Wright Chat

Webinar (April 20, 2021) looks at Dana-Thomas restoration

https://www.myjournalcourier.com/featur ... 108236.php

I was told that all the original custom wood windows were replaced with Pella windows and that the fireplace flues were filled with concrete.

Please correct me if this is inaccurate.

architect: Arthur Dickey, supposedly an apprentice but not on the list.

https://www.startribune.com/it-s-still- ... sh=true#16

Price Tower updates

https://www.examiner-enterprise.com/sto ... 237856002/

by apprentice John Covert Watson (1956)

https://is.gd/RKIqaR

Roderick,
The Realtor.com listing is marked OFF MARKET because the house has not yet been placed ON THE MARKET, not because it was sold.

A possible easier alternative are the various stains and dyes available to apply to new concrete
installations after curing. Many of these create a mottled appearance resembling aged leather
which I find attractive.

Realtor.com listing:

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandho ... 2410-66202

The 1933 B&W photo above does not resemble the color photo below as the same room. Had it been extensively remodeled in the interim?

https://www.architecturalrecord.com/art ... ges-museum

This museum includes the rebuilt FLW-designed Bachman-Wilson House.

Walter Burley Griffin's Blythe House in Mason City is going to
be coming on the market soon. This is the house that Dr. Bob McCoy
owns.

Specific details to follow.

In the late ‘90s I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a weeklong residential seminar on FLW held at the Sims House in Hawaii hosted by John and Kay Rattenbury. During the seminar we enjoyed their personal stories about their time at Taliesin, we heard their audio recordings of FLW, their home m...