What Wright thing haven't you done yet?
For me, my Wright bucket list would be:
1) Touring the interiors of the 4 textile block houses. I've seen them all from the outside.
2) The interior of Hollyhock, which I will be doing in a couple of months.
3) The San Francisco area works: Morris Gift Shop, Marin County, and Hanna.
1) Touring the interiors of the 4 textile block houses. I've seen them all from the outside.
2) The interior of Hollyhock, which I will be doing in a couple of months.
3) The San Francisco area works: Morris Gift Shop, Marin County, and Hanna.
"It all goes to show the danger of entrusting anything spiritual to the clergy" - FLLW, on the Chicago Theological Seminary's plans to tear down the Robie House in 1957
The Berger house was sold, and must have new owners. We haven't heard from them yet. I was lucky enough to have been given an afternoon in the house with Eric.
Talk about an all-wood interior -- with giant desert masonry hex fireplace-tower, off-center to the larger tented space . . . and the kids' bedrooms like monk's cells, mysteriously lighted. Unforgettable.
S
Talk about an all-wood interior -- with giant desert masonry hex fireplace-tower, off-center to the larger tented space . . . and the kids' bedrooms like monk's cells, mysteriously lighted. Unforgettable.
S
The new owners were present at the San Francisco conference in 2016. The place looked stunning, and though they had only been there for a short time, it was tidy and decorated flawlessly, as though John de Koven Hill and Charlotte Perriand had done a collaboration from beyond. The house is spectacular.SDR wrote:The Berger house was sold, and must have new owners. We haven't heard from them yet. I was lucky enough to have been given an afternoon in the house with Eric.
Talk about an all-wood interior -- with giant desert masonry hex fireplace-tower, off-center to the larger tented space . . . and the kids' bedrooms like monk's cells, mysteriously lighted. Unforgettable.
S
Thanks; I'm glad to hear it.
While there I observed a prominent splinter of mahogany peeling away from a window post in the living room. I ached to repair it on the spot, with some Titebond and masking tape --
before someone carelessly tore or broke it off. As it was I neglected to point it out to Eric. Hope it's okay now -- so easily fixed if done carefully and promptly . . .
S
While there I observed a prominent splinter of mahogany peeling away from a window post in the living room. I ached to repair it on the spot, with some Titebond and masking tape --
before someone carelessly tore or broke it off. As it was I neglected to point it out to Eric. Hope it's okay now -- so easily fixed if done carefully and promptly . . .
S
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The subject of the October conference will be the influence FLW had on Southern California design post WWII, so it is quite likely that Sturges will be on the house tour, as well as Anderton and even Pearce. Perhaps a trip to the (pre-war) Oboler estate would be in keeping, a sort of funeral.
I took Katherine Jacobs up to Sturges in '89. Jack explained that they were wary of visitors because of the debacle of a "Frank Lloyd Wright Week" tour in the 70s, which resulted in long, long lines of people traipsing through the house for an entire weekend. La Min similarly became off limits as a result of that event. Jack and James were gracious hosts, but it was only because it was the Grand Dame of FLW owners who requested a visit that we got in.
I took Katherine Jacobs up to Sturges in '89. Jack explained that they were wary of visitors because of the debacle of a "Frank Lloyd Wright Week" tour in the 70s, which resulted in long, long lines of people traipsing through the house for an entire weekend. La Min similarly became off limits as a result of that event. Jack and James were gracious hosts, but it was only because it was the Grand Dame of FLW owners who requested a visit that we got in.
No way to top that. The mind reels . . .
Did we look at this ? https://lamodern.com/frank-lloyd-wright ... residence/
Pardon me if I repeat myself. S
Did we look at this ? https://lamodern.com/frank-lloyd-wright ... residence/
Pardon me if I repeat myself. S