Wright Chat

Researching something I noticed that SDR mentioned our dilemma in finding Douglas Fir when it came time for our ceiling and wall panels. Being so thankful for all the information and encouragement you guys provided us, I'm always glad to contribute whatever I can. We wanted Grade A rotary cut Dougla...

SDR the floor plans for the tower (all 4 floors) can be found here and going forward: https://www.flickr.com/photos/161557458@N08/47354044322/in/album-72157698103807454/ These are the current ones. Maren is looking to upload the original plans which are not as built from a file. I'll let you know wh...

Wow SDR! Thank you so much! How great to show the transitions all in a row. The Gunning attached carport on the left of the second plan became 2 small kids bedroom w a bath and utilities room in 1948. The gridded floor plan and 2X4' ceiling panels above followed the Point Room grid (the outer walls,...

Thanks Roderick and SDR. I would guess that visually one would not pick up on the shift between floors, although apparent to those in charge of building the structure. I was looking to see if Wright had shifted on a single story and for the houses you listed, it occurred beginning in the late 1940s....

Smith/van Fossen/Cuneo used shifting floor grids/ceiling panels to demarcate the shift in geometry (30-60-90) between different wings of the 1940 Gunning House. I looked for similar patterning in Wright's Usonians and the first example I could find was in the Howard Anthony house from 1949. Do other...

Remember this iconic ad from the 70s? https://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2010 ... -away-man/

We've had ours for probably over 20 years and it was the memory of that ad that lead to the purchase.

Joe just bought me a Herman Miller Eames Lounge chair/otttoman from a local commercial furniture contractor and they gave him a generous professional discount. Have you tried this route? We've gotten all our "designer' furniture this way.

Regarding Aaron Betsky, I think he was addressing the de humanizing nature of sprawl and the need for architecture to address the re-use of existing buildings and public space instead of the continual desire for new. He commented on how the majority of new buildings are "***" and adding to...

Yep, No need for new buildings. I believe he addressed an important subject. Worth watching!

BTW I was very happy to read this from the AIA: https://archinect.com/news/article/1501 ... n-new-deal

Topic of lecture found here: http://aiacolumbus.org/index.php/progra ... ron-betsky

Aaron Betsky lecture will be live-streamed on Knowlton School of Architecture FB page and will be posted in about a week on you tube. Starting in about 20 minutes (6pm EST)

SDR, of course it doesn't matter. My first thought was that it was the reason PJ left him out of the show, certainly he was worthy of inclusion. This book, well researched, has me wondering how Johnson was ever re-embraced by the arts/architecture community after his actions not only in support of H...

Regarding Philip Johnson and the 1932 MOMA architecture show, Philip Johnson excluded Schindler BUT included Monroe and Irwin Bowman, unknown Chicago architects who had only built their own office interior. Why? because PJs fortune lay in aluminum (Alcoa) and they had proposed an all-metal apartment...

Peter, that is where I first read it but found this stating his father was Jewish and his mother Catholic and he had changed his name: https://books.google.com/books?id=hQElDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=Rudolf+Michael+Schlesinger&source=bl&ots=S5mPawt8Po&sig=ACfU3U2tol5bbibSXKvc...

Was Schindler's exclusion in the 1932 MOMA exhibition due to the fact he was Jewish?

It was noted in the book that at the time of the exhibit not only was Philip Johnson not a paid employee but he funded the exhibit. Money buys access.