Wright Chat

The owner, Tom Papinchek, of Polymath Park told me that he has the construction drawings for two more Berndtson houses that he plans to add to the park. He said he would also like to build some legacy Usonians too.

Great job as usual on the new models.

Most FLW fans have extensive book collections and these make a welcome addition.

What others are in the planning stages?

I remember reading that the Polymath Park owners consulted with the FLW Foundation and received their OK to use the stone. For a building that sat in a disassembled state, covered by a tarp for two years, on the back of a flatbed truck, I thought the reconstruction effort was amazing. I really liked...

The Paul Olfelt home in St. Louis Park, MN also has forced-air in floor heating. I believe he told me that it was an actual Air Floor (http://www.airfloor.com/) which is still on the market.

Roderick Grant wrote:Corbu wasn't the only prominent person who had kind words for Hitler. There were also Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh and Philip Johnson.

don't forget papa Joe Kennedy, Sr.

After the Stockman's new stucco is applied it will no longer be an off-white but gray like the other homes in Rock Crest/Rock Glen. This was the original color.

furniture
http://www.prairiespirit.com/dining.htm

also, this firm has built some nice furniture for me:
Prairie Art
129 E Main St
Bradford, IL 61421
309-897-7781

My photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45747476@N ... 074703536/

I use Photobucket as my host. It is extremely easy to use and provides the entire IMG address so all you have to do is copy and paste it into your post.

Wrighter, What you are missing is that it is in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago (71st St). While it is not the most crime-ridden section of Chicago it is not suburbia either. The average value of a house in this neighborhood is less than $200K. If this house was located in Oak Park it would ...

FLW was one of five architects involved with Sam Freeman, but the other four are ignored, not necessarily to the detriment of the house, but with the result that the history of the place as art becomes confused. The four deserve credit as well as FLW. The most recent FLWBC Conference had an interes...

Architect's hotel 'death ray' leaves guests with severe burns.... New York’s RV Architecture, LLC, a critically acclaimed international practice led by Rafael Viñoly FTA: "In fact it is claimed that the designers foresaw the issue with the reflecting sun but thought they had solved it by ins...

Volume 4

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Nicollet Mall is not the type of mall-ification of a downtown that Mr. Harding and I were referring to. That type of mall would have NO cars, buses or taxis, just people. It didn't work in Chicago either. They then converted their "State Street Mall" into the type of limited access mall th...