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The usual vision of metal as a heavy, bulky material gradually fades into the background. The modern design of a steel structure house by architect Jan Kinsbergen demonstrates the ease of perception of steel in a new generation of buildings.
The cottage in the form of a cube is suspended in the air, resting on a single massive reinforced concrete support in the center. There is a spacious parking under the building with good natural ventilation. Let's consider the main features that made it possible to beat metal so easily, unobtrusively and imperceptibly.
Glass house design from steel structure
Although the building's frame is made of metal, it remains almost invisible due to the abundance of glass facades. Almost all external walls are panoramic windows, thanks to which the object is literally viewed through.
The only massive structures here are terraces escaping from the facade, also made of metal. But at the same time, they are framed with thin steel handrails, and the fence itself is glass. This visually lightened their silhouette.
The frame itself is also not an accent design element of a steel structure house. All supports, beams are made extremely thin. Therefore, the attention is drawn to the glass, which is easy to perceive. And it is framed with black steel slats to emphasize the strength of the structure.
Monolith in steel structure house design
The concept of building using monolithic technology helped to get away from massive metal structures.
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The small tour group proceeding to what is traditionally the front door, but at the Rosenbaum house this is the back door and carport.
Touring Alabama's one and only structure designed by the legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The Rosenbaum House is the second of Wright’s Usonian style homes to be built. The Usonian style home was a new designed concept intended as a low-cost housing for middle-class American families. In 1938, newlyweds Stanley and Mildred Rosenbaum were given a two acre lot and funds to build a home by Stanley’s parents. After reading about Frank Lloyd Wright, they commissioned Wright to design and build the house. The first phase of the house cost the couple $14,000. The Rosenbaums moved into their new home in September 1940. The first photographs of the house were placed on exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Built in an L-shape, the house is made from natural materials, largely cypress wood and brick. Multilevel low-rising steel-cantilevered roofs covering both the living spaces and adjoining carport. The distinctive feature of the house is its glass, with most of the rooms have their own door to the outside. The center of the house is the “service core”, built around a large stone hearth. The original Usonian floor plan provided 1,540 square feet of living space. After the Rosenbaums fourth child, the family needed more space in the already cramped house. The Rosenbaums asked Wright to design an extension. Wright’s 1948 modification added an additional 1,084 square feet in a second L-shape.
The house was occupied by the Rosenbaums until 1999 when Mildred was moved into a nursing home. This makes the longest occupancy by the original owners of any of Wright’s other Usonian homes. The Rosenbaum family donated the house to the City of Florence and sold the furniture and contents of the house to the city for $75,000. When the city acquired house, the house was in poor repair, with extensive water penetration and termite damage. According to the tour guide, “we almost lost the house for good after a building inspector looked over the house and saw the severity of the damage that he recommended for the house to be torn down since it was in an unsafe condition.” City leaders came up with a plan to fund the restoration of the house. With the help of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, along with the many volunteers and professionals, the Rosenbaum house was meticulously restored and opened to the public in 2002 as a museum.
The Rosenbaum House was place on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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Florence, Alabama Trip September 4-5.
Frank Lloyd Wright - Rosenbaum House Museum, 601 Riverview Drive, Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama.
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Structure Security conference at the Golden Gate Club in San Francisco on Tuesda & Wednesday September 27-28, 2016
"Space," the Guide says, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space."
It's entirely possible that the two airship hangars of Cardington are even bigger than that.
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Gigaom Structure Connect conference at Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA on Tuesday & Wednesday October 21-22, 2014.
Gigaom Structure Connect conference at Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA on Tuesday & Wednesday October 21-22, 2014.
Structured: An exhibit of work by nine artists at Spattered Columns, 491 Broadway (near Broome), 5th Floor, NYC
April 14th through May 13th
William Dutterer
Sara Eichner
Austin Kennedy
Nathan Kensinger
Mike Neff
Heidi Neilson
Lauren Pascarella
Eliza Stamps
Matthew Trygve Tung
Curated by Jeff Bergman
Installation Photos by Austin Kennedy
Gigaom Structure Connect conference at Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA on Tuesday & Wednesday October 21-22, 2014.