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Matchbook Architecture

Architectural visions and details from old matchbooks

The little car is even cuter than the building

A highly conceptual First National Bank, Elkhart, Indiana

Perfect classicism

A less than massive bank facade

McDonnell's: Restaurant Moderne.

The room itself seems a bit stodgy, but the tables and chairs couldn't be more contempo

A future fixer upper for an urban pioneer

Good thing they rendered the pole in front of the building

Charming

A palace in Queens

A North Woods classic in Rhinelander Wisconsin

Hard to imagine a building like this at 8th and 50th

Too imposing to be quaint, at least in this rendering

I actually have these exact shingles on my house. The roofers hated working with them

Best of both worlds

A very substantial hotel

A lovingly rendered factory

Ohio Match Co., industrial pride in Wadsworth, Ohio

The Southern Equipment Company (SECO) was "known for quality racks, cabinets and hotel pans"

Dad always said, there's nothing like "cone-cleaned"

Really nice colors and typography from Cleveland, O

Great color and type

Nice window babe

Even a small specialty business could have a killer logo

And 30 years later that blue will still be just so darling

What's more mysterious, the weird spider thing on the floor or the contraption on top of the counter on the right?

Now this would be a classic bathroom in any era

A fine design exercise from Ohio

Matchbooks

The little car is even cuter than the building	A highly conceptual First National Bank, Elkhart, Indiana	Perfect classicism	A less than massive bank facade
McDonnell's: Restaurant Moderne.	The room itself seems a bit stodgy, but the tables and chairs couldn't be more contempo	A future fixer upper for an urban pioneer	Good thing they rendered the pole in front of the building
Charming	A palace in Queens	A North Woods classic in Rhinelander Wisconsin	Hard to imagine a building like this at 8th and 50th
Too imposing to be quaint, at least in this rendering	I actually have these exact shingles on my house. The roofers hated working with them	Best of both worlds	A very substantial hotel
A lovingly rendered factory	Ohio Match Co., industrial pride in Wadsworth, Ohio	The Southern Equipment Company (SECO) was "known for quality racks, cabinets and hotel pans"	Dad always said, there's nothing like "cone-cleaned"
Really nice colors and typography from Cleveland, O	Great color and type	Nice window babe	Even a small specialty business could have a killer logo
And 30 years later that blue will still be just so darling	What's more mysterious, the weird spider thing on the floor or the contraption on top of the counter on the right?	Now this would be a classic bathroom in any era	A fine design exercise from Ohio