#steel house

[hometoursandotherstuff]

This week I've come across several homes I posted before that didn't sell. Here's another one. It's a local icon in Ransom Canyon, TX, called the Robert Bruno Steel House (aka The Bruno). Made of steel, it reminds me of a grand piano (critics said it looks like a pig). Started in 1973, Bruno labored on it for 35 years until his death in 2008. 3bds, 2.5ba, the price was lowered $50K to $1,399,750 + a small $5mo HOA.

Over the years it's been rented as an Airbnb. Isn't this a unique entrance?

It's so sculptural, but it's not wood, it's steel. The living room gets a lot of sun and has big windows that look out to Lake Ransom Canyon.

Above the stepdown living room is a dining area.

The kitchen is tucked into its own corner and features a long counter for everyday casual dining.

The primary bedroom is just off the entrance hall.

It's a very large room with a big staircase.

Looking down from the top of the stairs.

What's up here is the en-suite.

Have you ever seen a bathroom like this? It's even a little confusing.

I'm not sure, but I think that these stairs come down from the bath to another bedroom.

This home is an art piece in itself.

Windows in this bedroom face the lake.

There's a lovely deck up here with a beautiful view.

There are views all over the house because it's so open.

Hallway to bedroom #3.

Lovely colorful room.

And bath #2.

There's a basement level with a built-in desk.

The half bath is down here, too.

The wide entrance looks like a bridge. 9,281 sq. ft. lot

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/85-E-Canyonview-Dr_Ransom-Canyon_TX_79366_M70027-66092

[thesaurushouseofdesign]

"Steel House," 85 E Canyonview Dr, Ransom Canyon, Texas,

Robert Bruno's House,

Mr Bruno lived in the structure while he welded it almost completely on his own. He started construction in 1974, a year after he began sketching plans for the structure — and remained there, welding and working, until his death in 2008.

The project remains an unfinished home, with bare walls that should have held elaborate artwork and hollow legs that should have held and aquarium and library.

[reckon]

[jaygaeze]

[7rashstar]

this was on sep. 15, 2023 at steel house uly gave us a bottle of vitamins and i bit into one but soup realized it didnt match the other ones so i went outside and asked uly what was up with that and he said 'i dont know i found them in the basement' and that killed us fr we were laughing so hard i dont rly know why but it makes me happy to think about

[fallout-lou-begas]

i hate all FNV mods that restore/add an option to convince Mr. House to broker a truce between himself and the Brotherhood of Steel because it's not just a symptom of a completionist, goopy goblin gamer brain that doesn't want to miss out on any of the CONTENT, but also because Mr. House's inflexibility on his desire to see the Brotherhood of Steel exterminated is such a significant character moment. Because it's a moment where this autocrat who views himself as purely rational, purely objective, and purely motivated by an altruistic desire to protect (what he thinks are) the best interests of humanity is forced to let his mask slip in front of the lackey on which he completely depends. He has zero reasonable rationale to want the Brotherhood destroyed and he knows it, he just hates them, and he hates them just because he thinks that they're just fucking lame. He, personally, finds the cultish medieval technoknight schtick obnoxious enough to justify total obliteration, and the fact that he will not back down on this is supposed to be revealing! It makes sense, too, if you understand how aesthetically driven his vision for the future of Vegas and humanity is and how badly a bunch of LARPers in power armor wandering around outside clashes with that aesthetic (he is, literally, a RETVRN guy, except he wants to "retvrn" to everybody looking like they're going to see the Rat Pack perform in concert). Mr. House's stubbornness on this issue is intentionally frustrating, especially if you're someone who up to this point may have found him otherwise agreeable! The Brotherhood of Steel is also something of a mirror, or a competitor even, to Mr. House's vision of himself as the sole worthy heir to the splendor of pre-war technology and control thereof, but that's actually far less important than the fact that he just hates their pussy

[paperplayhouse]

This house was made of steel.

[lionfission]

When the dweeb who keeps getting you in trouble is the only other person in the world who likes the same awful flowery book series as you

[beeandpupcat]

Pool House Pool Austin An illustration of a sizable transitional backyard house with a rectangular natural pool

[thankstothe]

The most suspicious man alive offers you a cup of coffee, do you accept?

[passionfruitbowls]

[arc-hus]

Raintree House, Chiang Mai, Thailand - Sher Maker

[clonebrainrot]

Redoing this poll as I goofed by not including the followers of the apocalypse.

[bailadeluna]

there’s something so brilliant in cooper howard’s costume design - it’s so much more than just a simple blue and gold cowboy fit.

at the beginning of the show, before the bombs dropped, cooper howard was a good person - always kind to others despite the circumstances or how he was feeling in the moment.

you could say… he was exemplifying the golden rule.

this is evident in his costuming - cooper is decked out in gold even when the bombs dropped. the golden rule is still so close to his heart - i mean come on - look at how tight that bandana is around his neck.

even in certain lighting, his hat looks gold.

cooper howard being a good person and living by the golden rule is what barb probably fell in love with (she has her own interesting character analysis and thought process which i would love to discuss later). because this trait is so admired by her and those around cooper, she probably saw him as who she would hope future generations would become as they grow up in the vaults. people like him are the better future she envisions - so it’s no coincidence that the vault suit is in his colors.

what does the blue symbolize?

well, to me, i think it’s the corporate presence in the world. there’s more blue in the suit than there is gold - hinting at vaultech’s corporate greed, capitalism, and evil machinations. (there was also blue in his old cowboy costume - i.e. the presence of the studio and how they use cooper to push a mccarthyism narrative. kinda in the same way vaultech will use him)

the blue in the suit - symbolizing vaultech’s overwhelming presence and the reason for such a bleak and cruel world - does not swallow up the gold - the small semblance of humanity’s capacity to do and be good. it’s the small hint at barb’s intentions (analogous to the road to hell being paved with good intentions).

yet the man who was an inspiration for vaultech’s workers - the man who they all wished they could be like, the man who symbolized all the “do good” ideas they pass down to their children but in the end have no intention of following them (wink wink, looking at you, hank) - was in the end stripped of all his humanity by the world vaultech created (wow, would you look at that? another analogy for capitalism!)

this man, once rich in morals now robbed of them all, wanders the wasteland a ghoul. everything has been taken from him - symbolized being devoid of layers of skin.

now, he’s nothing but the ghost of the man he once was - haunted by what has been done. everything he wears as the ghoul is frayed, tattered, and dark - symbolizing that cooper howard, that kind and caring man before the bombs is dead.

but wait - is that…

you don’t see it? Ok, i’ll zoom in some more

GOLD? (perhaps even the same shirt he was wearing during the bomb drop??)

perhaps the golden rule, those values that he once held so dearly, are still there just dormant - waiting to be awaken again.

maybe cooper howard can come back… that just maybe there’s still hope for the good in humanity…

[7rashstar]

09-15-23

[sakuralovespossums]

I realize I have a type