Thursday, January 20, 2011
Answer to Radom Fact #1
It's a place in Wisconsin called House on The Rock. It is part of an actual house designed by Alex Jordan, Jr. to spite the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. When Jordan showed Wright his blueprints for a separate project, Wright said "I wouldn't hire you to design a cheese crate or a chicken coop. You're not capable." In reaction to this, Jordan found a place high in the mountains and said that he would build a Japanese style home on top of the rocks. The 'Infinity Room' is one of the leading attractions to it. It sticks out 218 feet from the actual house and has no supports underneath it. If you visit on a windy day, you can feel it sway and bounce in the wind.
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Wow! that's amazing. I'd have never guess! You went there? I dont know if I would be able to go, definitely not on a windy day nor alone. Too damn high haha.
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Thats an amazing building/room. Must have been a bit of a challenge to build.
ReplyDeleteYou might like some of the buildings from the RIBA 2010 awards (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10131286), not really optical illusions but some pretty fun buildings (photo 11 really reminds me of Escher for some reason - in fact thats another link that might amuse you - lego Escher http://www.andrewlipson.com/lego.htm midway down the page)
I had a dream about a structure like that over the trees. But in my dream, jumping off of that was the only way to escape Jurassic Park.
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