Wright Chat

The very last line of the SAH statement quoted above is evidence of sloppy writing (at best), isn't it ? "The ornament found on the carved door panels, newel posts, and fireplace mantels is evidence of both Sullivan's and Wright's love of sinuous plant forms intertwined with underlying geometri...

I'm sure these houses are a cut above the average fare offered to today's home-buyer, by virtue of their exterior consistencies of form and detail, choice material, and interior architectural touches -- but, I can't seem to feel a passion there. The repeated use of circular and semi-circular plan el...

The observation that lighting conditions affect photography (far more than they seem to affect direct observation by the visitor) is an important one. An overcast day would have radically altered what appears in the photos. Yet I believe the conditions you found on your visit are probably typical of...

Excellent. Keep em coming; I sense that there is both a pent-up demand and a pent-up supply. . .! Your last photo of the Garner house matches nicely with the rendering. I have yet to venture up to Gold Mountain. I'm curious about their version of the Nakoma Country Club (Madison, 1924). The drawings...

And the photos -- is the top one the interior of Mr Hutton's residence ? Is the bottom one a Life Dream House ? Good photos. . .

SDR

Ah-ha -- what have we here ? Is the rendering one done for you by Mr Rattenbury ?

SDR

Hmm. I think he owes you -- if you keep buttering him up, he's got to break sooner or later and build your dream house. Let's think. . .what does he need that we've got. . .?

SDR

Boinggg ! Congratulations -- another convert !

Now, who's the architect ?

SDR

I've found my copy of the Fine Homebuilding issue with the Ludekens house article, so I will post my scans of that and also the other relevant images at my disposal. http://sdrdesign.com/LudekensFH1.jpg http://sdrdesign.com/LudekensFH2.jpg http://sdrdesign.com/LudekensFH3.jpg http://sdrdesign.com/Lu...

Lovely video, with a very strong opening, and good music. Best wishes !

SDR

Thanks, plo ! I hope outside in and others are on their way to success. I recall the learning curve; I used to cuss and moan at my failed attempts to post images on another board, before finally getting it down.

SDR

I've added photos of the finished project, on the previous page. The Meranti stock has a soft rose color when dry, and looks great in these "wetted" images too !

SDR

Two pages from "Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian Houses," John Sergeant, Whitney Library/Watson-Guptill, 1976, 1984

A Usonian "vertical" design, Suntop ("The Ardmore Experiment"), 1938-39. One quadrant of this would make a nifty town house. . . http://sdrdesign.com/Suntop1.JPG http://sdrdesign.com/Suntop4.jpg http://sdrdesign.com/Suntop2.JPG http://sdrdesign.com/Suntop3.jpg http://sdrdesign.co...

It certainly does. I can't help showing a couple of Futagawa photos of the nearby Irving residence, which while probably also by Mahony and company, is closer to Wright's forms and materials. But first, a photo of the house from W A Storrer's book, an improvement on a similar view by Futagawa. http:...