Wright Chat

This house seems like a cross between Walser and Brown?

Paul Ringstrom wrote:Jack Howe designed house in Rochester, MN for sale:
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhom ... 47#photo85

My cats would love that hearth.

goffmachine wrote:SDR, wow that sateen is.....indescribable
https://imgs.6sqft.com/wp-content/uploa ... ight-6.jpg

If a rug can tie a room together, that corner's got enough rugs to tie it in knots. That's quite a pile.

The purple chairs have to go.

There are several unbuilt designs in the Wasmuth portfolio, including three modest foursquare types on one page.

JimM wrote:.... so no one else thinks there's a rendered quality to the landscape and views? David's work appears more life like!

Ok, I've been putting off getting new glasses.

I think they just went a little nuts with the High Dynamic Range photo processing. See that a lot in real estate photography now.

SDR wrote:

Jeez, is that red Volvo part of the house by now?

Don't forget the Harold C. Bradley house by Louis Sullivan.

Wright didn't invent brick, stucco, or board-and-batten either...

That's a loaded question, Clyde. To define FLW's state of mind throughout that era, one must take into account that he was born poor, into a disquieted household, before the light bulb, in a small farming community, into a Victorian society, in the middle of the Industrial Revolution. His improved ...

Sam Freeman called FLW's design for his own living room "an extravagant waste of space." There's nothing unique to Horner and its clones; his usual trick was to provide an intimate area for a small number of persons to lounge by the fireplace, within a larger space to accommodate a crowd. There isn...

Tom wrote:Interesting to me about Hickox is the way symmetry is ignored in the back of the house.

...and the upper floor.

SDR wrote:
I think there's no good answer to clydethecat's question . . .

Seems like an awful lot of area devoted to shaking guests' hands before leading them to either the living or dining areas...

To me this plan has roots going all the way back to Hickox (1900).

Horner looks like another variation on the Walser/Barton plan.

In all the houses with this plan I wonder what use could be put to the large area between the entry, living, and dining areas?

SDR wrote:... while we wait for our next photo request ...

Coonley Gardener's Cottage, particularly inside?