Wright Chat

I wonder if Crystal Bridges will site the Bachman House as if it actually were in Broadacre; minimum of an acre etc.. You could choose worse places than Betonville to introduce the planning principles of Broadacre full scale. (Priscilla Johnson interviewed Oswald in Moscow in 1959. In 1967 when Stal...

Christian also developed a solution that would rapidly produce the "green" patina on new copper without having to wait.

Basket weave brick drive? That's not Wright is it?

I love the fact that the Walton's are patrons of good architecture and art. The museum is probably one of Safdies (sp?) best, a great addition to little Betonville, and the Bachman Wilson house will be, if not "living", then at least well cared for and available to the public. The issue is...

I'm not so sure. What was it that Wright said about proposing a revolution with every house he designed? How can you not bring in politics when talking about Wright? With most other architects I agree, there is no need. But I don't think Wright's work is apolitical. It's too much tied to the land an...

Christian refused to color the vertical mortar joints. At fist I thought this was done intentionally to mimic the sense of being in a swarm of spinning winged seeds. But when I asked him about it he said that it was his decision and that the chemistry was not there to prove a neutral (non-problemati...

This contemporary economic issue goes directly to what constitutes democracy in a representative republic in the U.S.. It's a severe misunderstanding of the substance of the architecture of Wright, in my judgement, to think this is not connected, assuming the aims of Wright chat are connected to Wri...

I'm with you Palli.

Plate 50, interior photograph of rear balcony bedroom shows surface of concrete block. Anybody know how they might have achieved that finish?
...I'll email them.

Very detailed. The gate in this video is not to be missed. I don't remember seeing the covered patio off the living room and dining room. Is that another of Christians continuing completions or has it always been there. Love the change of levels in this house. I prefer the copper fascia in this mode...

Never heard of flip snack before.
I could not tell from their website, but does anybody know if one can make hard copies from these books?

Beautifully done book. How can I get a copy? Would like to know how that backyard balcony drains, how they treated the wood and finished the block, and what's going on with the roof over the study next to the workspace, is it flat or does it slope? The plan shows flat but the photographs seem to hid...

Thank you. I went right to it to check, Preliminary Studies 1889-1916. The rotation within the square. Fairly impressive for pre WW1 I'd say!

Concise little presentation here. First time I've really paid attention to the concrete block in this project.

I guess you have to be right.
I was thinking that maybe there were two models one 12x12 and one huge one that I had not known of before. That shot tricks me.

In this series of photos there is one of a huge Broadacre model. It's got to be at least 30 ft on one side. Looks like more. The slide is number 30006. I didn't know that before.