Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Goverment Center in Goshen NY, completed in 1971 (via), is slated to be demolished, and replaced by that marvel of faux-historical-factory-colonialism below.
File under “supporting the case for historic preservation.”
Cargotecture!
A standard-sized (8’ x 20’) shipping container, powered by solar energy, transforms – opens up – each day into a restaurant. Mobile food.
Müvbox, in Montreal. Must see.
Snark!
Architecture magazine Metropolis publishes an open letter to rival Dwell:
Dear Dwell:
Love the magazine. As a favor, I have rewritten the Table of Contents of your July/August issue:
Cover House with Horizontal Wood Slats
Page 43 House with Vertical Wood Slats
Page 52 House with Horizontal Wood Slats
Page 58 Ice Cream Makers
Page 66 Pavilion with Horizontal Wood Slats
Page 70 Philadelphia
Page 80 House with Horizontal Wood Slats
Page 88 House with Horizontal Wood Slats
Page 96 House with Vertical Wood Slats
I hope you find this useful.
Fondly,
Jeff Speck, AICP
Washington, DC
More Wright stuff:
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House, a Los Feliz hilltop masterpiece composed of patterned and smooth concrete blocks that has been mightily threatened by man and Mother Nature, is being offered for sale at $15 million by the private foundation that has been restoring it.
LATimes story: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ennis-house19-2009jun19,0,5217667.story
Buffalo’s Wright stuff:
The Martin Complex.
Following a 12-year restoration, Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1905 house for Buffalo's Martin family and new neighboring visitor center (designed by Toshiko Mori) make for a fine destination in upstate NY.
Wright stuff:
Seems fitting that the work of master designer Frank Lloyd Wright, father of the creator of Lincoln Logs, should be immortalized in the form of LEGOs, per wired.com. Special-edition architecture LEGO sets will showcase FLW’s Fallingwater and the Guggenheim Museum.
Wright stuff:
I want: Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1955 Fawcett Ranch House in California. It *is* for sale.
The property’s sales site is worth a look, especially the slide shows: http://www.fawcetthouse.com/