Housing in the 1960s
Brutalism
Stories
Most houses in the 1960s were one story
Pop Culture
Movies: Psycho (1960)
TV Shows: The Andy Griffith Show (1967)
Music: Help Me Rhonda by The Beach Boys
History
JFK gave the “Man on the Moon” speech (1961)
JFK was assassinated (1963)
Martin Luther King Jr. makes the “I Have A Dream” speech
Characteristics of a Brutalist house
Concrete, steel, glass, bricks, repetitive sharp angles
Furniture
Vintage and contemporary, ragged rusty metals used