Wright Chat

I'd say that the people are also key. The problem with many public housing project isn't the housing part, it's the people part. Mixed used is often best because it involves a wider demographic of people. Is Marx-Hof mixed use?

What I see happening is a free market system that is no longer benefiting everyone. Much of this has to do with our technological revolution which is displacing many of the factory and distribution high-wage medium-skill jobs of the industrial revolution.

I was joking. I prefer smaller cities as well. In fact, as the world is becoming more urbanized, with mega cities (Shanghai has 20 million), I believe we need to find a way to place limits on city population. There's no reason why workers in San Fran or NYC should spent all their money on rent when ...

I went through Kappa house on a tour some years ago. I really wanted to buy a drawing but he growled at the idea of selling drawings as art pieces. I found his house amazing, but wondered at the use of so much glass in earthquake country. Hard to keep clean of spider webs too in all those nooks and ...

I'd like to learn more about that era. Seems like Seattle 2018 could learn something from Vienna 1925. Is any city in the U.S. still building housing? Or has that been handed over entirely to private developers.

It would no doubt make them both very angry.

Is there really anything in Fargo worth these efforts to save?

Yes, they tell me they can facilitate an inter library loan...if I can find a lending library with this publication. They couldn't locate one.

I can look it up. I think it was the April issue. What I am looking for is any lead on an institution or online resource that might have copies of this magazine. I can possibly have the item paged and sent to my local library.

I am reading a book on the 1932 MOMA show and it mentions an issue of Shelter from that year was dedicated to some critiques of the show. It's not the more recent magazine, but probably something really rare.

Anyone know of a source for this early architecture magazine. They ran an issue devoted to the MOMA show of '32 that I'd like to read.

His drawings are kept at the UCLA Library. I viewed many of them year ago. They are beautiful.

I am researching mid-century design in the Pacific NW and come to the conclusion that the local materials...namely wood...created a more Miesian design aesthetic. Like Mies, the wood buildings had regular bays with exposed post and beam structure. Am I right in the observation that the Europeans who...

Here's a few minutes on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBtTxf5_Jj8

I had heard about this round table forum that Wright participated in, but never tried to research it. The other day came across some information that said there were recordings made. It was apparently an interesting discussion on modern art, over a couple days, including Duchamp and Mark Tobey along...