zathan Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 That house is cool!!!! Where exactly is it? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Its on the corner of Montrose and Willard Street, just below West Gray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largeTEXAS Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 I love the installation, Dan!!!! It's one of the most incredible uses of an existing building that I've ever seen. But, I wish the Art League would have hired a decent architect for the new project. Irving Phillips of Phillips Wild Architects has done some terrible work around town and, although this new project seems to be a little nicer, it is still disappointing. I wish the current installation could remain. Again, great work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volvo99 Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 A truly original piece. And one that surely cements the Montrose as a unique and progressive community. In an asphalt wasteland such as Houston, it is good to see culture and creativity colliding with the daily commute. I've since left Houston, but it will be art in the public realm such as this that makes Houston a city of possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotus Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 My girlfriend and I were awed by 'Inversion' and I have been trying to look for pictures of the 'O House' installation. Can anyone help. Here it is almost July and 'Inversion' still stands. If only some of the other cute bungalows in the area had installations, maybe the McMansions and Stacked Mobile Homes would stay out. TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Hey, check out the COH home page. Pretty cool.http://www.houstontx.gov/EDIT: My bad. You have to hit the home page photo gallery link to see the 'Inversion' house. But, it is very cool to see it pop up on the home page, if you are lucky enough to catch it in its cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MontroseNeighborhoodCafe Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Read More... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Cool pic, but we have like two or three threads on the same house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovehouse Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...?showtopic=2132http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...?showtopic=2129 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 merged topics - existing thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjb434 Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 Thanks, the moderators on this forum do a good job of managing topics.Anyway, does anyone know how long the artwork will stay up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 art league just got a demo permit approved by the city of houston, so it won't be up much longer.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston Retail Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 theres a party on satuday at the site and it will be torn down next week enjoy it while you can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaG Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 I just heard this building was torn down this week. Too bad.. I really enjoyed it while it lasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 You may have noticed the new construction on Montrose on the site of the late, great, lamented Inversion House. The Art League Houston's new facility looks promising. Is it just me, or isn't this the way that Hobby Center ought to have looked? Googie, 21st Century, and rational. Not only will this new building provide much needed studio/teaching space, but it also will contain a small cafe, which will be most welcome in an otherwise rather forbidding stretch of Montrose Blvd. Can't find a large-scale rendering online but check out the progress on the Art League's website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternGulf Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Yeah I saw the rendering a few weeks back. I will have to wait and see it when it is finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largeTEXAS Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Don't get too excited. Irvin Philips, the architect of Tremont Terror, designed the building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 (edited) I was by there today-the frame is up. From their website: Check it out...looks promising. [and don't blame the Tremont on the architect...I think it's just another crappy contractor with equally crappy owners.] Edited January 4, 2006 by nmainguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 i drove by today and the building is going up nicely. its crazy and just what montrose will embrace. i look forward to seeing this project completed. its good for the neighborhood and city.dream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Hobby Center looks much better from the 29th floor.Not so good at street level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 ^agreed, it's out of scale w/r/t the area. This has been a debate amongst my friends is the changing scale of Montrose... seems to me he missed a great oppurtunity to index the neighborhood behind it and across montrose, which imo, is the "loot" of Houston's inovative architecture. My professor said that Irvine is just having fun, and that the art league has been trying to get this built for nearly 30 years and he was the logical choice to get it done on budget and on time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Street Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 irvin philips is apparently notorious for not detailing his works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 the juxtaposition of opposing styles is what it means to be diverse architecturally.........to some, anyway. for some, it is inherent in a progressively urban, mixed-use environ that styles are aberrant and contrasting. should montrose be sugarland? i do not intend to denigrate the honorable ideal of respecting the relationship of a structure to it's surroundings; however, in the "big picture", does it matter, that is, if it's good? for example, if frank lloyd wright's new york guggenheim were to be built on bissonnet between dunlavy and shepherd, would i care? absolutely not.if it is good and enjoyable and functional........let it be. to worry over neighborhood context (at least in houston's free-wheeling real estate climate) is ultimately uncessary.let's enjoy it where it occurs and find the beauty in the contrast. Vive Le Difference! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trosian Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 sometimes difference amounts to a conglomeration of useless and disparate objects that impart a 'customary' beauty...and to accept market forces as architecture would be myopic at best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Anyone else been there? I think it might be fairly new. It seems to have some potential to pick up from the late Diedrichs on Westheimer. The music isn't as obnoxious as Starbucks, but I don't know if they have wifi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 https://houston.eater.com/2021/4/2/22363522/inversion-coffee-montrose-houston-closed-permanently Longtime Montrose Coffee Shop Inversion Permanently Closes Its Doors Inversion, the longtime Montrose coffee shop known for its artsy vibe, creative coffees, and sense of community, has closed for good. Â 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_cuevas713 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Inversion was ok but I'm looking forward to what this part of Montrose Blvd can become. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 That's sad. It was one of only three places I've found so far that could make a decent flat white. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate4l1f3 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 18 hours ago, august948 said: That's sad. It was one of only three places I've found so far that could make a decent flat white. The others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 10 hours ago, nate4l1f3 said: The others? The Nook at UH and Fellini's in Rice Village. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 New coffee shop is taking over the Inversion spot. https://houston.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/11-02-21-canary-cafe-new-coffee-shop-montrose-inversion/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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