How about a Random HOUSE thread

[CurtEgerer]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

This is our house when we first moved in 21 years ago. It is paid for now, so I work from home! My wife has a Macan now, I have the exact same two cars.

The landscaping has change a lot. More trees, and lots more flower beds.

Very similar to our old house:



Sold it and bought a slightly smaller home

[daepp]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

This is our house when we first moved in 21 years ago. It is paid for now, so I work from home! My wife has a Macan now, I have the exact same two cars.

The landscaping has change a lot. More trees, and lots more flower beds.

^THAT is a beautiful home!

[daepp]

Thorsen House by architect brothers Greene and Greene, Berkeley, CA.

I'd heard a story that it's owned by a Cal fraternity and that you could just knock on the door and ask for a tour. So the next time I was in the area I did just that. They've always got some pledge who's been instructed in the history and the architecture of the place, and a couple of them were more than happy to show me around.

(A much friendlier atmosphere than the USC docent-led tours of the Gamble House in Pasadena!!!)

Ps. Thorsen House is in the Berkeley neighborhood designed by Olmstead!!










It was of paramount importance to the Greene's that you be able to see and understand how the house fit together, and so exposed joinery abounds.







The "prow" of the "ship"


Thorsen had some kind of sailing/shipping background.





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greene_and_Greene

[Rtrorkt]

mi casa. Getting warm here in AZ. Pool comes in handy

[rcooled]

This place in nearby Hillsborough, CA is know as the "Flintstone House". It was built in 1976 and was the subject of a complaint filed by neighbors stating that it was a public nuisance.

[look 171]

Originally Posted by daepp

Thorsen House by architect brothers Greene and Greene, Berkeley, CA.

I'd heard a story that it's owned by a Cal fraternity and that you could just knock on the door and ask for a tour. So the next time I was in the area I did just that. They've always got some pledge who's been instructed in the history and the architecture of the place, and a couple of them were more than happy to show me around.

(A much friendlier atmosphere than the USC docent-led tours of the Gamble House in Pasadena!!!)

Ps. Thorsen House is in the Berkeley neighborhood designed by Olmstead!!










It was of paramount importance to the Greene's that you be able to see and understand how the house fit together, and so exposed joinery abounds.







The "prow" of the "ship"


Thorsen had some kind of sailing/shipping background.





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greene_and_Greene

That great to know, next time I am up there, I sure will knock on the door and ask. I know about some of those very dry docents when we toured the Gamble House many time. Funny how I felt the same way but never spoke to anyone about it.

I had my welder / fab guy make those two of those, very similar, metal strapping. It was a pain in the ass. Then I had to make it rust to match others.

I know you are pretty detailed. Noticed the routed edges of the big timber joints? Back in 1900, routers weren't available to produce perfectly rounded edges, so the dummy that I was, I hand rounded some of the ones we install to match the hand cut originals. I am not sure what they used back then, but I bought my new trusty file and went to work rounding my lumber details. I purposely make some area imperfect. It was fun.

[pavulon]

[Jolly Amaranto]

[pwd72s]

Any of you architect bugs heard of one named Ernst Egli? Evidently, he designed Evren & Ruki's home way back in the day for Ruki's grandpa, Ragdip Devres. Ragdip was the head civil engineer of Turkey under Attaturk.

Located on the European side of the Bosphorous...

http://www.cornucopia.net/guide/listings/sights/ragip-devres-villa/

[tcar]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Any of you architect bugs heard of one named Ernst Egli? Evidently, he designed Evren & Ruki's home way back in the day for Ruki's grandpa, Ragdip Devres. Ragdip was the head civil engineer of Turkey under Attaturk.

Located on the European side of the Bosphorous...

Cornucopia Magazine

Nice...

Was puzzled, you misspelled Ragip and Ataturk.... otherwise.

I'd heard of Ragip Devres...

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by tcar

Nice...

Was puzzled, you misspelled Ragip and Ataturk.... otherwise.

I'd heard of Ragip Devres...

Yep, I'm a terrible speller...

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Indoor beach and the decor

https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbesrsehs150073

[daepp]

Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr

Indoor beach and the decor

https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbesrsehs150073

Wow, Cap'n, apparently not all Brits share your eye for subtly and conformance with tradition...

Still, I gotta agree, that is one interesting house. WOW!

[daepp]

Originally Posted by look 171

That great to know, next time I am up there, I sure will knock on the door and ask. I know about some of those very dry docents when we toured the Gamble House many time. Funny how I felt the same way but never spoke to anyone about it.

I had my welder / fab guy make those two of those, very similar, metal strapping. It was a pain in the ass. Then I had to make it rust to match others.

I know you are pretty detailed. Noticed the routed edges of the big timber joints? Back in 1900, routers weren't available to produce perfectly rounded edges, so the dummy that I was, I hand rounded some of the ones we install to match the hand cut originals. I am not sure what they used back then, but I bought my new trusty file and went to work rounding my lumber details. I purposely make some area imperfect. It was fun.

Sounds like you did great work, Jeff - would love to have seen it.
And I cannot imagine the metalworking skills necessary to duplicate something like those interlocking straps! Hey, though, I bet Milt could!

[daepp]

A cool MCM I toured on an open house near me. Very original, but very leaky with respect to water, air and heat. So so much glass, all single pane and whose settings were showing their age!

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by daepp

Sounds like you did great work, Jeff - would love to have seen it.
And I cannot imagine the metalworking skills necessary to duplicate something like those interlocking straps! Hey, though, I bet Milt could!

I was looking at those before I got down here to the last post and saw your comment. Thanks for the compliment but I think those are rather simple. Break it down: you bend over the "hook" using another piece of the same thickness as the wedge and a torch. I'm sure the originals were heated in a forge. But hey, we have acetylene now. Once the U bands with the hooks are formed there's only the 2 wedges to cut out. With a sample of the post on hand it wouldn't be an hour's work to fit that.

[daepp]

Originally Posted by Zeke

I was looking at those before I got down here to the last post and saw your comment. Thanks for the compliment but I think those are rather simple. Break it down: you bend over the "hook" using another piece of the same thickness as the wedge and a torch. I'm sure the originals were heated in a forge. But hey, we have acetylene now. Once the U bands with the hooks are formed there's only the 2 wedges to cut out. With a sample of the post on hand it wouldn't be an hour's work to fit that.

Haha - see, I was right!