The residents of Phonehenge, in California’s Mohave Desert, have been told to move after twelve misdemeanor building code violations last month. Apparently the ’70-foot tower, a replica of a Viking house and other esoteric creations the self-taught builder put together over the years out of mainly scrap materials’ is a hazard according to inspectors. 
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More here from the AP, and here from LA Weekly. The builder/self-made architect/visionary of Phonehenge, Kim Fahey, has been arrested, but SPACES is going to help him with representation.
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Some things to consider in regards to shelter for the poor:
‘How can organic, self-built slums be turned into livable housing?
What might a house-for-the-poor look like?
How can world-class engineering and design capabilities be utilized to solve the problem?
What reverse-innovation lessons might be learned by the participants in such a project?
How could the poor afford to buy this house?’
Can it be done for $300 USD? The NYT ran one opinion here, and a rebuttal was printed in the Harvard Business Review. Well, there certainly were a lot of submissions to the team who began this project, and the winners were announced today.
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The Fawcett House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is on the market.
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Toast embroidery, and Oreo cameos. And the not-so-secret lives of mantises.
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(above: a Frank Fleming animal totem I saw in the RSA Building in M’ry)
It was published in 2008, but the Alabama Masters piece put out by the State Council on the Arts is wonderful.
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Cheerwine + Krispy Kreme? Yes! For a limited time, not in all markets.
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Lightning bugs on the rebound.
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The Kohler Foundation will be restoring S.P. Dinsmoor’s Garden of Eden art environment in Lucas, Kansas. Much more about it here.