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by EJ
Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:44 pm
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Topic: Ennis in the news
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By Amanda Covarrubias, Times Staff Writer A hill collapse closed Laurel Canyon Boulevard and ground instability prompted the city to red-tag Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark Ennis-Brown House as mudslides continued to trigger evacuations Monday despite five days of dry weather. Geologists said the muds...
by EJ
Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:21 pm
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Topic: Jacobs House (1936) drawings?
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Although, I'm sure you'd concede that Mr. Wright's work was not about about "show stopping details". As your signature quote mentions, Mr. Wright's work was about Ideas which was of the most spiritual of experiences for Mr. Wright (as it says on his memorial at Taliesin: "Love of an ...
by EJ
Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:22 pm
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Topic: Jacobs House (1936) drawings?
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We used pretty standard construction techniques, and have several show stopping details. Although, I'm sure you'd concede that Mr. Wright's work was not about about "show stopping details". As your signature quote mentions, Mr. Wright's work was about Ideas which was of the most spiritual...
by EJ
Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:44 pm
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Topic: Jacobs House (1936) drawings?
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I think what he's doing is really cool. I did the same thing when I built my house. I took the basic floor plan for the Goetsch-Winkler and modernized it and opened it up in a way that is more conducive to the way my wife and I live (though we didn't have to do much, as FLLW was way ahead of his tim...
by EJ
Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:48 pm
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Topic: Jacobs House (1936) drawings?
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There are several sources...one is the current GA traveler series #5 entitled Usonian Houses which has drawings and several fine photos not commonly distributed...there is also the excellent book by Herb Jacobs called "Building With Frank Lloyd Wright: An Illustrated Memoir" that has some,...
by EJ
Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:45 pm
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Topic: Wright Designs In Southern California - HELP!
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I knew the Ennis Brown had some serious issues to deal with, but I didn't know that earthquake damage was one of them...did something happen there in the last 2 months or so? I know the Freeman house is closed for repairs, but has anyone looked around the property? No one lives there, so is there an...