Wright Chat

John told me about that WWII island duty as well. It was, I believe, included in the videotaped interview I made with him. I got the impression that he and the couple others on that island were forgotten for long stretches of time, giving them the chance to put together that amphibious craft. I only...

You're right that this is an under explored area of Wright's career, but I have to assume that's because there is no smoking gun that explains the shift in his design vocabulary. My take is this: --he was tired of being the Prairie school guy. --he tried going in a super decorative style - from the ...

Raises an interesting question for me: Is a Wright-designed building that looks the same from the outside, but has different/changed internal framing, still a Wright design? I imagine a Peterson cottage built today would have engineered beams and some steel supports in the liiving room window framin...

Not sure how Columbia could do that. The Getty paid for the photo-documentation of the archive and a set of photos was part of the bargain. As was the microfiche of all the correspondence.

Deke

What a treat to see a lesser known work. It makes me wonder what other seldom-photographed homes are out there. Price is one of them. This was has a terrific mix of style and rustic cabin-ness. The use of shingles on the exterior walls is pretty unique, and I can't think of a house with such a varie...

Anyone have plans and els of that howard hawks house by Neutra?

To me this points out the glitch I often have with FLW works: the composition is appealing, but the scale is lacking. You could take almost every FLW building and scale it up by 1/3 and have a much more pleasing experience. I think there is a bit of a disconnect for many who only see photos of the b...

This home has a distinctive look to the interior color scheme. Any explanation for that? Was it a matter of a larger budget? I've hear Olgivanna played some role in interior design on latter projects.

Deke

I've always thought the whole fellowship / foundation situation would make for a fascinating documentary. Someone should put Wright's daughter on video while there is still time.

Wright did use recessed lighting in the ceiling plane on occasion. The exhibition house for "60 Year" comes to mind...one of my favorite designs and a good example for this discussion. BTW when I talked with John Geiger about that design he said the clerestory window/ceiling height was originally ve...

So the price is going up?

Count me in if you get any traction, Peterm.

As far as ruthless developers threatening demolition (something that also happened to a Nuetra house in Beverly Hills) this is another reason the conservancy should proactively address this issue.

Deke

I am all for a kit-of-parts solution to home building. That's my idea of pre-fab. I long for the day when you can go to Home Depot and by a few wall/floor/roof sections and assemble them into a spare bedroom. Kitchens and Bathrooms would be trucked in and plugged in place. The trick is would this wo...

Some may recall I floated the time-share idea with a much less expensive Wright house...one that Peterm beat us to the punch on.

Deke

That "buyer" sounded fishy and I think was a ruse to delay the historic preservation designation. These guys are tricky.

Matt
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