Wright Chat

The revised name is Talia....sounds like it’s missing something. It needs a second name! What would go with Talia? Hmmmm.

Shire: from the old English, “used in reference to parts of England regarded as strongholds of traditional rural culture, especially the rural Midlands”.

That’s it! Talia Shire!

I’m very sorry to hear of Gordon’s passing.

Peter, please let Gordon’s sister know that the FLWBC is here to provide guidance and assistance with Wright on the Market in the task to find a new preservation minded owner/steward to continue her brother’s efforts and care for the house.

The parquet floor grid in the lobby is fighting the grid of the structure...why the 45 degree rotation? The Paris Metro bar thing stuck under an out of the catalog glass canopy in the back lawn is out of place...though I suppose it goes with the 36’ tall twisted pomme frite that holds up the Christm...

That doesn't sound like Turner. Hmm. Both William Allin Storrer and John Sergeant note Turner as the builder of Christie. Page 118 of the 1984 paperback edition of Sergeant's Usonian Houses book states Harold Turner spent several years building Usonians: Hanna '37, Rebhuhn '38, Suntop '39, G-W '39,...

Wright’s initial idea of the exterior wood of a Usonian house was to leave it alone to naturally weather to a silver grey...he stated in his book The Natural House that “wood best preserves itself”. This did not work well in many situations as the wood was bleached by the sun and in some cases, weat...

Harold Turner was building the Christie house and Suntop in ‘39-‘40. Wright tapped him to build the MoMA Usonian exhibition house as well, which was ultimately cancelled. It has been theorized that the MoMA perfs found their way across the river to Bernardsville via Turner... some or all possibly as...

YES!!! That is an originally installed perforated board (perf)from the James Christie house in Bernardsville NJ. These perfs were removed sometime after the House was sold in the late 1940’s. The originally installed perfs at Christie were identical to the perfs planned for Wright’s unbuilt Usonian ...

In the November 2020 issue linked above is a great article about the history of the Carlson house...(OK, one inaccuracy: the author calls the house a "Usonian Automatic"), but that aside, the article is a series of recent photos and written history of the house's ownership. Of note: in the editor's ...

That may be the Foundation’s intent....

To my understanding, this is the most logical and potentially successful “path forward” The School has presented over the last 20 years. It would appear to be a win-win: The School is now located on an architecturally rich “campus” on which learning by design/build opportunities abound, and Cosanti/...

The Newman rendering is stunning, as is the design it depicts. Now that we have this type illustration of the original design intent, it might be interesting to compare it to the Legacy version built in Ohio about 20 years ago.

http://wrightchat.savewright.org/viewtopic.php?t=13608

The three trees at the west bedroom terrace may have survived for a while, but the final straw would have been the construction of a small break room for the house staff under the terrace. It is sort of an expanded landing at the head of a stair down to the boiler room. The room is not large but it ...

November 1988 (Remembrance of FLlW by Vernon Swaback) https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/aho/id/269/rec/3 May 1974 (Member of McArthur family takes exception in letters section with characterization of Wright’s role in the AZ Biltmore, as printed in the April 1974 issue) https://azmem...

February 1965 (Grady Gammage opening) https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/aho/id/631/rec/9 May 1940 (Taliesin West) https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/aho/id/1231/rec/7 November 2020 (Raymond Carlson House) https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/aho/id/1234/re...

February 1956 issue (the issue in which I “discovered” Wright as a child)

https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/ ... /742/rec/1

April 1962 issue (TAA work featured)

https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/ ... /671/rec/1