The 1962 World’s Fair put Seattle on the map, literally, with its pavilions full of unique exhibits, ground-breaking building design and the iconic Space Needle that would come to represent the city to the world. And one of those exhibits — according to area historians Alan J. Stein and Paula Becker — is sitting just off of SE 70th Place and East Mercer Way on Mercer Island.
An innovative, modular home created by the US Plywood Association, was billed at the fair as the “American Home of the Immediate Future,” and a “Living Research House” is one of many pieces of living history in the area — but one of the few being used for it's orignial purpose.
I'm struck by the similarities to Michelle Kaufmann's (the self-proclaimed inventor of modular housing) Glide House. Does this mean that MKD, her design studio, is really just rehashing the looks of 50 year old houses that were featured at the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle? Here are some pictures...you decide.
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The floor plan for "America's Home of the Immediate Future"
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Today's view of 7000 East Mercer Way.
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Michelle Kaufmann's Glidehouse
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