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by Paul Ringstrom
Tue Apr 18, 2017 5:07 pm
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Topic: FLW Monographs for sale
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Complete set of the 12 volume monographs, in the original boxes and shrink wrapped.

https://raleigh.craigslist.org/bks/6091667028.html
by Paul Ringstrom
Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:33 pm
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Topic: Walter Burley Griffin Society Annual Meeting
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Walter Burley Griffin Society Annual Meeting

The Walter Burley Griffin Society of America holds an Annual Meeting each spring. The events includes several lectures in the morning followed by a housewalk of nearby buildings of architectural significance. It is usually a one day event which changes location each year and focuses around locations...
by Paul Ringstrom
Thu Apr 13, 2017 4:52 pm
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Topic: 32 Simple and Basic Design Ideas of Frank Lloyd Wright
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32 Simple and Basic Design Ideas of Frank Lloyd Wright

article: https://is.gd/ai24xw 1. Stress the Horizontals: Stretch the roof line. Keep the fascia in one straight line except for a good reason. Define a strong middle line. 2. Don't waste a big overhang on the north (in New Zealand, this would be the southern, shaded side), and don't feel you must us...
by Paul Ringstrom
Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:27 pm
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Topic: radiant heat piping repair
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by Paul Ringstrom
Sat Apr 08, 2017 1:29 pm
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Topic: FLW’s “American Home� Lecture in St. Louis, MO
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FLW’s “American Home� Lecture in St. Louis, MO

Frank Lloyd Wright’s “American Home� Apr 7, 2017 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM Saint Louis Art Museum 1 Fine Arts Drive, St Louis, Missouri 63110 Join us for our annual lecture, Frank Lloyd Wright in Ebsworth Park. “You Can Own an American Home� proclaimed a 1917 ad for Frank Lloyd Wright’s new Ame...
by Paul Ringstrom
Thu Apr 06, 2017 6:08 pm
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Topic: Darwin D. Martin House
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Attention Architects: I found it interesting the when the Darwin Martin House Restoration Foundation went looking for Roman Brick to match the existing brick it was ultimately obtained from Belden Brick. The problem was that they did not make any brick in the Roman size at that point in time, so eac...
by Paul Ringstrom
Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:54 pm
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Topic: Article: Pope House (Alexandria, VA) restored
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The original design for Leighey is different enough from the as-built that it should be constructed ... just because it is such a wonderful plan. The original design was for Loren Pope not Marjorie Leighey. ----- A new article on the house is in the Spring 2017 issue of Preservation magazine, publi...
by Paul Ringstrom
Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:57 pm
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Topic: Innovative circular runways...
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This particular concept perhaps needs some work but, what I like about it is that it represents "out of the box" thinking which may spark another designer to come up with something else that is "out of the box." How about adding three linear tangent runway separated by 120 degree...