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Currently under construction is a (old never built design of a) Usonian House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright being built on the campus of Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida. The home will serve as the new Florida Southern Tourism and Education Center for FSC. The construction of the building is well documented and there our many videos showing the different stages of work. Videos of the Building of the Usonian House: The Usonian House: Big Pour The Usonian House: And red all over The Usonian House: A little floor polishing The Usonian House: Fabricating the Blocks The Usonian House: Stacking The Usonian House: Grouting The Usonian House: Stuffing The Usonian House: Raising the Roof The Usonian House: Making them fit The Usonian House: Sticks and Stones The Usonian House: Top Hat The Usonian House: Decking the Roof The Usonian House: May Interior Tour Related Articles: Frank Lloyd Wright - Blog Category 32 Simple and Basic Design Ideas of Frank

This is what happens when a house is sick. This art project in Austin, Texas by Ink Tank  Art Collective made me think that this is what every badly designed, unkept sprawl, thoughtlessly conceived shanty feels like. The Purge by Artist Chris Whiteburch Reference Links: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/02/a-condemned-house-explodes-onto-the-streets-of-austin/ http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/seeingthings/entries/2012/01/24/in_east_austin_ink_tank_lab_ar.html

A new material Concrete Canvas has come on the market and has a wide variety of military and civil applications as can be seen by the company's videos. Interesting use of the concrete fabric by Florian Schmid has turned out some Furniture Design. Related Articles: Fabric Formed Concrete Concrete Fabric Concrete Cantilevered Desk Reference Links: http://blog.makezine.com/2012/04/19/concrete-canvas-furniture/ http://blog.makezine.com/2009/12/03/cement-impregnated-fabric/ http://www.florian-schmid.com/ http://www.concretecanvas.co.uk/index.html

Photo by Karren Warren at Houston Chronicle  The newly finished skyspace at Rice University by Artist James Turrell  is aglow . James Turrell is literally a light genius and has a MacArthur award to prove it. This new permanent art space shows a progression from previous spaces and features multiple colors displayed at once onto the hovering plane above a small ziggurat structure. Photo by Karren Warren Photo Karren Warren at Houston Chronicle Related Skyspace Articles: Goldstein Skyspace - Above Horizon Price Skyspace Nasher Sculpture Center - Skyspace Pomona College Skyspace - Dividing the Light Reference Links: http://www.chron.com/life/article/Skyspace-turns-eyes-heavenward-at-Rice-campus-3534747.php#photo-2897480 http://architectoid.blogspot.com/2011/09/maker-of-light.html