Now I'm really anxious to meet architect Harry Levine. The house he designed for Jeff Walz, now at Google, and featured in the October 2007 Dwell which arrived today, is exactly what "Steel City Modern" is all about. What beautiful modern architecture, rooted in Pittsburgh tradition. I love the use of the steel frame, prefinished sheathing and galvanized roof all from recycled scrap by Nucor.
By writing the steelcitymodern blog and by including readers and visitors in our own home remodeling journey, though, I hope to help introduce the power of good design and sustainability to such people as the visitor to Walz's home, who demanded of Levine, "Are you responsible for that godless building?"
Friday, August 24, 2007
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i'm a new subscriber to your blog--found you through google, where my husband works, as we're going to jeff's house next weekend, and they sent us your blog post as one of the get-excited items. i'm positively giddy!
lisa
http://lisabee.typepad.com/itsawonderfulhouse
(un-updated for an embarrassingly long time--we *finally* just got our contract for phase 1 of work this week, 10 months after starting demolition!)
Thanks for posting, Lisa. Would love to see your thoughts on the house after visiting!
Any clue on how to find a distributor for the prefinished sheathing used on the house in Dwell? I'd like to research a redo on our modern townhouses in NW Indiana using this material.
Hi Peggy, Let's ask Harry Levine, the architect -- Harry, any advice for Peggy? I'd also try contacting Nucor directly -- please post what you find for all of us to share! Thanks!
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