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SREcklund
Joined: 26 Feb 2013 Posts: 801 Location: Redondo Beach, CA
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:42 pm Post subject: Key Principles of Wright's Architecture |
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I find myself in the position of soon teaching the basic tenets of Wright's architecture to a group of folks more or less unfamiliar with them. While I am confident I can put together such a presentation on my own, when I have such a deep pool of talent as we have here I feel obligated to us it.
So - what do _you_ feel are the key points in Wright's architecture, and why? _________________ Docent, Hollyhock House - Hollywood, CA
Humble student of the Master
"Youth is a circumstance you can't do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old." - Frank Lloyd Wright |
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Matt
Joined: 25 Nov 2009 Posts: 430
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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There was a magazine article from the 40's or 50's that had a list of 10-15 items that clearly expressed the work. Maybe someone recalls this or mayb a google search would. It may have been from house beautiful which supported Wright a lot. |
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peterm
Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 6106 Location: Chicago, Il.---Oskaloosa, Ia.
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:10 am Post subject: |
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House and Home Magazine. I’ll try to find the date... |
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peterm
Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 6106 Location: Chicago, Il.---Oskaloosa, Ia.
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SDR
Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 18279 Location: San Francisco
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:55 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, Peter; the second link contains that list. We had looked at these in the past -- we really need our Search function restored -- but I couldn't find that list in my files.
Specifics like those are, in my opinion, so much more helpful in defining Wright's work, than the vague ideas gathered under the heading of
"Principles." To show that Mr Wright himself was capable of clouding the waters, we have such items as this two-page list, published in 1930. While
these may be helpful, some of them, in gaining insight into how the man thought about his art, I wouldn't dream of inflicting them upon beginners;
they are simply too abstract, and could only lead to memorization as "bumper sticker" quotes. Moreover, these are time-specific, I believe; note
that, for instance, comments about the box -- even a "box set up on posts" -- appear here in the same year as Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye was finished,
and three years after that architect presented his Five Points of a New Architecture.
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peterm
Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 6106 Location: Chicago, Il.---Oskaloosa, Ia.
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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My favorite?
The “fine thing” is Reality. |
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Roderick Grant
Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 9598
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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In the November 1955 issue of House Beautiful, page 270, there's an essay by FLW (originally one of his Sunday Morning Talks) titled "Let the Wonderful, Infinite Variety of Sea Shells Inspire You with Faith in Your Own Individuality." FLW points out that, in spite of all sea shells being based on just one principle of design [a geometric logic based on the pentagon], the array of shells is unlimited. This is not only an eloquent lesson, but very accessible for those who aren't quite equipped to deal with abstractions of design. You might reprint the article as a handout. |
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