Wright Chat

Are toilet curtains a new thing? Not digging that 2006 Home Depot kitchen too much either.

I'm confused. I thought it was the other way around. This set by Noritake shows the coffee cup with the red circle overlapping the brim which was reportedly designed that way by Wright to hide women's lipstick marks. The colors are more muted and the design seems much more refined to me. Since Norit...

I keep trying but I simply cannot like this house.

I believe the drapes were a feature of the original intent that the carport be usable as an outdoor entertainment "room." I too saw the house before it was questionably restored. The original finishes were so much nicer. The firm Marmol Radziner usually does such sensitive work. I wonder if client d...

Simply hideous. Basin sinks! White subway tile! Added molding! Rolling barn doors! Grey interiors!What trendy and not-so-trendy-anymore
cliché haven't they hit?

Hmm. Does anyone keep of list of the students who failed?

Wow, we are learning more about newly discovered modern buildings everyday!

SDR, You have a great deal of architectural knowledge. But using your criteria if I personally am not aware of something, can I call it "little-known?" Palm Springs is a town which celebrates all things modern. This house is on a hill on the main drag and quite visible to anyone driving by. The name...

Funny how they keep calling this house "little known." It's up on a hill completely visible from the road below and is in both the books on Frey. Other than that, nobody knew there was a house up there!

I'm originally from Buffalo, New York which is more akin to the Midwest than to the eastern part of the state or New York City metro area. I think being the eastern most of the Great Lakes cities is historically responsible.

Good luck! I managed to assemble a set back when the books were published. They are nearly impossible to find now and when you do the prices are through the roof. I'm planning on keeping mine for the time being.

This one is from 1951:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/27-R ... 2932_zpid/

Perhaps they mean individual window designs? I'm wondering if in both the Imperial Hotel and Midway Gardens (while larger and thus having more windows), Wright may have used the same design on multiple windows? Experts?

Apparently it's being "restored" due to issues with the foundation. This sentence makes me wonder why they were ripping up the floor slab in the first place: Haddaway said that when contractors lifted up the concrete slab over the living room floor, they found an 18-inch gap between the ground and w...

My thoughts too Jeff. If the hotel concept is not working, perhaps the building could go condo, although I shudder at what the maintenance fees might be. Are there not enough people or creative businesses in the area to actually make the thing work as it was intended? Apparently not. It just blows m...