Wright Chat

Thanks, guys! The photo isn't that deceptive, I've been to the Zimmerman house twice and the brick is gorgeous.

I love the Usonian style homes, and I'm wondering if there is any information on the type of bricks Frank used on homes like the Zimmerman home seen here: http://www.nhhomemagazine.com/_DSC2823.jpg The brick seems almost polished or something, very consistent, no marking and pocking. Is this just lu...

SDR wrote:They might well be. But that's not a coffee table . . .


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side table, whatever. don't you think it looks rickity

That Mossberg one for instance is what I mean. he has a lot like that and they look tipsy to me.

Does anyone know how Wright's coffee tables stand up? Their designs seem awfully tippy.

Wright's work was far from formulaic, despite the similarities which can be detected in any one period of his career. Check out the seven house plans designed for "Usonia 2" in Lansing, MI, in 1939, at the bottom of page two of this thread: http://savewright.org/wright_chat/viewtopic.php?t=4222 The...

jmixon, Have you actually been in the home? Basing your opinions on realtor photos or videos is not the ultimate way of being informed before you voice your views. This Chat Board is populated with highly opinionated people and we all may have chosen to do things differently on this or any historic...

SDR wrote:You are aware that this house isn't a Wright design ?


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It's a Prairie House, and now an incongruous styled Prairie house.

Perhaps because the restoration architect is part of the present discussion ? Imagine how much worse it could be, if, say, the owner or the architect had proposed new cabinetry which had a dominant personality of its own, in conflict with the existing environment. At least the cabinetwork is plain ...

I can understand this when I look at Wright's work, especially when considering the Usonian. Wright was an architect that worked around the cite and the owners yes, but he was also firstly an architect who believed in his discoveries and his vision over anything else. As wonderful as the Usonians ar...

Why is everyone soft stepping around this? The additions to this house are terrible. If you're going to add on or re-model a FLW house, do it right. This misses the point of everything. Why even buy a FLW house if you're going to change it so drastically? Sure if you want to add a kitchen on or what...

hahahah gotta love the ego

Why not desert masonry then? I take it that this is a shed in rural Maine? One that is not going to be inspected? One of the drawbacks of actual stone walls in a cold climate is the frost cycle. It breaks them apart over time. Yeah it's gonna be in Maine. May end up being on the rents property whic...

SDR wrote:Why would that be preferable to you ?


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Well I was hoping I could scrounge enough stone together over a year or two to stack up and make walls. If I'm going to put up block I'll just end up using the block as the structure and aesthetic.

Is this a possible thing? Does anyone have building plans on the walls at Kentuck Knob? Plans and construction photos of Kentuck Knob are found in Bernardine Hagans book: Kentuck Knob: Frank Lloyd Wright's House for I.N. and Bernardine Hagan, c. 2005 The structural walls are of reinforced concrete,...