Wright Chat

I took it in February, 2019. The finish appears to be multiple coats of clear polyurethane or other varnish, with a fairly glossy surface. Photographs can be deceiving as to textures; multiple shots, with the right lighting, can reveal what's there. Not sure when the wood was refinished. I have a pi...

I don't think I've looked at these drawings: https://library.artstor.org/#/search/Wright%20Pitkin;page=1;size=24 We have seen the perspective view. It shows a balcony or terrace running around three sides of the second floor, serving the six bedrooms. The construction drawings, however, include a ba...

As an aside, certain treasures are hidden at Artstor because they are misfiled. As an example, some good interior photos of Boulter are found under "Clifton": https://library.artstor.org/#/search/Wr ... =1;size=24

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On spvinzani's to-do list: http://sdrdesign.com/22Prout.jpg Prout http://sdrdesign.com/22McCord.jpg McCord http://sdrdesign.com/22Lea2.jpg Lea ( William Clifford not found) http://sdrdesign.com/22CliftonA.jpg William J Clifton http://sdrdesign.com/22Cornwell.jpg Cornwell There are two Cornwell desig...

I don't recognize the third one, right off; it's not Tracy, is it ?

Photos of the traveling Usonian Automatic of the early 'nineties are exceedingly rare---an early instance of OSB architectural (display) construction ?

I assume that you mean this intersection: http://sdrdesign.com/Berger6.jpg No drawing is found which details this juncture; you are correct that this is where the second phase of construction would have joined the first. (I am not sure that the construction of the bedroom wing didn't take place befo...

Hi, Steve. Jay has kindly made screen shots of the two portions of drawings you made reference to. http://sdrdesign.com/HuntDavid56Light.jpg http://sdrdesign.com/HuntDavidElecSym.jpg To enlarge a drawing here, right-click on it and "Open image in new tab." To enlarge drawings at Artstor, s...

Imagine the hours that were spent, over a two-year period, to create that model. Congratulations and thanks, to Razin Khan and the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust.

The main dining hall was Wright's cathedral or Hagia Sophia ?

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Thanks to Randy Henning for reminding us of that resource; it was foolish of me to have forgotten its existence on my shelves. And the essay by Gregory M Brewer is uniquely important, being one of those watershed events that demolishes a long-held misconception, in this case about the genesis and su...

Wright's elevation drawings:

http://sdrdesign.com/DA1894RolosonHouses.jpg Photo © Dave Anderson Today's DailyWright photo shows the Robert Roloson Houses of 1894. The Artstor drawing file contains 23 sheets showing at least two versions of Wright's alterations to this building, which began and remained four houses built on thr...

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It was le Corbusier who said that architecture is the "masterly, correct, and magnificent placing of masses brought together in light. Our eyes are made to see forms in light. Cubes, cones, spheres, cylinders or pyramids are the great primary forms which light reveals to advantage." http:/...

He could have made his point, such as it was, more effectively with a photo of the same building from the same angle, taken a little earlier in the day, so there was bright sunlight on the east terrace parapet. Another few photos, of Fallingwater or other buildings, would of course have helped. Yes,...

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