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  1. Other than the photos in the Houston Mod catalog profiling the architect, and the images in Ephemeral City, do any of you have or know of any images of the Cullinan House by Hugo V. Neuhaus, Jr.? I have always been interested in that home, one of the biggest losses in terms of mod demolition for Houston, I feel.

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  2. I've always thought it was very similar to this house by Harwood Taylor. Therefore, I always assumed it was Harwood Taylor... Sorry for the quality. It was a very bright day.

    My assumption has been that it was by Harwood Taylor as well, just by the look. I agree that it is similar to the home you posted as well.

    While I'm on the topic of R.O. mods, does anyone know who design the brown mod on Troon two houses east of the intersection with Pine Valley?

  3. I find it a little bit humorous that a stucco mcmansion going up amongst ranchers, bungalows etc. is offending to many, while a mostly monolithic (appearing in this case) monstrosity is a "nice contrast" to the dominant surrounding architecture.

    :ph34r:

    flipper

    ps. I'm just playing devil's advocate, as I prefer the monolith.

    You bring up an interesting point, but in this case I just don't see the comparison. I think that there is quite a difference in scale between McMansions in a rancher neighborhood versus a modern mansion in River Oaks surrounded by other mansions. If you compare the size of said house with the other homes on Inverness, they are all large homes. McMansions usually double the size of the homes that they replace as well as the neighboring homes.

    These ranch and bungalow neighborhoods that you mention have mostly the same style of homes, while neighborhoods like River Oaks have so many styles. Tudor, Georgian, Plantation, Spanish, French, etc... why not minimalist modern, too?

    Another thing that should be noted: this house has small bamboo plants all along the street side... literally hundreds, which will eventually be tall and will shield the home. McMansions are usually 20 feet from the street, and are not shielded.

  4. If we're talking Miami Vice-esque 80's contemporary, Memorial is the hot-spot. There is one in Sherwood Forest, and another neat the Memorial/San Felipe fork. There are also some cool Arquitectonica-designed houses hither and yon in Montrose and Camp Logan.

  5. Though I don't care so much about the schools, from a search engine standpoint, this is another piece of info that someone outside HAIF might find interesting. For better or worse, we stopped focusing exclusively on architecture a long time ago, LOL.

    Besides, everyone on here has their role at HAIF. There are the preservationists, anti-zoners, rail lovers, real estate insiders, etc. Vic happens to be the school zoning guy :).

    Good point, though, guiltily, I've also always wondered why the school zones are always posted. But I just chuckle and move on.

    The school zoning doesn't help me, but may help someone else.

  6. This house could be pretty cool. I've noticed it before, and wondered what it looked like inside. Unfortunately, I still do since the listing is pretty much a lot listing. Argh!

    I always kind of thought that Farnham Park was a neat place. There is one large mod in the back left section of the neighborhood that is really cool (I've been wondering who designed it for a while--anyone know?) I want to say it is 20 Farnham Park though I'm not certain. There are also a few nice 70's contemporary homes.

  7. That tile is a little like ours but it looks smaller. I wonder if it could be Floyd or Jenkins. I doubt it's Jenkins, but he did have a house on the Jackwood parade.

    This house does have the look of Floyd or Jenkins. The way the home is (or was) arranged around the pool is very Cliff May-esque.

  8. I don't know. There is a Joe Krakower house on Glen Arbor, along with a Wylie W. Vale at the corner of Glen Arbor & Braeswood. This is the "island" where the two Krakower/Greene houses sit.

    Is the Vale designed house the one with the flat roof that is painted white? Willowisp and I have been wondering who designed that place for a long, long time...

  9. Check out this massive Ranchero Deluxe on Glen Arbor. Looks like something from Glenbrook Valley.

    http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r85/zoo...pg?t=1177219198

    http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r85/zoo...pg?t=1177219265

    Is this the one that is steadily decaying? I've wondered who designed this as well. There are several really cool houses on this street. I especially love the white place with the flat roof on the West corner of this street and Braeswood.

  10. Good to hear/see! The Tall Timbers section, in my opinion, is one of the coolest places to have a modern house just because of the stately Georgian and French variety that typifies the River Oaks home. It's a nice contrast, and from what can be seen looks like it will be a neat project.

  11. It looks like a double wide! B)

    Not quite so double-wide-esque in person. It is actually a pretty cool place. It sort of floats over a sloping site, and theres this really neat ovelapping square motif in the iron gate. But because it is so close to the street one cannot capture all of this in a photo.

    BenH, I'd say I agree there are some Harwood Taylor looking aspects to the place.

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