2024-12-22T08:14:50-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150293571/architecture-fans-are-unhappy-over-the-future-of-robert-bruno-s-quirky-steel-house-in-texas Josh Niland 2022-01-07T14:39:00-05:00 >2022-01-10T13:56:27-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9f/9f8570ea72302651a7c670c7d4c77ee4.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><em></em>Two patrons of former Texas Tech University professor Robert Bruno&rsquo;s famous Ransom Canyon are up in arms over the fate of one of American architectural history&rsquo;s most significant self-built structures.</p> <p><a href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/style/steel-house-saga-airbnb-robert-bruno-lubbock/" target="_blank"><em>Texas Monthly</em></a> is reporting that plans for the corten steel creation have caused an outcry of sorts following news of its recent conversion into a<a href="https://kkam.com/robert-bruno-steel-house-purchased-turned-into-vacation-rental-property/" target="_blank"> vacation rental</a> outside of Lubbock.</p> <p>Born out of a <a href="https://www.texastech.edu/stories/15-04-college-of-architecture-gains-inspiration-in-abstract-form.php" target="_blank">sculptural installation</a> that now stands in front of Texas Tech&rsquo;s architecture building, construction began in 1973 on the structure that eventually grew to around 2,200-square-feet. It took Bruno 35 years to complete the structure, which he moved into just months before his death from cancer in 2008. Now, over a decade after it was last inhabited, the home&rsquo;s future has become the exclusive endeavor of an enterprising young realtor named Courtney Bartosh.&nbsp;</p> <p>Bartosh began <a href="https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/the-weirdest-house-in-the-country-is-in-texas-and-now-its-for-sale/2808214/" target="_blank">listing the home</a> for $1.75 million back in November after acquiring the property from Bruno&rsquo;s daughter Christina, who had bee...</p>