Wright Chat

There's a lot of art glass in the house. The owner was a stained glass hobbyist, so none of it was the architect's doing (to my knowledge). The architect designed glass for his own house, so it's not impossible that some of the glass was designed for the house by LaVerne Lantz, but I don't think it ...

I've spent a few minutes browsing the satellite imagery in the area of Algeria described, but have not found the exact site yet.

I interpreted it to mean the story about the general is false.

The Fallingwater knock-off that Paul R. asks about is indeed in Lake Geneva -- on the lake, in fact. You can see it by boat. There's a mail-boat tour that goes past it, but although the guide mentioned houses by James Dresser and other lesser-known architects, he didn't even mention the Fallingwater...

This Fallingwater replica is in Algeria. What I can gather from translation: This is the end of the highway Zéralda before taking that of Bousmail. Situated on the road when you want to go to Blida coming from the south ring road exiting at exit Kolea. There is a large bridge at the border between ...

Yep, same guy!

Yep, photos line up with aerial views of Hughes / Van Tamelen.

I've found a few websites with more photos of Gary Tucker's work. "Waterfall House" http://www.airbnb.com/rooms/277074 "Cliff House" http://www.vrbo.com/353680 A house recently for sale http://www.bayareaforsale.com/sonoma/santa-rosa/condo/5225-Burnham-Ranch-Rd,-Santa-Rosa,-CA-95...

Yes, I remember now I've seen this Gary Tucker website before. Very interesting work that should get more attention.

Good list. Hard pressed to think of anyone else not already mentioned who had a career worth examining, without combing the entire apprentice list ... maybe Bruce Draper? I was going to add Aaron Resnick, but I don't find him in the apprentice list. I guess I always assumed he was one. Will check ou...

Thanks for the pictures. Another apprentice who clearly got it. Are there any other books on his work? Was he in that book on apprentices? Hi Deke, To my knowledge, there is nothing out there on him, except archived newspaper articles. He's not in any of the books that feature Wright's apprentices....

Thanks for sharing the link to the Lantz for sale—I was unaware that was on the market, and that also confirms one of my suspected Lantzes. Cool house, great price! I have never seen photos online of the first two houses, both designed by Lantz for himself and Mollie, but I've been in both of them. ...

I've added one pin in the "nifty enclave" at 1908(?) Hillside Dr., just because it's a confirmed Lantz and you can't see it through the trees in Google's satellite view. You can see it in Bing's bird's eye views (click below); it's basically a long oval in plan. To the west is a nifty hous...

Right, here's a map of Lantzes and suspected Lantzes. http://tinyurl.com/LaVernLantz The confirmed Lantzes are listed above the mystery houses. I found the mysteries basically by scanning Google satellite views and pinning anything with an interesting roof; I have no idea if the houses are even Uson...