Hmm... kinda looks like the eastern US ;-)
Minneapolis. Weisman Art Museum
Oh! That was fast. Looks like a great building...
Tico's turn.
This one's easy. You have 20 minutes max. Then I'm outta here ....
Did I say 20 seconds? Hmmm?
Name of the structure wins ....
it's onlt may I've drove by it once or twice? hell I forgot
Gee whiz... you guys are fast this time. Tico, have you been to that art museum? I liked it, but isn't it the second weirdest thing you've ever seen? (The first being Gehry's monstrosity in Seattle!)
I have no idea what the name of that place in CO is, btw
I'll give it to you, husker, if nobody comes up with the answer soon. I've got a feeling Francis ought to be jumping in with the correct answer any second now ....
Piffka: Never been there, but it's a great structure.
Yawn, I feel like SLEEPING .....
Deaton, Charles, Sculptured House; Flying Saucer House
24501 Ski Hill Dr., Golden
Sculptured House wins! Genesee Mountain, Colorado, just outside Golden on I-70.
I would have accepted "Sleeper House" also, as this was featured in the Woody Allen film "Sleeper."
Good job. Your turn.
When architect Charles Deaton designed the "Sculptured House" on Genesee Mountain just outside Denver in Colorado, he had definite ideas about its unique design.
"People aren't angular. So why should they live in rectangles?" he said.
There's no way anyone could confuse this house with the rectangular homes of the 1960s. The 7,500-square-foot home is three levels and curves unpredictably. It was designed as a sculpture first; the floor plan for the home was drawn up later (thus it was given the name, "Sculptured House").
The architectural curiosity, constructed in 1963, was featured in Woody Allen's 1973 film, Sleeper. It was bought in 1999 by software millionaire John Huggins for $1.3 million. Although Huggins is now an angel investor, he was formerly chief financial officer of software company Johnson-Grace, which developed a streaming-media application and was later acquired by America Online in 1996.
Huggins, 44, a Colorado native, said he had been interested in the home since he was a young boy. By the time he bought it, after nearly 36 years of neglect, the windows had been smashed in, the plaster was coming down, and there was snow inside the house. Three years and several million dollars later, Huggins added 5,000 square feet to the property--using plans that had been drawn up years before by the original architect--and completely redesigned the interior with custom-made modern furniture.
Located about 15 miles west of Denver, the home has five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a four-car garage and a media room. It was just listed a few weeks ago at $10 million, which includes the furniture. Rollie Jordan of Kentwood Cherry Creek is the exclusive listing agent on the property.
Well, even if I had $10 million, I wouldn't buy it - doesn't
look too auspicious to me
So your turn husker....
