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KUNA HOUSE / 2409 COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE SOUTH
> Built for Aladar & Magdalene Kuna; Quincy’s most iconic Mid- Mod residence > As with Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian houses, Benya blurred the distinction between indoor & outdoor space
1954 / MID-CENTURY MODERN / JOHN BENYA architect
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CERVON HOUSE / 3001 LINCOLN HILL NE
> Built for Lawrence & Louise Cervon; the only International Modernism home in Quincy > Glass feature wall designed to replicate the Northern Lights during rain > Known as a top leader in the electronics world, Lawrence was president of Harris Corp and Broadcast Electronics
1956 / INTERNATIONAL MODERNISM / JOHN BENYA architect
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QUINCY REGIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL / 1605 HWY 104 / 217.885.3285 > Futuristic terminal-- a circle of many circles on a split three-level plan which Benya is said to have sketched on a cocktail napkin around his martini glass > Exterior walls are brown-toned, half-circle windows separated by upward- curving sections of a striking green masonry 1972 / MID-CENTURY MODERN / JOHN BENYA architect
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