An Ultimate Architectural Road Trip of East Coast Mid-Century Modernism

In this increasingly strange and troubled world, one might want to salve their soul with a road trip to see the artifacts of more thoughtful and optimistic time. Such a therapeutic adventure may not be too far away: Writer and curator Sam Lubell along with photographer Darren Bradley released their latest architectural travel guide, Mid-Century Modern Architecture Travel Guide: East Coast USA (Phaidon, $35) last month. A follow-up to their recent West Coast guide, it includes over 250 houses, offices, schools, museums, civic and religious buildings that tell the story of the industrial and cultural prosperity that occurred up and down the Eastern Seaboard after World War II.