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Welcome back Peter! We have missed you. Your website is by far the best photo site for FLLW. Your down-to-earth commentaries are greatly appreciated, and a breath of fresh air from the more authoritive and scholarly attempts.



Doug Kottum, Battle Lake, MN

By the way, there is a built-in glitch in the above poll that predetermines the outcome. If you are not registered, you cannot vote.



Doug Kottum, Battle Lake, MN

This forum has served well for many levels of FLLW enthusiasts, whether looking for solutions to a building problem, announcing events, or simply chatting about the architecture. The rude and profane will surface now and then, whether registered or not. So what. Let them live in their miserable worl...

Glad that I have a set, but mine would not qualify as investment. They are badly worn. These drawings and plans read like poetry. Here is an essential study of FLLW design, and progression of his genius.



Doug Kottum, Battle Lake

Sorry, I forgot to log in before making this last post. Doug Kottum, Battle lake, MN

I wonder if the Legacy program at Taliesin is all that bad. There are hundreds of unbuilt designs reviewed and initialed by FLLW. Many consist of detailed and complete plans, even furnishings. Sure, they need to be brought up to current codes, and built with currently available materials, but so do ...

Mobius, what you are planning is destroying all of the elements that make the Jacob's house so wonderful. As the previous posts indicate, this is absolutely the worst possible approach to Usonian design. You will lose the beautiful proportions, the flow of space, and the poetic use of materials, not...

We are at that point in our own project, so have been reading. If it's going into concrete, it must be durable. This seems to favor hot water. The other thing that comes to mind is that hydronic heat gives you many fuel choices to heat the water, gas, oil, wood, or solar. There is also an installati...

Refering to the Pleasantville Usonians, it is "Usonia, New York" that indicates FLLW approved most of the homes built there. Check page 31 and 83. But that is another topic. And so is the debate whether anyone can ever design a house with the magic or karma or whatever of FLLW. The point h...

Madeline, the 10 points that you use to criticize Tim Sutton's wonderful Usonian Red House have all been violated by FLLW himself, in his own Usonians. Perhaps there must be a distinction made between a Usonian house, and a FLLW house. For example, Usonia at Pleasantville, New York has both, side-by...