THAT, by God .. is functional Art ..
What, no thermobaric bombs?
THAT, by God .. is functional Art ..
This should be retitled: WHEN LIBERALS COLLIDE
Great Britain- an essentially totalitarian state with a few democratic and monarchistic tokens.
Branded 'harmful to the notion of bureaucratic micromanagement of the average person's life', more like.
The City Council is looking at this all wrong.
This beautiful and creative home is already a worldwide news story, and could be a world-wide tourist attraction for the county- bringing people from all over to view it, attend workshops on how to build one, and just celebrate it.
All those people would stay in the town hotels, eat at the local pubs and spend money. Everybody wins !
What’s not to like !
My response to them would be “Nuts!” The council can destroy it but I would not participate in their decision!
Another way to fight this is to get pictures of the homes the council and the inspectors live in and put them out on the web with the question”Do these homes look like they add or subtract to the scenic composition of the surrounding country side?”
The only way to protect the house now is to declare it a mosque.
What’s the name of the tree house builder guy? Get him involved.
BFLR
They should convert to Islam and call their home a Mosque.
No way would they tear down a Mosque.
UN Agenda 21 (also Plank #1 of the Communist manifesto); eliminate private property via elimination of private property rights.
Thou shalt not build without permission from the all mighty planning commission, paying the appropriate fees, inspection rates. Thou shalt build your home not for yourself, but for mythical future residents. Thou shalt build your home so it can later be given to another family, entirely at council expense, to be utterly trashed.
I do feel for the family, but if you’re going to not get building permission from the local government, you have to be willing to stand by that decision, and actually fight such requirements, not later file retroactive building permissions.
They should legally protest the order to tear down, then hire a professional, licensed architect and structural engineer to analyze the integrity of the building and certify its soundness.
If you REALLY want to see some eyesores, go west of TAOS, NM. In the flat plains west of the Grand Canyon of the Rio Grande, on the north side of the road, someone is building the most god awful “city” of partially underground “earth friendly” homes.
They looked like rejects from a STAR WARS or Hobbit movie!
Farther to the west are lots for sale. People are buying them, putting in a travel trailers and a coyote fence. Both places are eyesores!
The decision should be based on engineering factors, not political “you hurt my feelings because you didn’t ask first” factors.
Have them pay the permit and inspection fees and leave them alone.
Ok, most of us - I think - recognize that building permits are ok to guarantee the design integrity and safety of a structure, and these people apparently did not go through the process. What to do? They have created a work of art that would be a shame to destroy. Inspect the building retroactively, and if it seems safe, levy a small fine for not getting the permit initially and leave it alone. But, no, the government says to knock it down. This smacks of bully government, government by a**hole, a government of arrogance.
Maybe Peter Jackson could help them to dismantle it and move it to New Zealand.
That home looks incredible.
if they move to the US, they can make a bundle helping people design their own homes..