Wright Chat

I was wondering: I know of Wright's usage of grids during the Usonian era - 2x4, 4x4, etc. -- and his usage of a grid in the Coonley house -- considered the first zoned house; did Wright use grid systems prior to Coonley/throughout the Prairie years? The two images have a 3'-6" grid, but, are reprod...

Is the story that Barnsdall asked for the hollyock motif documented? This book I have on Hollyhock [including Unity and Johnson Wax] doesn't mention much about if Aline specified the motif; however, Wright's prelims of Hollyhock are interesting to note in that they don't have the idea of the motif ...

Mr. Wright saw the skyscraper taking over every city in such a fashion that overcrowding effectively eliminated the possibility of having natural sunlight Wasn't a precursor to this the Skyscraper Regulation project? I think Sullivan predated that, even; I recall him proposing some sort of steps al...

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Speaking of the Mile High, there was an 80's proposal for Chicago on par with it: The Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle, Chicago, 610 m, 125 floors. http://archiv.neviditelnypes.zpravy.cz/architek/0805b.jpg http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u110/vietmusique/buildings/m-b_2.jpg http://img397.imageshack.us/im...

Looking up "frank lloyd wright Chi of Sigma Chi," came across an FLLW unbuilt house.



http://www.iotasigma.org/dev/housepics.html

I think I convinced him that was not such a good idea.

What was the reason(s)? It's probably right to assume the textile blocks were a noted concern.

I didn't see any thread on this project by Wright. His education-related buildings are interesting -- especially when it's comprised of Mayan-revival --, and I was wondering if any plans were published of the Fraternity, or the Rosenwald school project. http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/9900/frater...

The Butterfly Bridge can briefly be seen in Die Hard; no surprise considering Joel Silver was involved.

DRN: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullRecord.asp?id=26500&qstring=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisconsinhistory.org%2Fwhi%2Fresults.asp%3Fsubject_narrow%3DUnbuilt%2Barchitectural%2Bprojects I am not positive -- as it's been a while since I've looked through their archive -- but, I believe it also has a p...

I know this is resurrecting an old thread, but, found some interesting stuff relevant to Spivey. http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/3574/0406000117l.jpg FLLW sketch. http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/7732/sn1r.jpg Project for Robert Publicker. http://www.design.upenn.edu/new/alumni/publications/pii...

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Here's a flicker with a myriad of Fay Jones' Walton residence. Interesting circle piece with the stone.

Granted, the picture is tiny, but, it is a color picture of Larkin.