marmer Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Looks like Bing has added birds-eyes down to the House of the Century, but only just. Not all views are visible. It was being weird for me but I was able to get a good look at it.Start here and move around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Interesting., Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanuman Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Looks like Bing has added birds-eyes down to the House of the Century, but only just. Not all views are visible. It was being weird for me but I was able to get a good look at it.Start here and move around.VERY nice Marmer! Looks as if someone is keeping the grounds nicely. The lake appears to be an old series of sandpits. If it was the house of the century, I wonder why they didn't think about flooding, and simply elevate it? I'm sure the owners have enough money already, but it would be really cool if they cut a road, and small parking area around it, and charged admission to see it, and give the history, etc. I would pay to see it, and get the scoop on it.Always great posts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 I had no idea that house sat so close to the water.Nice shot, BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 I dont understand the fuss with this house... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenH Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I dont understand the fuss with this house...Nor do I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott08 Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 To those of you who don't "get" the House of the Century, let me reiterate what I said in an earlier post:Watching the YouTube videos about the house, it's clear that the Ant Farm Collective was way ahead of its time. They took pictures and films of the whole process, building the house was as much performance art as architecture. In some ways, I think it was always meant to be an artistic statement, a sculpture, as much or more than a house. That only fascinates me more. Just as many mod fans wax nostalgically about the 50's and 60's vibe that MCM's generate, this house to me evokes the time period post Vietnam era, where the "hippies" were struggling to make a new future. I happened to be in high school/college during that time frame so it really stands out for me.This house may not be your style...hell it really wasn't practical for anything...but it's got pedigre (famous/infamous art/architecture designers), history documented by pictures, video, and now a movie, ownership by someone fairly prominent. All those things make it important whether its aesthetics appeal to you or not. I agree with another poster that if the owner decided to offer tours of it, it would become quite an attraction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenH Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 Or maybe they just built a giant schlong on the side of a lake... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missjanel Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 For all the Ant Farm fans...http://www.domusweb.it/it/from-the-archive/gli-ant-farm-visti-da-germano-celant/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raynell Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 On 7/20/2009 at 2:07 PM, sheeats said: My friend Brittanie Shey wrote an amazing article about the "House of the Century" today: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/07/texas_traveler_angletons_myste.php I had no idea it even existed. Looks like very few people do. This photo gallery is fascinating: http://www.narrowlarry.com/nltx6.html Has anyone been out to it? I'm seriously contemplating a little road trip out there now...landmines and barbed wire or not. I dont know about any land mines but my mother was a caretaker back in the 80s when I was a child and them me and my brother visited out there in the mid 90s and no one was there. We didnt see any barbed wire then. The place was awesome back in the day. It does exist and I dont know the extent of the interior damage this is news to me. I also know it was never called kongo loco or whatever. It was called MOJO lake for the sisters marilyn and judy oshmans owners of oshmans sporting goods. That's why you cant find the lake on a map it's not an official lake. This relic house was Marilyn's and Judy had another house across from it not like that tho. It was nice and more country. The front of it was all windows and one of the couches had a stuffed cow with it's back toward the window so when you walked on the deck it looked like a live cow sitting in living room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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