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Right. The fifties... maybe far fewer flat roofs and more double pitched?

By the fifties he had for the most part also abandoned the use of board and batten for exteriors.

I'm not sure if I follow what you mean by "the same face all around". Are you referring to a consistent roof type all around, material choices, fenestration? On the roof subject: I'm realizing that Wright did do more gabled roofs, mainly starting in the 50s. Alsop comes to mind: flat meeti...

You're right. I forgot that there are a few Usonian gable roofs, too! Are there many others besides Zimmerman?

He means elevating the terrace above grade, as opposed to above interior floor height, thus creating the "ship prow" effect. Often the terrace is placed at a spot where the grade is slightly sloping downwards. Continuing the wall onto the terrace is yet another device used to create an ext...

Thanks, Stephen. Using Wright's guidelines #1 through #14, the buildings look larger in person than a comparable generic house with the same footprint. Having said that, when visiting a Wright house for the first time after seeing photographs for years, one generally finds the place to be more intim...

British and other foreign spies were concerned about Team Trump already in 2015: “It looks like the [US] agencies were asleep,� the source added. “They [the European agencies] were saying: ‘There are contacts going on between people close to Mr Trump and people we believe are Russian intelli...

I think this list comes from the 1950s House and Home article titled something like "Making small houses feel large". The article appears in John Sergeant's book "Usonian Houses", and features photos of the Zimmerman house. I don't have my book here in Chicago to check, but I thi...

I think in this case, I'd take the Edsel over the Fairlane...

My first car was a Fairlane, too.

The mother of all bombs "Another successful event" -DT He's clearly liking that war thing; poll numbers are rising... http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/afghanistan-isis-moab-bomb/index.html "Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it ...

This sounds similar to what Wrighter explained in his post on the previous page?

Bon appetit!

It's a great example of a feedback loop; the culture creates the garbage that it feeds upon. You're right, it's not necessary for anyone to watch it, but I would argue that it's critical to recognize its existance. If not, it is the equivalent of ignoring and denying symptoms in the body while disea...

On a tight urban infill lot, a new building similar to these could look completely contemporary. They also seem like economical solutions compared to some of the unnecessarily complicated designs we currently see, where it seems the architect is intent on creating a facade with "visual interest...

Thanks Dan! I know this is going to come in handy at some point. It's just a question of time before our pipes (also iron) give way.