Wright Chat

It was a fraternity house for the Sigma Chi fraternity at Hanover College. A few years later Wright adapted the design for a fraternity house that he proposed for the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at the University of Florida in 1952. I have more info on the Hanover College design if needed. Please conta...

RJH - I reread your initial post and didn't read where you were specific in talking about only FLlW restoration architects , so it still reads like an attack to me. Putting no offense to Mr. Brink in front of architects being overpriced and unecessary maybe slowed the arrows down a tad, but they sti...

I take exception, on behalf of all us architects, to RJH's overall negative comments regarding architects in his post giving advice to the new owners of the Turkel home. Ever been to a symphony that didn't have a conductor? Ever had surgery without a doctor? Would you go into court without an attorn...

Yes, its the execution that is obviously not Wright. The desert masonry stones should only break the surface, not protrude as ledges as they do at the Massaro house. The stamped copper fascia panels should be more deliberate but they couldn't afford to do it right so they embossed the surface only e...

The Massaro construction of the Chahroudi residence design is not a result of the Legacy Program. My initial post did not suggest it was. (In fact, I've heard that the Legacy Program has in fact been discontinued.) So please leave Taliesin out of this. The bottom line that I'm trying to point out i...

I just last night viewed a short DVD titled, Walking Wright: An Architectural Field Trip . It was produced by Petra Productions (Mahopac, NY) who is producing a promising and what could prove to be a provocative PBS documentary that will be titled Building Wright , focusing on the construction of th...

FYI, I recently saw what appeared to be all 12 volumes in their shipping boxes, etc. available at Hennessey & Ingalls in Santa Monica, CA.