Florida Southern College Usonian House Progress Update

michaelmaguire · Post by **michaelmaguire** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 12:16 pm

Ken Berman of The Glass Onion is on site and installing the first of nearly 5,000 inserts. Stay tuned to the website for progress updates.

Paul Ringstrom · Post by **Paul Ringstrom** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 2:29 pm

Michael,
Any word on when it will be officially open to the public?

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 4:04 pm

Ha! I'd forgotten about these.

michaelmaguire · Post by **michaelmaguire** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 2:25 pm

The website has been updated with our interview with Ken Berman who is installing the glass inserts and an accompanying "explainer" from Ron Bearer, who fabricated them.

See it at: http://www.buildingtheusonianhouse.com/glass.html

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 7:51 pm

(Anybody know what software the architects for this project use to make their 3 dimensional drawings? Is it AutoCAD or a BIM program like Revit?)

HOJO · Post by **HOJO** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 2:51 pm

Sketchup software, see:
http://02f7a98.netsolhost.com/SketchupImages/index.html

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 3:10 pm

Thanks. Cool shots.
I should have been more specific. I am referring to the isometrics in their construction drawings that we get peeks of here and there in the website galleries.

dtc · Post by **dtc** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 7:26 pm

How many sq. feet in this building?

Do we know the cost per sq. ft.?

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:00 pm

(From Jeff Baker on the Maguire website in Jan 2012: They did the entire house in 3dAutoCAD. There are 16, 30 x 42 sheets just for the concrete block. Pretty cool.)

michaelmaguire · Post by **michaelmaguire** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:59 am

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The website has been updated and revised to include the DeMoss workshop videos and nearly 300 images taken during October!

peterm · Post by **peterm** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:04 am

So nice! http://02f7a98.netsolhost.com/OctoberGa ... ge-21.html

Almost looks like a Schindler house (or is it the telephone wires with palm trees which are taking me back to Hollywood?...)

DRN · Post by **DRN** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:30 am

Wow.
The attention to detail and the level of craftsmanship seen on this project is exemplary, and unfortunately, too rare.
All involved, from the architects of record, to the craftspeople, to the laborers should be congratulated. FSC and its board, certainly is owed our gratitude for taking this on and seeing it through what has been a long, and I'm sure expensive, process.

dtc · Post by **dtc** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:44 am

Sure would like to know what this is costing per square foot?

DRN · Post by **DRN** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 12:19 pm

In an earlier thread, I recall a source quoted the project at $2 million, which likely includes all of the soft costs (architecture, engineering, bonds, permits, legal expenses, etc.) as well as the renovation of the adjacent bungalow. That figure works out to just over $1000/SF. Not knowing what the soft costs total, the cost of the bungalow work, or if union/prevailing wage pay rates are applied, a precise hard construction number would be just a guess. Based on the size of the house, its complexity, the intricacy of the components, time, and effort expended, I can't imagine the Usonian costing less than $500/SF.

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 2:59 pm

I'd like to see the detail employed at the edge of the roof(s). This house, and the restored Jacobs I, may be the only Usonians extant which have no visible flashing (added) to the top of the roof fascia . . . ?

Mr Wright (at least) would be very pleased. It surely looks good.

SDR

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