Wright Chat

FYI, there's an interesting article in today's Wall Street Journal's "Personal Journal" section concerning how the Wright design became the Maui Country Club. (Unfortunately, not available online to non-subscribers.)

With full awareness that the question is blasphemy that will likely earn me the punishment of spending eternity with Phillip Johnson, I have to ask a question of those who have owned Wright homes, lived in them, worked with them, or otherwise spent an appreciable time in them: What aspects do you no...

The following article from today's NYTimes only adds to the concern, so often expressed in this forum, about great architecture, including and especially FLLW's, becoming --- literally -- museum pieces:



http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/arts/ ... 5gova.html

This article from today's NYTimes seems to justify the concern, expressed many times in this forum, about great architecture, including FLLW's, becoming -- literally -- museum pieces:



http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/arts/ ... 5gova.html

This article from today's NYT only intensifies the concern, so well expressed in this forum, about great architecture, including FLLW's, being turned -- literally -- into museum pieces:



http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/arts/ ... 5gova.html

This article from today's NYT only intensifies the concern, so well expressed in this forum, about great architecture, including FLLW's, being turned -- literally -- into museum pieces:



http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/arts/ ... 5gova.html

This article from today's NYT only intensifies the concern, so well expressed in this forum, about great architecture, including FLLW's, being turned...literally...into museum pieces:



http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/arts/ ... 5gova.html

This article from today's NYT only intensifies the concern, so well expressed in this forum, about great architecture, including FLLW's, being turned -- literally -- into museum pieces:



http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/arts/ ... 5gova.html

This article from today's NYT only intensifies the concern, so well expressed in this forum, about great architecture, including FLLW's, being turned -- literally -- into museum pieces:



http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/arts/ ... 5gova.html

This article from today's NY Times appears to justify the concern, well expressed in this forum, about great architecture, including FLLW's, becoming -- literally -- museum pieces:



http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/arts/ ... 5gova.html

In re-reading about FLLW client Max Hoffman, the foreign auto importer, and his sizeable house and later extension, I got to thinking about the wide disparity in wealth of Mr. Wright's clients. He sought to build houses that every American could afford, but a number of his clients were among the wel...

Forgot to mention... If you'd like to move to Michigan and live in an Alden Dow house, one is for sale. Check out http://www.preservationdirectory.com/Hi ... rSale.aspx and look for the house at 9503 Frank(!) Court, Clay Township, Michigan.

For information on the new exhibit opening in Michigan on the work of its Architect Laureate, and charter FLLW apprentice, Alden Dow, check out: http://www.ourmidland.com/site/news.cfm ... 3237&rfi=6

Perhaps it is too much to hope, but, assuming for the sake of argument that Howe's work was the best perpetuation of FLLW's design concepts, are there any apprentices or proteges of Howe that now carry that torch, two generations removed?

Besides this site, I, for one, regularly check out the following to get my Frank fix:



Peter Beers' old (www.peterbeers.net/interests/flw_rt/flw_roadtrip.htm) and new (www.peterbeers.net/blog1/) sites



Frank Lloyd Wright Newsblog (www.douglasanders.com)



PrairieMod (www.prairiemod.typepad.com)