Glenbrow
@glenbrow.bsky.social
1940 Usonian-style modern house by FLW apprentices Tony Smith, Larry Cuneo + Ted van Fossen. 1964 tower by van Fossen-work in progress. From ruin to restored.
Collection of Soleri Bells that hang at Glenbrow includes #310 that will come out of retirement this spring. #arcosanti #soleribells #windchimes #glenbrow #art #landscape
March 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Collection of Soleri Bells that hang at Glenbrow includes #310 that will come out of retirement this spring. #arcosanti #soleribells #windchimes #glenbrow #art #landscape
View out to our kitchen patio. Joe built the wood fire oven using spolia found on the property, remnants of an old theater that had been demolished. #architecture #outdoorliving #woodfireoven #spolia
February 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
View out to our kitchen patio. Joe built the wood fire oven using spolia found on the property, remnants of an old theater that had been demolished. #architecture #outdoorliving #woodfireoven #spolia
Winter sun in the Point Room (room extends out over the ravine pointing south). The stone was all quarried on-site. #architecture #stone #wintersun
February 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Winter sun in the Point Room (room extends out over the ravine pointing south). The stone was all quarried on-site. #architecture #stone #wintersun
Winter sun. The stone was all quarried on site. #architecture #stone
February 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Winter sun. The stone was all quarried on site. #architecture #stone
Extent of the kitchen restoration. Peeled away layers of rot & insect damage, corrected design flaws, tore up old copper & cast iron pipes, removed concrete floor, down to the shell. #abandoned #restored
February 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Extent of the kitchen restoration. Peeled away layers of rot & insect damage, corrected design flaws, tore up old copper & cast iron pipes, removed concrete floor, down to the shell. #abandoned #restored
February 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Historic photos: 1. Tony Smith during construction, 1940. 2. Cuneo, van Fossen and Smith during design 3. Tony Smith and owner Robert Gunning, 1940 4. Tony Smith on the cover of Time Magazine as a sculptor at LACMA, 1967. #TonySmithsculptor
February 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Historic photos: 1. Tony Smith during construction, 1940. 2. Cuneo, van Fossen and Smith during design 3. Tony Smith and owner Robert Gunning, 1940 4. Tony Smith on the cover of Time Magazine as a sculptor at LACMA, 1967. #TonySmithsculptor
BEFORE/AFTER Glenbrow from ruin to restored: 1&2. West side of house 3&4. Southern horizontal windows overlooking the ravine.
February 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
BEFORE/AFTER Glenbrow from ruin to restored: 1&2. West side of house 3&4. Southern horizontal windows overlooking the ravine.
BEFORE/AFTER Glenbrow Ivory Tower. (Work in progress) #abandoned #restoration
February 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
BEFORE/AFTER Glenbrow Ivory Tower. (Work in progress) #abandoned #restoration
Glenbrow was abandoned for almost a decade. BEFORE/AFTER 1. Covered walkway 2. Zen Garden #abandoned #restoration
February 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Glenbrow was abandoned for almost a decade. BEFORE/AFTER 1. Covered walkway 2. Zen Garden #abandoned #restoration
Dining room patio in autumn. The room on the right extends out over the ravine with a stone planter. #architecture #biophilicdesign #autumn # gabion wall
February 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Dining room patio in autumn. The room on the right extends out over the ravine with a stone planter. #architecture #biophilicdesign #autumn # gabion wall
Glenbrow main house is sited below ground level extending out the edge of a ravine. Courtyards surround the home 1. Entrance Courtyard 2. Zen garden 3. Bedroom patio 4. Kitchen patio (wood fire oven in center) #garden #naturallandscapes #spring
February 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Glenbrow main house is sited below ground level extending out the edge of a ravine. Courtyards surround the home 1. Entrance Courtyard 2. Zen garden 3. Bedroom patio 4. Kitchen patio (wood fire oven in center) #garden #naturallandscapes #spring
Glenbrow studio (tower in background) and covered walkway that attaches tower to the studio, carport & main house. Newly designed & constructed after years of abandonment. # architecture #modernarchitecture
February 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Glenbrow studio (tower in background) and covered walkway that attaches tower to the studio, carport & main house. Newly designed & constructed after years of abandonment. # architecture #modernarchitecture
Glenbrow Ivory Tower, 1964 by Ted van Fossen as a writer’s studio & guest house. Attached to main house by covered walkway. 4 floors with views of ravine & creek. #architecture #organicdesign #usonian
February 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Glenbrow Ivory Tower, 1964 by Ted van Fossen as a writer’s studio & guest house. Attached to main house by covered walkway. 4 floors with views of ravine & creek. #architecture #organicdesign #usonian
Frog pond in entrance courtyard. #frog #waterfeature
February 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Frog pond in entrance courtyard. #frog #waterfeature
Glenbrow main house,1940, by Taliesin apprentices Tony Smith (sculptor), Larry Cuneo (AD I Love Lucy) + Ted van Fossen (Rush Creek Village), sited on the edge of a ravine. Abandoned for nearly a decade, now restored. #architecture #biophilicdesign #organicarchitecture #TonySmith
February 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Glenbrow main house,1940, by Taliesin apprentices Tony Smith (sculptor), Larry Cuneo (AD I Love Lucy) + Ted van Fossen (Rush Creek Village), sited on the edge of a ravine. Abandoned for nearly a decade, now restored. #architecture #biophilicdesign #organicarchitecture #TonySmith