Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Neighborhoods Behold! The mysterious Morningside house known as 'The Tower'
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:04 AM
It is nothing short of a work of art, but it is also almost impossible to describe. There is Gothic influence here, as well as Gaudi — a style usually described as ‘beyond the scope of modernism.’ There are marble arches, and “Japanese Moongates,” twisting columns rising from the earth and reaching upwards to hold the house in place, all made from 100 tons of Georgia marble.The facade is mostly southern white pine and western red cedar. The flashing is copper, the roof is the highest gage aluminum.
Upstairs, above the cavernous first floor, is “The Great Hall of Tranquility,” a place dominated by massive wooden archways, held up by complex supports. It looks more like a cathedral’s sanctuary than a future living room.
Check out Fleming's article for additional info about "the Tower." (H/T to Terry Kearns, the Architecture Tourist)
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Don't mean to be a pain, but too bad the aesthetics involved are obscured by trees in this dubious photo choice. Blame Art Dept! I always do.
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Oh I know, I know too, G-man. It's tough out there in the online wilderness. That I do know. However... your Gold Dome Preview is very awesome-y. See 'ya 'round that playground soon!
I soooo want to place an emoticon appropriate to the Georgia General Assembly in here now. Must go design one...
Well, well, well. Everybody's all settled in at the posh new AS office, I see. Eating sushi off of naked geisha, getting deluxe spa treatments and shit. No one's gonna pick up a damn camera and take a 10 min drive out in the cold with all that going on. I wouldn't.
You gotta see the other side, or the view from the roof. It's an awesomely bizarre place.
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