Robert Bruno’s Steel House by unknown maker
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Record 071 · Showcase home · 1973

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Robert Bruno’s Steel House

“Large-scale metal sculpture as architecture”

110-ton weathering steel; cantilevered on canyon rim.

Official site
  • biophilic
  • cantilever
  • green-roof

Dating

construction began 1973; never completed

  • “The steel abode is the labor of love of Robert Bruno, an unconventional sculptor who handcrafted it from 1973 until his death in 2008.” · atlasobscura.com
  • “1973” · texasescapes.com