Wright Chat

Anyone know why Wright chose to stack 3 2 X 4's on top of each other for the roof structure on Jacobs I (and some other subsequent Usonians (e.g. - Pope)), rather than just use a single 2 X 12? From the above photo, it looks like they just used strapping to hold all the 2 X 4's together. outside in ...

I have to agree with Roderick that " Windswept " is a truly wonderful design. I also really like " Seacliff (Scheme One) ". As well as the second scheme he did for the Morris' for "Seacliff" (click to rendering #3 in the above link). And the "Donahoe Triptych"...

Arts Council Presents “A Taste of Art and Life� at Frank Lloyd Wright home


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Kentuck Knob 9-7-09 - [1:42]


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Grant to be used for stucco restoration plan


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RobertR:

Welcome to WrightChat, Robert.

Great stuff. Thanks for posting the links and adding to this thread. I look forward to your pictures and anything else you can contribute.


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Here is a link I saw over at PrairieMod to a page showing the work of the son of Walter Hall - Raymond Hall:

RAYMOND VINER HALL ARCHITECTURE


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David, could you perhaps transmit a PDF copy at smaller size -- say a width of 1200 ?SDR Stephen : You can always go to the top toolbar on the PDF page and shrink the size of the page. For example, the file in question loads at 153% on my screen. Going to the toolbar and dropping it to 100% (or les...

Museum group gets appraisal for Frank Lloyd Wright house


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Unique Estate Inspired Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater

Which came first? <----- (PDF file)


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Perhaps the Tonkens Cat House?


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goffmachine wrote:Would the exterior of the pew and pauson also be considered B and B?

The wood used on the exteriors of Pew and Pauson would be more along the lines of a 'lap siding', as opposed to board-and-batten.


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Fallingwater - Reality vs. Virtuality - [2:15]


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Here are some pictures (w/ close-ups) of a mock-up of the Usonian board-and-batten system - specifically the one used at Pope. I was told when we took the behind-the-scenes Tech Tour that the mock-up was built for Pope when it became a museum - by the same contractor who did the original work on the...

Roderick Grant wrote:Emil Becsky.... Has anyone heard of him?

It appears that at one point in time he was a draftsman/assistant with Harwell Hamilton Harris.


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