Wright Chat

Wow! Fireproof and portable!...

Thank you...

Whites were used on a few late Usonian ceilings (those with plaster). Of course, these were always off whites... For our Lamberson house (1947), Wright specified "burnt orange" "turquoise", and "gold", for the upholstery. Here's what we picked. Our turquoise is maybe a ...

In the conservatory, with the lead pipe?...

This has always been one of my favorite Usonian details. I am sure you are right about economy, but isn't it also the wonderful "thinness" of the roof that is so attractive? The stepping of the eaves contributes to an overall lightness in the look.

Someone had terrible country club taste and way too much money on their hands, and as you say, to peel the house back and restore would probably cost millions. It looks like something from the Beverly Hillbillies... The architecture and the bones are amazing, though, with those open cantilevered &qu...

$12,500.00 per month...

http://la.curbed.com/archives/2010/04/r ... states.php

The typical brutal and sarcastic Curbed L.A., San Francisco, New York comments remind me how civilized everyone generally is here at Wright Chat...

Im sorry, this is the link which I intended to show on my earlier post:

http://www.mccullagh.org/db9/1ds-4/de-young-museum.jpg

Yes, Roderick, I was serious. I am mainly basing my appreciation of their work on my visit to the de Young Muesum in San Francisco, which I enjoyed very much:

My apologies to whoever posted this previously. Somehow I missed it.

From Prairie Mod, an interesting video of a model for the unbuilt Rogers Lacy Hotel in Dallas:

http://vimeo.com/4902192

A brilliant design which would in no way be dated if it were built today.

Those are good choices for the "top ten deceased", but the whole notion of narrowing it down to ten leaves out some of the most important earlier masters like Loos, Wagner, Mackintosh, Richardson, Rietveld, Gill, Scharoun, and of course, the list could go on and on... For current architect...

Many Neutra houses are extremely relaxing. His use of white walls contrasted with the honey tones of birch plywood and sparse use of brick or stone is very calming. I see the all white aesthetic, however, as a trend which harkens back to the late 60's and the retro "Clockwork Orange look"....

Exclude Le Corbusier?

Not me!...

This would be tantamount to saying Picasso and Mondrian should not both be considered great painters...

Two different schools, we might prefer one to the other, but really...

The growing rift between the Bauhaus followers and the organic school? Sweeney was a close friend and big fan of Mies...

It might have been important for Sweeney (and for his future career) to not create the appearance of being too closely aligned with Wright.

wrightgeek- well put! That is probably the oddest statement in the piece. She is forgetting -- or somehow acknowledging -- that Wright himself sought, in his own words, to break open the box ? Why would he "accuse" someone else -- his inferior, in his own mind, no doubt -- of doing just th...