Jeffrey Stephenson built a case mod, called “ The Skyscraper Photo PC”, which stands as a tribute to the art deco Hammond Gregory clock, 1931 edition. The photo display is performed on an LCD taken from a vehicle DVD player, so it allows any user to customize features according to their taste, to update this piece of art, whenever they change the parlor furniture, so they don't mismatch.



The Skyscraper Photo PC is entirely made of wood, with the main unit structured in basswood and a mahogany veneer. The back panel is birch plywood painted with industrial aluminum paint. The 60mm Vantec Stealth fan is designed to pull air through the gap at the bottom.



The LCD panel is connected to the computer's composite TV-out jack. It measures 11.3 inch and has a native resolution of 800 x 600 pixels. The original mounting plate had to be trimmed at several spots around its perimeter. The wood work started with a new frame for the LCD.



All the veneer is finished except the faceplate. Veneering took about 60 hours and consists of 49 pieces with 82 finished edges. The device has been manufactured using also a VIA CN10000EG motherboard with a fan less 1GHz C7 processor. The single memory slot is filled with a 1GB stick of Crucial DDR2 533. Apart from that, the power supply is of 120W picoPSU with a CF IDE adapter and a 2GB Crucial compact flash card.



The surface was also treated to a #0000 ultra-fine steel wool massage followed by a coat of Johnson's Paste Wax. The mahogany was treated to a 220 grit sandpapering followed by several coats of clear lacquer.



Overall, Stephenson succeeded in making a system so traditionally looking but so revolutionary inside. Despite the fact that is not exactly one of the most powerful systems, the device is guaranteed to be dead silent, so there are still important benefits from purchasing it. However, there are no pricing or availability details, yet.