Wright Chat

Pearce as well. Imparts a somewhat rustic feel in this Laurent variant.

Palmer has stainless steel countertops in the butler's pantry and the kitchen. Red plastic laminate is used in the children's bathroom.

Agreed. The finest of the 5 Wright overnights I've experienced. Certainly in the top tier of Wright's creations.

Actress Anne Baxter in youthful, glamour mode is the pinup girl in WORLD WAR II magazine's May/June issue. Included a pithy comment on Hollywood by "Grandpa Frank."

Labyrinth was destroyed by Phil Donahue, another long ago daytime TV talker, not Merv Griffin.

While on the subject of Euchtman perhaps someone can provide an answer to something that has puzzled me for some time. In the Storrer photo above, note the last clerestory window on the left, the one immediately adjacent to the masonry mass. At some point this window was removed, or sided over. Refe...

The Ennis House was used for several exterior scenes in the 1933 movie "Female" starring Ruth Chatterton and George Brent. Curiously, the interiors of the title character's mansion, obviously built on a sound stage, are in the Art Deco style.

"If he found the workmanship poor he was probably talking about the textile block houses. LA had more of a reputation for modern architecture in those days."----Reidy Lacking further documentation I suppose we'll never know for sure. However, Nakashima does say that in 1941, "the resu...

SDR's points on the expression of structure in traditional Japanese architecture vs. Wright's suppression of same is a valid one. I would think Nakashima's first glimpse of the exterior of Hanna with its shoji like fenestration led to a greater letdown when the interior did not reveal the roof struc...

Quoting from "The Soul of a Tree" regarding Nakashima's 1941 trip to California: "After having spent seven years in Asia, with it's tradition of fine craftsmanship, I felt I should take a survey trip from Seattle (where he was living at the time) to California to see firsthand what wa...

The Hagans' Kentuck Knob had a number of Nakashima pieces. An 8', or so, long credenza with the top ends cut at an angle to match the design grid. A coffee table, dining table and dining chairs. Perhaps other pieces that I don't recall. I've seen photos of the Coonley Playhouse extensively furnished...

I believe he felt that as a woodworker he would be personally in control of the quality of his "art." Whereas the realization of an architect's work, execution wise, is dependent on the competence of numerous contractors, craftsman and laborers. I had the pleasure of speaking with Mr. Naka...

Informative clips apparently taken before the appearance of the emerald green Barcelona chairs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RsdDSth9nQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-6TMZ1w0vg

The flooring of the main level, as noted in a 1969 address by Grete Tugendhat, is white linoleum. She further mentions the constant attention required to keep it clean. A very good, pre-restoration, book on the house is linked to here: http://www.amazon.com/Ludwig-Mies-van-Rohe-Tugendhat/dp/32118306...

It would seem Mies is not, or was not, always Mr. Black & White.
http://www.tugendhat.eu/cz/fotogalerie/ ... -2012.html