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work in progress in Butte, Montana involves the adaptive reuse
of the remains of the 50-foot tall, 1,000-ton concrete Crude
Ore Bin of the historic Timber Butte Mining & Milling Company
property originally built by "Copper King" and U.S.
Senator William Andrews Cark. For a little history about the
original structure, visit the Timber
Butte Mining & Milling Company.
The remaining structure and surrounds have been converted into
my residence, office, and gallery.
Various sub-projects include the 0X0 Rock garage, the 0X0 Solarium,
The Observation Tower, The Symbolic Campfire Coffee Table, The
Amazing Ascending Dining Table, and The 0X0 ArtRod Museum.
The project has been featured in Fine Homebuilding magazine,
Montana magazine, and in stories in various newspapers
around the country. Funded primarily by myself, with additional
funding from a Renewable Energy Demonstration Project Grant from
the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation,
and the ARCO/EPA "Landscape Lottery."
The building has been featured in several television productions,
including a documentary series called Back Roads of Montana
produced by The University of Montana Telecommunications Center
in 1995.
A 1997 Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company production titled
Extreme Homes, features a segment on the project. It regularly
shows in syndication on the Home & Garden Television network.
Yaletown Entertainment produced a segment on the project in 2001
for a Canadian television series called Weird Homes.
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The OXO Foundation
by John Young |
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