Some cool horizontal milling images:
Carl Koch TechBuilt house, Turning China Mill Rd, Lexington MA
Image by Chris Devers
I can’t decide if I love this house or if I hate it. Pasting from the real estate listing:
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Techbuilt model home by architect Carl Koch defines mid-century modernism. One of 12 homes featured on the Lexington Historical Society modernism tour. Versatile design w/ option for expansion/change. Upstairs family room was 2 additional bedrooms and can easily be restored back. Set high on a knoll, 3/4 acre wooded/private lot in area of more expensive homes. Deep 1 car garage w/ loft has heater. Neighborhood pool, Estabrook school, Lexpress @ driveway.
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I like the design, but it looks like it would be hard to make any changes without ruining the character of it. I like the setting (no lawn to mow!) but I don’t like that it’s about 100 meters from a major Interstate highway. I like that it’s cheaper than other houses in the neighborhood, but that isn’t saying much (and, bleh, suburbs).
Pasting from the Wikipedia entry on Carl Koch:
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Carl Koch ( May 11, 1912- 03 July 3, 1998) was a noted American architect. He was most associated with the design of prefabricated homes and development of the Techcrete building system.
Education
He was born Albert Carl Koch in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was educated at Harvard College and received his Master of Architecture degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He completed his studies in 1937. The time he spent at Harvard overlapped with arrival of Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus in Germany.[1]
Career
After completing his education, he moved to Sweden where he worked for Sven Markelius for six months.[2] There he blended what he had learned in his formal education with clean Scandinavian design. These influences were evident in his work, especially the Techbuilt homes.
Work
Koch believed that the American lifestyle would be best served by a housing system which could be easily assembled, disassembled and reconfigured. This passion led him to pioneer prefabrication technologies. His Techbuilt series of homes was designed to be built with prefabricated panels for the walls, floor and roof. [3]
Buildings
His prime legacy is the Techbuilt system of home construction. In the Techbuilt house, the master bedroom is upstairs while the other bedrooms, kitchen and living space are all on the first floor. [4]
Projects
• Snake Hill, Massachusetts group of eight houses (1942) [5]
• Acorn House (1948)
• Staff housing for the US Embassy, Belgrade (1956)
• The Techcrete Academy Homes (1962)
• Eliot House, Mount Holyoke College (1962)
Legacy
Carl Koch is known for his successful early designs for prefabricated housing. He created the Techbuilt System of home construction. Progressive Architecture magazine gave him the unofficial title "The Grandfather of Prefab" in 1994. [6] In total, over 3,000 Techbuilt homes were sold. [7] He outlined his thoughts and experiences on prefabrication in a book which he wrote with Andy Lewis entitled At Home With Tomorrow (NYC: Rinehart Rinehart and Company, Inc., 1958.)[8]
Awards
• First Award American Institute of Architects (1954)
References
1. ^ "Carl Koch". National Trust for Historic Preservation. http://www.preservationnation.org/travel-and-sites/sites/northeast-region/new-canaan-ct/architects/carl-koch.html. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
2. ^ McCallum, Ian (1959), Architecture U. S. A., New York: Reinhold Pub. Corp., pp. 170–174, http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015009424741
3. ^ Ford, Katherine (1955), Designs for living; 175 examples of quality home interiors., New York: Reinhold Pub. Corp., pp. 22–23, http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015006327749
4. ^ Ford, Katherine (1955), Designs for living; 175 examples of quality home interiors., New York: Reinhold Pub. Corp., pp. 22–23, http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015006327749
5. ^ Gutheim, Frederick (1957), One hundred years of architecture in America, 1857-1957, celebrating the centennial of the American Institute of Architects., New York: Reinhold Pub. Corp., http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015006723400
6. ^ Long, Tom (1998). "Carl Koch, 86; noted architect". The Boston Globe. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-8498009.html. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
7. ^ "Carl Koch". National Trust for Historic Preservation. http://www.preservationnation.org/travel-and-sites/sites/northeast-region/new-canaan-ct/architects/carl-koch.html. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
8. ^ Modernism 101: Architecture [1]
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Koch_(architect)"
Categories: American architects | Harvard University alumni | Modernist architects | 1998 deaths | 1912 births
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PA – Mill Run: Fallingwater – Living Room – Library Area
Image by wallyg
Fallingwater’s monumental 1,800 square foot living, measuring roughly 40 by 50 feet with a central, symmetrical raised cove ceiling, features a well-lit, central library area.
The wood library desk, measuring 66½" x 60" x 31", was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939. It features all four of the main design motifs found throughout the house–horizontal lines, cantilevers, circles and semi-circles, and cascading elements. The bottom, lozenge-shaped shelf neatly echoes the shape of the
hatch, which sits behind the desk leading to the stream.
Fallingwater, sometimes referred to as the Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. Residence or just the Kaufmann Residence, located within a 5,100-acre nature reserve 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built between 1936 and 1939. Built over a 30-foot flowing waterfall on Bear Run in the Mill Run section of Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the house served as a vacation retreat for the Kaufmann family including patriarch, Edgar Kaufmann Sr., was a successful Pittsburgh businessman and president of Kaufmann’s Department Store, and his son, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., who studied architecture briefly under Wright. Wright collaborated with staff engineers Mendel Glickman and William Wesley Peters on the structural design, and assigned his apprentice, Robert Mosher, as his permanent on-site representative throughout construction. Despite frequent conflicts between Wright, Kaufmann, and the construction contractor, the home and guesthouse were finally constructed at a cost of 5,000.
Fallingwater was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. It was listed among the Smithsonian’s 28 Places to See Before You Die. In a 1991 poll of members of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), it was voted "the best all-time work of American architecture." In 2007, Fallingwater was ranked #29 on the AIA 150 America’s Favorite Architecture list.
National Register #74001781 (1974)
Sepia K&T power feed adjustment dial
Image by Darron Birgenheier
This is a control dial on my Kearney & Trecker horizontal milling machine. It was made during World War II, and was presumably used to produce parts for the war effort.
It has been sitting in my yard for quite a few years, and is missing some parts, some of which were sold to bring new life to other old K&T mills.
It will soon be scrapped, unless some intrepid parts scroungers save at least some relics from the aging derelict.
Nice Horizontal Milling China photos
