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I added the source. The unit of the Pauson House grid is 3'6" square The scale of I think all drawings I´ve seen so far is 1/4" = 1'-0" (except for the details of course) And yes you are right, it is surprising and a part of my /(our studio´s) research as in how FLLW operated with the often va...

@ David A room that I have unfinish in my model and that I would like to recreate is the master bedroom. Unfortunately I have not found any pictures of this room so my main question is about the fireplace. How do you think the design was? -does that mean you have pictures of the rest of the upper fl...

David: "On the other hand, the small window of this room that is located on the northwest facade does not appear in Wright's drawings. Maybe it was a request from the client that had to be designed at the last minute?" https://s15.postimg.cc/m0wbie5iz/pauson_4_windows-fireplace1og.jpg Wright Green, ...

Tom:

Never noticed that window before.
Will keep my eye open for closer shots.
It seems it might consist of triangles:
two light pointing up and one dark pointing down

To me it seems as if these "triangles" are simply drapes...

SDR: "Of course, its possible that the drawings are intended to show only the desired forms, with the carpenter left to substitute preferable construction detail on-site. In any event, that is likely what happened, again and again." "Anyway, those drawings that WJS found are really interesting. The ...

@ SDR - thank you. SDR: "What can you tell me about the current thinking as to student research and subsequent publication ? What is the operating ethic, as to use of prior work ? Are the traditional recorded and tacit agreements still in effect, in academia ?" Well I would put it like this, there a...

It�s a welcome pleasure to see the Pauson house thread back at the top of the active list on Wright Chat. Thanks to Jeff and SDR for that . . . And thanks Jeff for sharing your model with us. It may be the closest many of us will ever get to experiencing this building. A few things (of many!):...

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