Wright Chat

http://www.thewrightspirit.com/ The link above is to a rental property in Park City, Utah that is billing itself as a Legacy home, built by a great nephew of the old man (Robert Harding (Bob) Wright). An article says that the original plans were from 1956, for a site in Michigan. The pictures on th...

Oh, I dunno, I kind of liked the stairs--I thought they were a bit of fun, as the Brits say. There's something about this, and the other JRM house on the tour this year, that "swings"--you can imagine them as a set in a Dean Martin as Matt Helm film. (Was that the name of the spy he played...

Many thanks for the effort and the information.

In addition to the safety of small children--an issue more important than aesthetics--might the fence also be a result of building codes? I have no sense of the Hoffman site, or whether the property is fenced off from other properties with a larger perimeter structure. In many municipalities, howeve...

I saw a photo in the paper this morning of Charles City in Iowa. The Cedar River had flooded; a story on the disaster doesn't mention any casualties, thankfully, but over 500 homes were affected by the floodwaters. Anyone heard anything about the Miller house on the river's banks, and whether it was...

Rather than claiming that the home in question is Parker's last design, the article actually says it's the last home of his standing in the Palm Beach area. I agree that the opening sentence is rather poorly constructed, but it doesn't claim the home is Parker's last design, and goes on to point out...

I'll be there too. Can't plan far enough in advance to specify what color I'll be wearing, though. If the weather reports are accurate, though, I'll be sporting a black umbrella.

NOT DIRECTLY ABOUT WRIGHT, so feel free to skip, but while we're on the topic of mitred windows, there's something about them in non-Wright buildings that has always bothered me. There are a number of office buildings and the like that I pass on my way to work that feature lots of glass, frequently ...

Thanks for the links. Well, a number of the interior spaces in Massaro seem to have the stuff--though it's hard to tell from such a small video--and the distant profile looks right too. And, I must admit, I'm amongst the minority who don't mind the idea of the legacy projects. But that Rubblestone! ...

We had a similar experience to Mr. Grant's when we visited Racine in the summer of 2004. We just took the precaution of emailing the foundation ahead of time to make sure that the building was open and no conference was taking place. They asked us to put light blue booties over our shoes, but otherw...

Tim,



Nice to see your comments here. I would be very interested in seeing production of the coffee table that you see in so many Usonians. I believe that Cassina called it the Lewis Table.

Ed Jarolin wrote:Yes, Muirhead is closer to Chicago/Oak Park, but it is a bed & breakfast. With Haynes you rent the whole house and have it all to yourself for a couple of nights.

Actually, Muirhead is also available for whole house rental, at rates comporable to the other Wright properties.

RJH wrote: Haynes is also the closest Wright house rental to Chicago.



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I would never discourage anyone from renting the Haynes House--it is a lovely design, but surely Muirhead is closer to Chicago?

So far, I've stayed in Penfield, Schwartz, Haynes, and Muirhead. Every time, I've thought it money well spent. Yes--$300-350 is a lot for a night's stay. But I never looked at these visits as just a night's stay. In other circumstances, a hotel room on a vacation is just a place to stay while you ar...

On the topic of this particular house, I found this section in the newstory most telling In order to follow building codes, Massaro said, he had to add 4 inches of Styrofoam insulation inside the support posts, making it impossible to embed the odd-shaped granite stones he harvested from the island ...