Comments on: Latest in Homes Has Skyscraper Frame and Glass Walls

By: Slothtrop

Slothtrop — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:11:18 +0000

Actually Torgo, some folks agree that the design was quite good (e.g. Phillip Johnson, who new a bit about modern architecture I think). You can read about the house here: http://architectural-world.blo.....RE%20HOUSE. One of the architects (Albert Frey) worked with Le Corbusier earlier in his career.

The house still exists– it was moved to the New York Institute of technology Islip campus about 20 years ago. Its in pretty bad shape, unfortunately

By: Torgo

Torgo — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:29:07 +0000

Not a good design. An American tried to be a European and fell short.

By: Toronto

Toronto — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:10:41 +0000

Someone’s building a very similar house a few blocks from my 1890 semi. It’s got a hybrid frame – part steel, part OSB trusses – and they used those ‘Lego’ forms for the foundation, but stylistically it’s very close.

The only other Bauhaus inspired homes nearby are a few in-fill carriage houses with the classic ‘carport’ notch and a upper section. They seem to be very space efficient. Heck, if I could subdivide my 14×160′ lot, maybe that’s what would work best (off the alley.)

By: Rick Auricchio

Rick Auricchio — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:33:55 +0000

The Bauhaus archictectural style was big in the 1920s and 1930s, so this design is no surprise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus

By: Rangachari Anand

Rangachari Anand — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:40:04 +0000

I wonder who was the architect. This house looks remarkably modern – would still be considered modern by current standards!

By: rsterling78

rsterling78 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:35:49 +0000

“Simple modernistic lines, with no fancy and expensive curlicues, characterize the design.”

That sounds so much better than “utterly impractical and ugly as hell”.

By: Rick Auricchio

Rick Auricchio — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:54:48 +0000

The price probably doesn’t include the land, which in many areas is more than the cost of the structure.

By: Eli

Eli — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:58:43 +0000

Let’s see… a $2500 house for people earning less than $1800 a year? Looking at it in modern terms, that means the house cost about 150% of the annual gross income. According to the inflation index, it also means that it sold for about $38,000 in 2009 dollars. We should be so lucky…

By: Rick Auricchio

Rick Auricchio — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:38:15 +0000

No bathrooms?

Long Island gets some serious winter weather. I suppose all that glass wasn’t practical from a heating standpoint.

By: Al Bear

Al Bear — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:59:12 +0000

Pretty cool and modern looking house but I hust don’t know about those pencil-thin support columns.