Wright Chat

Wright accomplished his Usonian L-shaped plans with a long bedroom corridor. This economical little house has no corridors---a neat trick.

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Another roof might be shed, both wings sloping away from the deck. You'd get a nice sloping diagonal beam over the kitchen, for some drama. For more light, a clerestory row above the deck doors. Nothing particularly Wrightian about the house that I can see---but you could get closer with a two-level...

Very nice---and welcome back, John. This is a very nifty floor plan---sensible and pleasant. I see only two minor modifications that might be made to the plan. 1. The piece of wall to the right of the kitchen sink might be held to the extent of the base cabinet---and reduced from full height to coun...

Don''t be fooled by the random-width boards that clad much of the interior of the Fort Smith house. While the random alternation of three widths of planks reminds one of the veneered-and-grooved sheets of 3/16" (now 1/8") plywood that were ubiquitous in America up to a surprisingly recent date, it i...

Well---don't miss the better display of photos linked within that site: https://www.propertypanorama.com/8-Berry-Hill-Road-Fort-Smith-AR-72903 Hit pause (lower right) and cycle through the images at your own pace. Principles or not, the architect's dramatic and assertive essay on the post-and-beam i...

Some new photos there: kitchen, bathroom, view of downslope end of house. Many would look with horror at Wright's brutally frank display of material in that original kitchen; this is what separates the faithful from the faint-hearted. Go, Frank ! Interesting comparison: Manson and Neils https://imag...

I note that what I wrote above contradicts what I posted on page one of the thread. I'll leave it to readers to decide for themselves whether masonry veneer is "valid"---and/or Wrightian---or not. It is clear that there are examples of stone and brick veneer in his work---and, god knows, in the work...

There is a curious tendency, noticeable in the media and among the younger generations (?), to equate all things Wright, including academic, publishing, and educational spheres, with Taliesin West---as though Taliesin in Wisconsin didn't exist or was barely relevant. Is this a recognizable phenomeno...

If it's published, it's public ? Hmm; sorry to hear that. Radio is a great source for up-to-date facts, and extended stories of subjects of interest (interviews with newly-published authors on current topics, for instance). You just have to know where on the dial to look . . . for listener-supported...

An estimable architect---Mr Wright, for instance---would criticize a design in which some of the parts were "real" while others were "fake." In his work the materials are chosen based on the work they must do and are allowed to show their faces "just as they are." If a wall is brick outside, it is b...

Linoleum---that is different---possibly unique ? Is the floor wood frame, or a slab ? Storrer missed that trick. But he did inform his readers about other aspects of the design and the clients---and shows a side chair that's a near clone of one designed for the Hanna's dining room. http://sdrdesign....

Not to be outdone, and after waiting a polite 10 years, Wright comes up with this : http://sdrdesign.com/FiberthinTitle.jpg http://sdrdesign.com/FiberthinView.jpg http://sdrdesign.com/FiberthinPlans.jpg http://sdrdesign.com/FiberthinText.jpg © The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum o...

Yup. The fantasy that this will be over soon is only making things worse, as it gives people a false optimism that leads to the worst behavior in the long run: premature renormalization. This pandemic syndrome has played out repeatedly through history. Too bad we're no longer interested in learning ...

I suppose it's possible; it sure is shiny and smooth. If so, that would be another variant to add to the list . . .

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A perfect subject for Architectural Digest---one of the more ironically-titled publications of the day ?

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