Wright Chat

Thanks so much for the PDF of the portion of Gottlieb's book covering your house. How many Wright owners can point to a writing by their architect discussing at any length their particular commission ? What a treasure ! Agreed. I also have all of her notes, receipts, and diary from the building per...

I regularly have strangers walk up to the house. Sometimes hikers looking for a short cut, lost fedex drivers, or workers coming too early. Perhaps once the fence and gate are up, things would be different. But as it is, every aspect of the house except the bathroom is visible to visitors at the doo...

We have a few options for the redwood plywood, but we’ll need a lot of it. I’ll let you know the final solution we come up with.
We’re talking to Lerner about the bricks, but they are low-temp bricks that may be difficult to make. I’ll update as we go regarding how we are able to supply this.

Ask and you shall receive, Professor.

Here is the chapter from Lois’ book.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ek3f7pm5c5sgg ... 9.pdf?dl=0

Hello SDR. Yes, you can see the 2002 state of the house from last year there. There was originally a small twin bed near the record player, as it was intended to be only for the original owner. The most recent owner regularly had two guests that wished to sleep together, and there was no room for a ...

Hello all! I purchased this property last year, and all of your interest and ideas have been quite exciting for me to read. I am beginning the restoration of this project with the original architectural blueprints, an addition she designed in 1952, and all of the original notes and receipts from the...

Hello all! I own a Wright-Fellow designed house, and I am about to begin a restoration. The vast majority of the interior redwood is viable, but the floor itself has failed. The copper-electric radiant heat system has corroded, and there are cracks in the foundation. My plan is to remove and preserv...