Wright Chat

Would be nice if the Martin House Restoration Corporation could become involved in some way, since DDM selected it as the progenitor of Barton after seeing it when newly constructed. The MHRC managed to come up with over $50,000,000...

Kiljoy.

Oh, right! That "private network" thing was BS, and that part of the story was pretty much glossed over, wasn't it? I just didn't think the sellers looked very good having it on the market as it was, but I would rather think they somehow became involved with vultures at the start (agents a...

It may be unfortunate, but the primary goal to save and restore the house having been met, the eventual and understandable decision and solution to add "living space" in that particular market worked out (if unexpectedly), quite well, IMO. I did not notice any other reference to its design...

There's a smorgasbord on their Vimeo page... both individual videos and a continuous 12 minute video of all three Pittsburgh projects (PointPark Apartments, PP Civic Center, and the downtown self-serve garage). Scroll down for other goodies: Kaufmann's office, Fallingwater gate lodge and chapel, Tal...

DavidC wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2024 1:07 pm Video: Owner of Bartlesville's Price Tower suing Frank Llloyd Wright Building Conservancy - (3:58)
David

That's either a professional reproduction or an actual Martin house window casually on display behind Gordon!

Why not get a facsimile of the original? It came in a stiff boarded slip case which is actually shown in the photo; the book itself is cream colored, quality bound, and like the original printed "double" paged (two separate chronological sheets attached to one another as a single page)with...

SDR wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2024 7:28 pm The further we get in years from the days when these structures were fresh from Wright's pen, the less of the original spirit is to be found

Exactly-and of course applies to his contemporaries as well...

Expense, nice workmanship and no doubt best intentions aside, to my eye it does lack a preferred subtlety and if guilty of anything, simply "too prairie"...

Possibly the best tour of Taliesin available short of having free reign over the place yourself. Watched it a few times and although the commentary is not offensive, I'd suggest muting for a better experience. Of note, the (perhaps not) unexpectedly interesting and seldom seen spaces of Wright's per...

Shouldn't there be at least some hue to where white is shown on the interior (post restoration 2018)?

SDR wrote: ↑Thu Sep 26, 2024 6:14 pm Thank you, David !SDR

Ditto!

How wonderful!... the generosity of participatory sharing with free tours is all you need to know about their commitment to this treasure.

How refreshing to see accountability for lies, scams, and fraud. I'll leave it at that since immediate thoughts stray from being Wright related...

I used to wonder about that often when I worked for an engineer tracking lateral and gravity building loads... which I found almost perversely satisfying :P. No record of such events does not necessarilly mean there have not been issues, such as the large glass panel that blew out of Grant during a ...