In my earlier post about elevator adapation I link the Inglis Elevators, but I didn’t link to the Plum Coulee Elevator project. This is a definite oversight: the Plum Coulee project is more interesting because they’re actually planning to adapt the structure to new functions (as opposed to preserving it). Their website doesn’t have a […]
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Idea for a Grain Elevator Adaptation
15 August 2004 – 8:10 pm
Elevators are great buildings. They look cool, but they also have this huge tall space inside. Unfortunately, with changes in agriculture, they aren’t as useful as grain storage facilities as they once were. A lot of people are always talking about alternative uses for them, because it’s such a shame when structurally sound elevators are […]
Notes from How Buildings Learn
6 August 2004 – 2:00 pm
I borrowed a copy of How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand via ILL through my local library. I’m trying to work through the last couple of chapters right now because it’s due back soon at the originating library. These are a couple of ideas I wanted to jot down before I return the book. First, […]
Rebuilding the Twin Towers
MSNBC reporta that Donald Trump dislikes the proposed New York World Trade Center redevelopment. Before I read this article, I wasn’t even aware of the counter proposal to update the original design by Minoru Yamasaki, but now that I have I’m very impressed. To me the design fits better with what I would expect in […]