Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, which I blogged about suffering flood damages, has re-opened to special guided tours on a limited basis. These special tours will raise money for restoration and repairs and will focus on the extent of the damages caused by the flooding and the process of historic restoration. More information can be found in this press release from the National Trust for Historic Preservation or at their blog, PreservationNation.
Day: October 10, 2008
A solution for the bookworm in us all
[Image via ArchitectureMNP.]
There is a great post over at ArchitectureMNP showing a stair by the London based Levitate Architects that doubles as a giant bookcase. This is a great way of adapting a zone of typically dead space so that it can serve a dual purpose. I can imagine this would be really useful in some of the Washington, DC town houses that area really narrow and lacking in storage space. With a stair like this you would not need book cases, so wall space can instead be used for artwork and furniture.