Sure, we can call anything "Frank Lloyd Wright"

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:39 pm

A souvenir, something made for a gift shop ? One wonders when, where, and by (or for) whom ...

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Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Wed Sep 04, 2019 1:29 pm

Which one is it? The monochrome or colored? What happened to the trellis on the uphill side of the house?

I would buy it, but I already have a gold, bejeweled model of Mt. Rushmore, which is quite enough.

Paul Ringstrom · Post by **Paul Ringstrom** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 11:30 am

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DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 6:38 pm

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT INSPIRED RESIDENCE IN ZIONSVILLE, IN LISTS FOR $1.3M (PHOTOS)

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DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Sat Sep 21, 2019 10:50 am

1248 Inverness Dr, La CaÃƒÂ±ada Flintridge - [2:53]

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Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Sat Sep 21, 2019 10:58 am

Though you may be inclined to do so, don't mute this video. The angry music is perfect for this vast, sterile mess of a house. I can imagine the cast of "Game of Thrones" settling in comfortably.

DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 3:45 pm

Homes for Sale - 36W825 Hickory Drive, St. Charles, IL - [0:56]

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SDR · Post by **SDR** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 4:36 pm

Both these houses derive their exterior composure---the unity of form, the consistency of detail---from Wright's example, and this gives them whatever quality they possess as architecture.

And one has to admire, in the La CaÃƒÂ±ada example, the integration of second-floor terraces into the hipped roofs of the main level. It surprises me that Mr Wright seems never to have considered this possibility, inherent in his chosen roof form ?

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Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 10:56 am

The hip roofs, truncated to allow for second story terraces, is one detail that I find extremely unattractive. I am glad FLW didn't fall into that trap.

Paul Ringstrom · Post by **Paul Ringstrom** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 11:51 am

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Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 12:20 pm

Interesting house, but there is no focus. It's a collage of bits and pieces, without any control.

JimM · Post by **JimM** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 1:19 pm

Roderick Grant wrote:The hip roofs, truncated to allow for second story terraces, is one detail that I find extremely unattractive. I am glad FLW didn't fall into that trap.

Have to agree. A second level terrace similarly concealed between two fully ridged single floor wings would be fine, but not as a primary feature as is the case here, IMO.

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 6:27 pm

"The hip roofs, truncated to allow for second story terraces, is one detail that I find extremely unattractive. I am glad FLW didn't fall into that trap."

Funny, I don't see it that way; but I respect that it could seem so to other designers. To me it seems the logical solution to the problem created by the
choice of roof pitch, the desire for a no-taller-than-necessary building profile, and the difference (when it occurs, as here) between first-floor and second-
floor enclosed footage.

The design doesn't suggest convenient drainage---and perhaps the discontinuity of the ridge of those lower roofs, from the body of the house, just
feels wrong---or looks wrong from the ground ? It makes for tidy elevations, of course . . .

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DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 11:16 am

132 Greenwood Acres Dr Dekalb, IL 60115 - Home for sale - [5:48]

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DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Tue Oct 01, 2019 9:57 am

Springdale, AR 72762

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