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These light bulbs sure have. Instead of hanging upright like they’re intended, these ‘Light Blubs’ appear lazy and somewhat sick, drooping down and chilling on tables and chairs. Basically, they’re couch potatoes. Rustic Swiss Structure Hides Modern Underground Home. Portraits from Ellis Island’s Abandoned Immigrant Hospital. Part of JR’s ‘Unframed — Ellis Island’ installation (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) One of New York City’s most haunting ruins has direct views of the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline, but has been strictly off-limits for 60 years.
Now the Ellis Island hospital, which treated 1.2 million immigrant patients between 1901 and its abandonment in 1954, is once again open to the public. In conjunction with the reopening, the French street artist JR has installed paste-ups of archival photographs throughout the building that give a historic, human context to the decrepit space.
JR’s Unframed — Ellis Island went on view when public tours hosted by Save Ellis Island began in October. Painted Shadows: Dark Art Haunts Deserted Psychiatric Hospital. Photographer spent 14 years documenting the world’s oldest and rarest trees. Form Follows Footprint: Forest Retreat Just Fits Local Codes. Windows of New York: Weekly Documentary Design Project. Drawing Conclusions: Documenting Every Building in New York. Long Now: Future-Proof 10,000 Year Clock Built into Mountain. Ruins of Crumbling Church Salvaged with Geometric Addition. This helpful kitty is a guide dog for its blind doggie best friend. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Bloodswept Lands: Poppies Pour out of the Tower of London.
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Bavinger House (Norman, USA) Bavinger House is History. The Bavinger House, one of the most famous structures in Oklahoma, is being sold- piece by piece After months of concerned speculation, crazy rumors, and crossed fingers that all couldn’t be as bad as it seemed, it appears that, sadly, the worst fears are true.
The Bavinger House is history. Bruce Goff’s most spectacular architectural creation was severely damaged last spring, whether due to storms or to the owner following through on a threat to demolish Oklahoma’s most significant piece of residential architecture remains unclear. Whatever the cause, the owner, Bob Bavinger, has consistently refused to let anyone onto the property to inspect the damage. With no access, there has been no opportunity to work with Bavinger to perhaps find a way to save the spiral-shaped structure that, since its completion in 1955, has been featured in countless books and periodicals for its outstanding and thoroughly original design. Architectural Oklahoma, Bavinger House in Norman, Ok.
I love living in Oklahoma and am continually fascinated by the pieces of history tucked here and there throughout our state.
Recently, someone from the Facebook group “You Know You’re From Norman If…” posted about how much they missed the Bavinger House and it reminded me that I have some photos. In December 2010, my boys and I had the pleasure of visiting the Bavinger House in Norman, OK. Designed by architect Bruce Goff and owned by OU Professor Bavinger and his family, the house was passed down to his son once the professor passed away. The Bavinger House. The Bavinger House The Bavinger House was the last stop for the Oklahoma Modernism Architecture Tour.
It was designed by Bruce Goff and built by Eugene Bavinger, a former art professor at the University of Oklahoma, between 1950 and 1955. Bavinger House - Landmark. Midwestern futurism. “Architect Bruce Goff, one of the few US architects whom Frank Lloyd Wright considers creative, scorns houses that are ‘boxes with little holes’.”
So starts a 1951 Life Magazine article on the Ford House in Aurora, Illinois, one of Goff’s many astounding and imaginative designs that are some of the most structurally forward-thinking of mid-century modern architecture. Quonset ribs form the Ford House’s birdcage dome, with interior circles looping through with bedroom wings, supported by coal walls decorated with ordinary marbles and an iridescent glass cullet. Cullet is a hardened deposit that forms in glass furnaces and has to be periodically cleaned out. Oklahoma Modern: Bavinger House is No More. Rumors began circulating Monday afternoon that the Bavinger House in Norman, Oklahoma had been demolished.
Conflicting reports have been circulating today and confirmation has been difficult due to the heavily wooded area where the house is located. Oklahoma Gazette's Chicken Fried News: R.I.P., The Bavinger House: 1955-2011. Local architecture nerds decry the move as a travesty; the Bavinger House Conservancy sees it as “an opportunity for everyone to own a part of history,” per its website, “for this holiday season.”
Ralph's Photography - Architecture - OKLAHOMA - Bruce Goff. Bruce Alonzo Goff was born in Alton, Kansas in 1904. Goff was to become a prolific architect, artist, composer, and educator. He spent most of his childhood traveling the Midwest, then at age eleven his family settled in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Bruce Goff's Architecture Pool. Continuous Present. Posted 11.21.11. These sculptures prove that glass can be as smooth and graceful as water. New Zealand-based artist Ben Young created these beautiful glass sculptures that are reminiscent of his home near the picturesque Bay of Plenty. Le pays Gourounsi deel 3 - an album on Flickr. Red River Showdown to stay in Cotton Bowl through 2025. More college football: Jon Solomon | Dennis Dodd | Jeremy Fowler | Latest news Texas and Texas A&M's rivalry may not look likely to get back on its feet any time soon, but the Longhorns' other traditional grudge match -- and its attendant traditions -- looks as stable as ever.
Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings announced Tuesday an extension of the city's agreement with Texas and Oklahoma, one that will ensure the teams' annual Red River Showdown will be played at the Cotton Bowl through the year 2025. “Dallas is … committed to ensuring the game stays here at Fair Park well beyond 2025,” Rawlings said, per the Dallas Morning News. “Dallas, Texas, is the home of the Red River Rivalry.” Though the deal has yet to be officially approved by the schools' trustees, Dallas civic leader and former Texas State Fair chairman Peter Schenkel told the Morning News the athletic departments had signed off. The Coolest Dog You've Never Heard Of. Commune. The 38 Most Haunting Abandoned Places On Earth. For Some Reason, I Can’t Look Away… A Mom And Her Son Blow Bubbles In The Freezing Cold. They Never Expected It To Look So Amazing… This Dad Does Incredible Things To His Kids’ Lunches Every Day. I Can’t Stop Smiling!
In an electronics-filled world where everyone is suddenly too busy for each other, one father is reminding us the simple things are still what matter most. To see more of David's work, check out his flickr here. This Dad Does Incredible Things To His Kids’ Lunches Every Day. I Can’t Stop Smiling!