitched roofs, large expanses of glass, open and efficient floor plans, deep overhangs for seasonal light control, and a strong visual connection to the land. Rather than treating buildings as isolated objects, many designs were carefully integrated with rocks, trees, and natural grade. From custom family projects to architect-designed residences linked to major modernist circles, Pound Ridge’s mid-century homes helped define the town’s character and continue to shape its identity today.