The tacky house thread! - Page 5

Krases · #81 Posted **Jul 23, 2010, 5:56 PM**

A good rule for building a house: keep the silhouette simple. Don't try to make a single house look like an entire village.

Eclectic castle house fails at this.

yaletown_fella · #82 Posted **Jul 24, 2010, 10:00 PM**

Noveau rich Italian $$$
Vaughan Ontario

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=...75.98,,0,-2.46

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=...71.88,,0,-0.18

Bedhead · #83 Posted **Jul 24, 2010, 10:26 PM**

http://www.elledecor.com/image/tid/3770?pause=0&page=2
Elle Decor, Photo: Washington Post

http://stylefrizz.com/img/the-haines-shoe-house.jpgStylefrizz

RLS_rls · #84 Posted **Jul 25, 2010, 12:27 AM**

^^That neighbourhood is ridiculous! Tiny two-lane road, no sidewalks, scruffy lawns and boring light standards and then these massive neo-eclectic homes lining the street. Strange.

vid · #85 Posted **Jul 25, 2010, 2:05 AM**

I was thinking maybe those are temporary, since that street (on Google Maps at least) looks like it is still being developed, but even here, the lights are put up first.

Trantor · #86 Posted **Jul 26, 2010, 1:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Bedhead

http://www.elledecor.com/image/tid/3770?pause=0&page=2
Elle Decor, Photo: Washington Post

haha, a brazilian forumer just posted this same house on the brazilian SSC forums. He took a photo of the house himself

credit: Lulamann

this one in Boa Vista, Roraima, is even worse.

www.flickr.com/photos/mseixas/1183353325/

http://impressoesamazonicas.wordpres...misfrio-norte/

MrBlueSky · #87 Posted **Aug 25, 2010, 1:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by PA Pride

Gosh darn, look at that roof line. Must have cost a fortune to even build it this far...

That reminds me of this house in Southlake, TX I ran across while browsing Realtor.com.

Here is the listing: http://www.realtor.com/realestateand...092_1113904925

wrab · #88 Posted **Aug 25, 2010, 3:30 AM**

Bruce Goff = good tacky. Can anyone remember which house had the orange shag carpet on the roof? I've forgotten.

Anyway, Nicol House, KC

http://atomicindyrealestate.blogspot.com/2009/10/mid-century-modern-kansas-city.html

wrab · #89 Posted **Aug 25, 2010, 3:35 AM**

More Nicol

http://atomicindyrealestate.blogspot.com/2009/10/mid-century-modern-kansas-city.html

wrab · #90 Posted **Aug 25, 2010, 3:41 AM**

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Steely Dan · #91 Posted **Aug 25, 2010, 2:16 PM**

^ i freaking love bruce goff's houses. i guess you can call them "good tacky" if you really want to, but to me they're simply just "good". perahps "funktacular" would be the best word to use.

wrab · #92 Posted **Aug 25, 2010, 6:16 PM**

^ Yes - by "good tacky" I mean funktacular

ethereal_reality · #93 Posted **Aug 25, 2010, 7:01 PM**

I love Bruce Goff as well.
He's like Frank Lloyd Wright on acid.

That said, it's sad Bruce Goff is showing up on a 'tacky' thread.

Wrabbit, you should start a 'organic' homes thread with the Bavinger House and Shin'enkan' House.
I think it would be a popular thread (I'd contribute some photos).

Tony · #94 Posted **Aug 26, 2010, 2:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by RLS_rls

^^That neighbourhood is ridiculous! Tiny two-lane road, no sidewalks, scruffy lawns and boring light standards and then these massive neo-eclectic homes lining the street. Strange.

It's Vaughan. It always seemed to me that all the Italians who have no taste or style were kicked out of Italy ended up settling here, living off oodles of credit.

wrab · #95 Posted **Aug 26, 2010, 5:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I love Bruce Goff as well.
He's like Frank Lloyd Wright on acid.

That said, it's sad Bruce Goff is showing up on a 'tacky' thread.

Wrabbit, you should start a 'organic' homes thread with the Bavinger House and Shin'enkan' House.
I think it would be a popular thread (I'd contribute some photos).

I love Goff too.

I meant "good tacky" as shorthand for how Goff would incorporate ashtrays or orange shag carpet samples or turkey feathers into his houses as building materials. He was transformative.

But you are right that this is the wrong thread for it.

Owlhorn · #96 Posted **Aug 27, 2010, 11:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by texcolo

How about an exact replica of Mount Vernon in Texas? Belle Nora was built in the 50's right off of White Rock Lake in Dallas.

http://dallasdirt.dmagazine.com

That home is quite beautiful inside and out.

vid · #97 Posted **Sep 28, 2010, 5:18 PM**

tjernobyl · #98 Posted **Sep 30, 2010, 1:48 PM**

If that's the house I'm thinking of, the entire third floor is a model train habitat. The real estate ad said that they were hoping the new owner would be a model train enthusiast willing to continue building upon it.

hammersklavier · #99 Posted **Sep 30, 2010, 3:24 PM**

Choo-choos in suburbia?

Fred the Fop · #**100** Posted **Oct 1, 2010, 5:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by ardecila

Wrong LA.

I actually think this one is kinda nice. It's well-proportioned, has a limited but striking palette of materials, and lots of well-done masonry details, including the corbeled chimney. Best of all, the side walls are face brick and not CMU - and they have a regular pattern! The only problem I see is at the door, where there's no lintel.

The fact that it has pilasters and Juliet balconies doesn't make it a bad design. Imagine it without such accoutrements, and it starts to be appealing even to a Modernist sensibility. That god-awful checkered thing two doors down, however, is a f*cking crime against humanity, especially considering that it appears to be a radical reconstruction of an older Chicago common-brick building. The red-brick thing is pretty awful, too.

Indeed. I love the palette. Without the ironwork, it would be quite gorgeous. I love it.