Wright Chat

Martha Bauroth Wakefield died on Saturday, July 7, 2007 at the age of 85 years. At Taliesin in 1946, FLW told her to "Go home, buy a Jeep and build a house for yourself. Then build a house for your next-door neighbor." She also followed his oft-repeated advice to "choose property no o...

Studying the FLW/Correspondence microfiches, I found the 1949 letter Mr. Sturges wrote to FLW asking if he knew of any individuals who would like to buy the house. He stated the price as $37, 000. We reference it here at the W-J House because that is our construction date. I would be interested in t...

Does anyone have any information about the pre-fab buildings designed for production by National Homes Corporation (based in Indiana or Michigan). We have the Taliesin publication entitled "Production Dwellings", a 70-80 page paper-bound booklet. This is one of the Weltzheimer-Johnson Hous...

In 1957 Wright told John Peter “I have no favorite child, I have no favorite building, and I have no masterpiece. You have to take my work as a whole, and it’s either a masterpiece or it isn’t. There is no one thing in it. There’s no taking It apart. There it is.� We, years after his death...

MHolubar had forgotten that the Weltzheimer House (1948) plans actually present the option of 2" wrought iron pipe or seamless copper tubing for the radiant heat lines. The Weltzheimers chose wrought iron. The House is an L plan and the living/dining workspace wing failed sometime in the late b...

The strength of FLW visual ideas and the impact of the whole is so strong that it can survive the occasional poor delivery or subtle detail lost in translation from plan to structure. Like a beautiful face that has scar. For example, the perforated screens at the Weltzheimer-Johnson House (1948). Th...

Several points for consideration: Taliesin was a school, a one room school. A one room school that had to earn money to keep the lights on. Apprentices of different ages and experience levels in drafting, building, and working with Wright. Wright was an aged teacher...think "been there done tha...

Last year a piano was re-introduced into the living room of the Weltzheimer-Johnson House. The original family had a baby grand and we matched color, date and style serendipitously. Placed following the Taliesin plans, it anchors the room again with a natural elegance. Although we are public site, o...

Mira Nakashima is a gifted craftsman/designer and still runs her father's studio. The family is very dedicated to George Nakashima's aesthetic and the continued production of his designs. Many skilled craftsmen at the studio have worked for decades and are faithful to the sensibilities that he nurtu...

At the Weltzheimer-Johnson House we have a few quiet asymetrical arrangements of white pine limbs, gathered from walks in the forest after a heavy wind. Simple wooden marquetry stars dangle. In the hearth we place pine boughs and a collection of spectacular long pine cones collected by Prof. Ellen J...

Searched for Frank's Home on goodman Theater site and could not get information. Please tell us about the play, playwrit and performance company. Thanks

I would have liked to see the 1928 design for the Rosenwald Laboratory School on the Hampton College campus. The courtyard with its alliteration of the high A-frame peaks on 3 sides and the symbolism of important modern design on a campus dedicated to craftsmanship and scholarship. Not to mention, i...

I haven't gotten to the actual Weltzheimer plans yet but I can already see a variety of Ss. Don't start investigations with conclusions. Exploration is joyful play not prescriptive exercise. Llyold Wright's S is elongated and extremly tilted like Roderick grant says, the drawing style is decisive. H...

This needs some time to puzzle with the actual drawings. I'm working here at the House with full size photocopies. This week I will take time to see the actual sheets (including #21 in catalog) at the Museum. However, the plans I have in the House are different from that plot drawing: a more tentati...

This needs some time to puzzle with the actual drawings. I'm working here at the House with full size photocopies. This week I will take time to see the actual sheets (including #21 in catalog) at the Museum. However, the plans I have in the House are different from that plot drawing: a more tentati...