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Last summer, you might recall that the city of Boston made a move that looked to be capitalizing on the then yet-to-be-determined, widespread popularity of the Tea Party activist movement by announcing plans to build a new Boston Tea Party Museum (honoring the original event, not the current incarnation). Three parties would be tasked the raise the $25 million needed to build the museum (or rather, rebuild, as the original burnt down in 2001 and then it burnt down again when they tried rebuilding in 2007), a collaboration between the city, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority and the company, Historic Tours of America. That was a hefty price tag to begin with, but as the Boston Herald reports, it was originally intended to cost just $9 million and has since shot up another $3 million since last summer’s announcement, bringing it in currently at roughly $27 million to finish by next year. What’s more, the paper reports that a healthy chunk of that money is coming from both state and federal aid, or even being diverted from other government spending, like $3 million from a fund originally “slated for affordable housing.” The Herald, perhaps trying to give the story’s angle a bit of a nudge, mention early on that this direct government funding doesn’t exactly cotton to current Tea Party members’ worldview of less spending. They even talk to the head of the local chapter, who says, “The government shouldn’t be involved in something like this, in any way.”

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Helsinki studio Avanto Architects have completed this house with four wings overlooking four distinct views in Virrat, Finland.

Called Four-Cornered Villa, the house is stained black on the outside and clad with light wood inside.

The lakeside building has no running water and draws power from solar cells.

Photographs are by Anders Portman and Martin Sommerschield.

The information below is from Avanto Architects:

The site is situated on a horse shoe shaped island and faces north and east. The cross like shape of this simple villa reaches towards four very different views.

The space is open and defined at the same time. The exterior is treated all black and to contrast the interior is very light.

Dark color makes the building disappear totally when seen from the lake. The roof is flat – there is some warm irony to the clichés of modern architecture.

The building is insulated well and heated by wood only resulting in a carbon neutral building.

There is no running water and the electricity is provided by the sun. Vegetables and herbs are cultivated on site and the Vaskivesi Lake is known as a good place to catch pike-perch.

The simple and ascetic life at the countryside differs dramatically from the hectic city life and provides a possibility to live a life with a minimum impact to the nature.

Four-cornered villa
Location: Virrat
Gross floor area:78 m2 + sauna 24m2
Budget: 150 000 €
Client: The architect
Structural design: Konstru Oy / Jorma Eskola
Electrical design: Virtain Sähkötyö Oy / Väinö Sipilä

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