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[James Brown]

falling water

[Holger]

Originally Posted by john70t

China- temple anywhere

Doctor ordered to demolish 'mountain' built atop penthouse apartment in Beijing

A doctor who spent six years and $130,000 transforming his penthouse apartment into a mountain retreat has been told to tear it down by officials who said the work was done without permission.

Zhang Biqing, who founded a chain of Chinese medicine clinics, bought the 26th-floor dwelling and then moved rocks, wooden panels and shrubbery to the roof using a service elevator.

The bizarre residence sits atop one of several high-rises in a very affluent corner of the city’s Haidian district.

Doctor ordered to demolish 'mountain' built atop penthouse apartment in Beijing - PhotoBlog

[Laneco]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Oh wow...THIS is the one for me! Well... this or a FLW.

angela

[targa911S]

If you do falling water, you should do Kentuck Knob as well....

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by Laneco

Oh wow...THIS is the one for me! Well... this or a FLW.

angela

68 degrees year round .....
There used to be a big ole house/store near there (Moab) called the hole in the rock.
Sold Navajo curios, souvenirs, tourist trap stuff.
It could be 100 degrees outside and it was cool and dry inside, neat place 'cept they painted HOLE IN THE ROCK in great big white letters on the side of the mountain, kida ruined the whole thing and made it seem cheeep.

IIRC there was also a gas station in the rock.

[sammyg2]

I really like this one.

[Jim Bremner]

Targa, I could live in your house and yard.

[Sarc]

[Robert Adams]

Skylands Manor, NJ

[Embraer]

[NeedSpace]

What could be cooler than this house? At least that is what I thought in the 70s.

[Laneco]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

68 degrees year round .....
There used to be a big ole house/store near there (Moab) called the hole in the rock.
Sold Navajo curios, souvenirs, tourist trap stuff.
It could be 100 degrees outside and it was cool and dry inside, neat place 'cept they painted HOLE IN THE ROCK in great big white letters on the side of the mountain, kida ruined the whole thing and made it seem cheeep.

IIRC there was also a gas station in the rock.

Yes, I'm familiar with it, though I've never visited it. My grandmother (Nadine Davis) remarried late in life to Hub Davis. Hub was the son of the original owner/builder (or maybe he was a stepchild, don't know for sure). Anyway, Hub owned Hole in the Rock until about 2000.

Small world, eh?

angela

[ErVikingo]

Originally Posted by Embraer

love love love it.

Thanks! Can't wait. Very large garage(s) included!

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by Laneco

Yes, I'm familiar with it, though I've never visited it. My grandmother (Nadine Davis) remarried late in life to Hub Davis. Hub was the son of the original owner/builder (or maybe he was a stepchild, don't know for sure). Anyway, Hub owned Hole in the Rock until about 2000.

Small world, eh?

angela

Small world indeed.
Haven't been by there in decades, I wonder if it's still there?

[mikeferg75]

Yup, still there, busy as ever. Drove by it this spring on the way to the Grand Canyon.

[daepp]

More weird than cool I suppose...

[Embraer]

on that note...

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by Laneco

Yes, I'm familiar with it, though I've never visited it. My grandmother (Nadine Davis) remarried late in life to Hub Davis. Hub was the son of the original owner/builder (or maybe he was a stepchild, don't know for sure). Anyway, Hub owned Hole in the Rock until about 2000.

Small world, eh?

angela

Had I known I could have gotten the Laneco discount!

Hub owes me money

[daepp]

They were brothers. One was an architect and one was an artist. Their father was a pulmonologist who moved west to treat breathing disorders. The boys were raised to believe in well ventilated and sunlit homes. Many wealthy customers from the east would commission them to build homes in So Cal. One prominent feature were sleeping porches off of the bedrooms.

Greene and Greene home in Claremont, CA prior to remodel


After remodel by local craftsmen Hartman+Baldwin



The 1908 Gamble House - as in Proctor and Gamble - Pasadena CA

Front


Rear


Entry


Entry from the inside


Another signature feature was exposed joinery so you could see how it was put together!


The brothers designed the whole package. The stair-stepped motif is repeated everywhere. The designed the carpets, the drapes (curtain rods are of ebony), and all the furniture.

[p911dad]

Steinheim's Castle, Alfred, NY