Modernist homes get a Thomas Kinkade-style makeover

This is one of those genius “I can’t believe this hasn’t been done already” kind of things.

An architect from Indiana has photoshopped recognizable modernist homes into the overly sentimental, idyllic world of a Thomas Kinkade painting, making for a funny mashup series.

It all started with this tweet from another architect, Donna Sink, where she instigates, “Does anyone do paintings of Modern buildings in the style of Thomas Kincade?”

Indianapolis-based @robyniko answered her call, writing, “I’m in. Let’s start off easy with one of Kahn’s beautiful boxes (eg the Fisher house)…”

Then he worked on others, like the Eames house (the wishing well is a nice touch!):

Then someone requested he do architect Philip Johnson’s historic Glass House next. He calls his creation “Philip Johnson’s Glass Cottage,” (emphasis mine) a nod to Kinkade’s use of cottages in his paintings:

On this one, he writes, “Ok i really have to stop now. Merry Corbsmas:”

But he didn’t stop. He then tackled the Farnsworth House (which I included as the lead image above).

A couple days later he was still at it. On this one, he writes, “Pack your bags for a rocky seaside getaway at the Gehryhaus! You’ll love the *squints at copy* homey chain link fence & softly weathered *checks notes* corrugated steel siding while you eat a homemade breakfast in the soft glow of the *deep sigh* aggressively geometric sun room.”

You can follow how it all went down in this thread:

(ArchPaper)

images via @robyniko, used with permission