Wright Chat

Here is the NRHP entry for the Camp Point house: http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/201339.pdf

For background, here are some pics of Wood's office: https://www.flickr.com/photos/army_arch/14933321799

HT: Mike L.

https://is.gd/LpW8eb Ernest Wood is not listed in any of Geiger's lists of apprentices, non-apprentices or associates. He might have been the contractor who purchased the ASB kit and assembled it... or this was just inspired by his study of FLW. Wikipedia: https://is.gd/XRiPgT YouTube: https://www.y...

SDR wrote:Although it apparently doesn't freeze in Arles -SDR

Does Gehry's "style" change depending on the climate of the site?

Is his Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis a paragon of energy efficiency?

It is hard to imagine that this building would be able to be insulated properly to become energy efficient. An energy efficient structure should contain an uninterrupted/continuous insulated envelope/shell, the exception being the necessary addition of windows and doors.

Frank Lloyd Wright mural planned to beautify downtown Mason City
https://is.gd/SUDQ0w

article
http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/frank ... amination/

James Goulka could have brought them into the 21th Century, but wasn't allowed to make the necessary changes.

Twelve Ways of Looking at Frank Lloyd Wright , by Martin Filler in the New York Review of Books August 17, 2017 issue (subscription necessary) excerpt: Few things are more satisfying in the arts than unjustly forgotten figures at last accorded a rightful place in the canon. Then there are the peren...

The Life of Olgivanna Wright

https://is.gd/cPsfjl

Alden B. Dow: Designer of the Midwest’s most modern town
https://www.curbed.com/2017/8/4/1608941 ... ct-midland