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Great, thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I plan on attending. Too bad more people cannot visit the Bott residence. Maybe it will be open some time in the future.

Hi John,

What is the FLlW BC event in KC and where can I get information about it?

Thanks

Wow! This is one of the most stunningly beautiful Usonians I have ever seen. Even though it does stretch the Usonian ideal to the limit. The photos from the realtor's site are great. Very large. I wonder what the original construction budget was? I would guess that the owners had no problem keeping ...

Thanks Jim. Those sound interesting. Do you have the name or URL of any manufacturers you would recommend?

Is there a section of this forum devoted to photos? If there is, can someone please point the way. If not, what are the chances of such a section being added. Pushpullbar2 has an architechtural travel section that is neat. It is broken down by country and state. I am sure the members of this board h...

Thanks for the info. I looked at the web sites. Interesting stuff but still looking for some more detail. I have ordered some of the monographs through the library exchange. Never seen these before, so I am looking forward to receiving them. I am assuming if you wanted to build a house today with so...

Thanks for the suggestions. I have the Usonian book by Sergeant. There is one picture that shows the framing, but it is too dark and grainy to be much help. I will have to see if I can get the monograph books through the interlibrary loan. My local library does not have them. Is there any way to get...

No, you have it right. I agree that there are typically many vertical door/window jambs providing the support. But, these are generally a 1" by stock, so in some cases, when two units are adjacent to one another, you could have 2" of material supplying the vertical support every two to fou...

Hi, I recently joined this forum. Great information here! Does anyone have any decesent pictures of Usonian homes under construction. I used to be a carpenter and I am curious about how some of the details were executed. Specifically the roof systems and how they were supported over the long section...