Wright Chat

Stunning---an impressive restoration. All those original light fixtures . . .! Some walls have received the kind of paint treatment attempted at certain Wright restorations, here with more subtle results.

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I'm glad something is being done to further recognize and celebrate this architect's name and work. https://i0.wp.com/www.oakpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Herman-G.-Mallen-House.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 One can see Mr Wright itching to put his pencil to the improvement of that elevatio...

Thank you. I hope someone has made a more complete record of the stones, the graphics, the names, and the interior of the chapel, in photographs or video. It is interesting, for instance, to see that Mr Wright took responsibility for the design of the former. I didn't expect to see that Pedro and Di...

http://sdrdesign.com/DA1896HellerResidenceBasRelief.jpg Photo © 2022 by Dave Anderson http://sdrdesign.com/HellerWASplans.jpg https://library.artstor.org/#/search/Wright%20Heller;page=1;size=24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Ho2abwGO8 http://sdrdesign.com/HellerView2.jpg http://sdrdesign.com/Hel...

I would say this photo https://www.blueskymausoleum.com/image/?action=resize&m_w=800&m_h=600&path=/files/images/Blue_Sky_0003.jpg shows that John is right. I can see Roderick's point about how the slabs should be pitched---but one could argue as well that the water, rather than draining ...

http://sdrdesign.com/DA1928BlueSkyMausoleum04.jpg Today's DailyWright image coincides with the reappearance of another Wright Chat thread, "Frank Lloyd Wright's ashes": http://wrightchat.savewright.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4376&start=90 https://www.blueskymausoleum.com https://i.pi...

Sorry---that's here. Of course I should have given a credit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTfp31rtIJk The irregular patch of verdigris on the Danforth roof is peculiar . . . These aerial shots that include the horizon give the lie to my previous assertions that Taliesin birds-eye presentation dra...

http://sdrdesign.com/DA1957PostResidence.jpg Several surprise Wright or Wright-like sightings occurred while searching for other images and drawings of this Erdman I design. At Artstor, this Ben Dombar drawing surfaced: https://library.artstor.org/#/asset/31716740;prevRouteTS=1656513731197 and thes...

http://sdrdesign.com/DA1940ObolerGatehouse.jpg Today's DailyWright photo shows the entry element of the Oboler Gatehouse. Two additional Dave Anderson photos: http://sdrdesign.com/DA1944ObolerGatehouseOverview.jpg http://sdrdesign.com/DA1940ObolerGatehouseWorkspace.jpg Gatehouse workspace https://f...

Hmm. At this rate, the house should be available to commoners like me in . . . about a decade. Either the owner is anxious to sell, or they've realized the extent of their overreach ? In any event, fingers crossed for the right Wright-loving buyer to appear. This is a rare treasure. There are some i...

That vast, top-lighted, stone-built space---a space entirely devoted to circulation, to dramatizing the simple act of moving from one floor to the next---is an architectural extravagance of the first order, regardless of period or style. Encountering it must be something like navigating one of those...

http://sdrdesign.com/DA1940HawkinsSeminarBuilding.jpg Today's DailyWright photo from Dave and Dione Anderson shows one of the earliest Wright-designed buildings on the Florida Southern College campus. On a page called "Florida Southern College Buildings," one-fifth of the way down, will b...

All well said. But . . . underwhelming ? https://untappedcities.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Albany-State-Capitol-Building-Interior-Governor-Cuomo-Press-Briefing-Behind-the-Scenes-NY-023-copy.jpg https://untappedcities.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Albany-State-Capitol-Building-Interior-Governor-...

I was inspired to look for a photo of the facade of the State Capitol building, to see Richardson's second and third stories. I got more than I was hoping for: What a marvelous grand stair ! Is that Richardson and Eidlitz ? https://untappedcities.com/2020/06/05/behind-the-scenes-inside-the-new-york-...

Wonderful story, Mark. And I don't think I've ever seen proper photos of the dining room---though there must be one or more in your book on the house. There is nothing in the available drawings of the house that would prepare on for the sight of this space, with its unusual array of windows stretchi...