“Apple Computer and Pixar CEO Steve Jobs received the green light from local government officials Tuesday to demolish a historic building on his property in Woodside, Calif.,” Dawn Kawamoto reports for CNET News.
“Jobs, who owns an expansive Mission Revival home designed by the late, internationally known architect George Washington Smith, was battling with preservationists, who sought to keep the home intact. The building had fallen into severe disrepair over the years… Jobs still has several hoops to jump through before he can clear his property of the house, which is in need of costly repairs,” Kawamoto reports. “Jobs cannot demolish the house until he receives a permit to do so, which will take until June 16. In the meantime, he’s required to share the cost of advertising and promoting the donation of the estate to any organization willing to cart it away.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Now Jonathan Ive can get to work designing one heck of a house.
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I wonder if it will have little white rounded corners?
Yup, it’s called bullnosed corners. It’s much more popular than square corners on new houses.
“In the meantime, he’s required to share the cost of advertising and promoting the donation of the estate to any organization willing to cart it away.”
Share the cost? For someone who gets a salary of $1 per year thats pretty rough
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Someone needs to explain why this is news.
I thought he already had a taker for the house.
“Someone needs to explain why this is news.”
It’s news because I clicked on it.
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I just bought an ISight and an Airport Express base station.
You’re reading this, therefore it must be news.
Perhaps he’ll build this metal-clad kit house built here in Missouri:
http://www.rocioromero.com/homelvl.htm
Now would be a good time for AutoCad for the Mac!
MDN: Jonathan Ive is not an architect, he is an industrial designer. Get your facts straight.
John, if you think that because he’s an industrial designer (ie. not an architect) that he wouldn’t be able to design a kick ass house…then my feeling is that you are probably wrong. Margaret Mackintosh once said, “The design of a pepper pot is as important as the conception of a cathedral.” …I think when one truely understands what it is to “design”..then that can be applied to anything.
It’s going to have G5 cheese grater paneling to keep the house efficient plus a multitude of fans to keep the air moving. His carpet will be green like the boards inside the G5 while the furniture will be black like the chips inside the G5. The top view will be gray but the walls will be iMac white. All the light switches will be in Click wheel form including the toilet lever to flush it.
Think of it this way: We’ve paid for the house that Steve will build.
Good luck Steve — watch them cost overruns — and don’t forget that it’s faster and cheaper to build an overdesigned house than make changes on the fly. Not to mention less stressful.
I somehow don’t think he’ll need a huge dressing room for all his clothes. It will be interesting to see how it compares with Gates’ technohouse up in Washington.
“main” – where the treasure be buried, ahhh Jim lad.
no, he’s gonna build the DUH
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http://www.dilbert.com/duh
well said giofoto
it would be interesting to see what kind of house ivy would design…
cultural context and personal character manifest how?
would be very interesting to say the least.
doh!
i meant JohnE
although you had me giggling hard giofoto !
you have a point, Dave H. How much room could he need for 7 pairs of jeans, 7 black turtlenecks and two pair of New Balance running shoes???
Industrial designers sometimes design take on architecture projects for their ‘day job’ clients. Italdesign (who are primarily known for their car designs like the BMW M1, the Delorean and the Lotus Esprit, among others), also have some archetectural designs standing in Europe:
http://www.italdesign.com/dinamic/gallery/home.php
The DUH rocks!
Phillipe Starke is a good example of minimalism with his designs. In fact he lives it. He has 3 (I think) moto guzzi’s, all in different cities. And has a guy come on his motorcycle to the airport whenever he arrives and they all operate on ONE key that he carries in his pocket…no fumbling keys for moto-guzzi #1 or #3 in any city he happens to be in. Keeps his life simple. Brilliant I think.
Steve just took a dump on history…
“MDN: Jonathan Ive is not an architect, he is an industrial designer. Get your facts straight.”
Whoa, watch out. MDN’s tongue-in-cheek comment just flew like a mile over John’s head.
Most designers dabble in different areas….Phillipe Starke is an award winning designer and he dabbles in interior design (Royalton and Paramount Hotels, NYC), Architect (his own house in Europe among others), industrial design (moto-guzzi motorcycles, small appliances, and furniture). I have no doubt Ive has done the same.