Wright Chat

http://sdrdesign.com/DA1901WallerGates3.jpg Photo © Dave Anderson Dave Anderson has taken two other photos of these gates; as this one is labeled "preserved," it must (according to Storrer's timeline) have been made after c. 1990. https://library.artstor.org/#/asset/28483067;prevRouteTS=1...

http://sdrdesign.com/DA1902LittleIllustrations.jpg Photo © Dave Anderson Once in a while at DailyWright we get something other than a photograph of a building---but always something the Andersons found at a building site. This is a bit of a mystery: images seemingly drawn from a published version o...

http://sdrdesign.com/DA1939SturgesAutoCourt.jpg Photo © Dave Anderson In today's DailyWright image we see the implied "path of discovery," the route to the entry of the house past the masonry mass and nearly over the parapet and into space beyond. Indeed the door can't be seen from the va...

A grand Usonian with a bedroom gallery a la Wright, a birdwalk, a central view loft open to the spaces below, a master suite worthy of the name, shared skylights in the private quarters, stone-built on a rocky prototypical Wright drop-off site. Wow.

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What a kick. It's always a pleasure to see and hear a Wright owner and restorer speak about the building and about Mr Wright, and Henry is no exception. Of course there's so much more to Teater's Knoll than this interview had time to present, but it's a great start. I didn't know, for instance, abou...

Oh, hey--nice work ! All those boards were removed and renewed, then reinstalled---as at Robie and Martin. That's the only way to do it if you want it right. The results speak for themselves. This house looks great inside. The kitchen is marvelous; I don't even care to know what was there before. Ku...

Thank you, Rood. Most helpful. One wonders if you have been adequately quizzed and quoted, as one of the few who remain to tell the tales. Your reports are certainly sprinkled generously about, on these digital pages, so there's that---which will be available in perpetuity, one hopes. Perhaps all of...

Magnificent. Is this Fay Jones's answer to Wright's Martin house ? The video tour is comprehensive, and a delight. The fireplace arches do seem out of place; the master suite and library fireplace lintels are more in keeping with the architecture. The house is being enjoyed by the current owner, app...

http://sdrdesign.com/DATaliesinWestOffice.jpg Once again DailyWright gives us a photo view that might not be found elsewhere. I am reliably informed that, despite the title given the photo by Mr Anderson, this is not the Taliesin West office. More to come . . . http://sdrdesign.com/TaliesinWestSite...

Perfect ! Thanks, David.

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http://sdrdesign.com/DA1927IsabelMartinPorte.jpg Photo © Dave Anderson Few photos or drawings of this feature of Graycliff, the Isabel Martin Residence, Derby, NY, are found in print or online. The burbling of running water in the shade at the porte cochère must be a pleasant accompaniment to the a...

Remarkable. Possibly more millwork per square foot than any comparable residential structure ? The site-assembled laminated trusses from sheet material(s) are notable. Less obvious at first take is the spiral circulation that takes the occupant clockwise from the entry, through the master suite and ...

John and Lloyd . . . Jack and Lu Howe. I hadn't realized that Gene Masselink died in 1962. Anne Baxter.

Three men and four women named Wright; thirty-nine people with the name Lloyd; forty-six Joneses.

Thanks, Dan, for finding that. Happy Independence Day !

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Surely there must be an inventory (could that be the right term ??) of the inhabitants of the chapel cemetery . . .

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I wouldn't encourage a comparison of Maher to Wright; the differences couldn't be more stark, as I see it. I sought to contrast the two, with Maher as the Nineteenth-Century example and Wright as the Twentieth. Indeed there has been a growing tendency to invoke "Prairie" when the term is i...