Wright Chat

May God help us all. What am I missing here?
I actually kinda like the forms, but the marketing is just horrid. I'm so glad I'm no longer in the ad biz.

My 4 cents.

I miss you all.

BBuck

Hugo does some terrific work! This appears to be on a 4' X 4' unit grid. What would the total square footage be?
The stepped window/door wall is an unusual detail.

I remain grateful for the beautiful renderings Hugo was kind enough to do for my Laurie Virr designed hut project.

BBuck

I almost made an offer on the E. Fay Jones modest little house in Cherokee village. Too many signs in yards and scary red hats I don't subscribe to. It's sad that loving architecture may indeed be decided by a political decision. It was listed at $165,00. I drove for miles to sit in in it and tell t...

Thanks, it's all good.
Kinda like a hand made anything these days.

I resent.

SDR, I tried your yahoo account, must not have worked. I'm still at ...mindspring.com.
Shoot me an email, I'll respond with the rather not so good image of the model.

Bill

Alexander Virr, Laurie's son has sent me a photo of a model photographed in 1964. I'm not sure if this might be the Admiral's house design, but to me it looks very much a Laurie Virr design. I'll send it to Stephen to post. My hope is that Dan might be able to "find it" out there if it exi...

Dear friends, Mary Virr has reached out to me on Laurie's work while at Mac Well's studio in NJ. Mac was busy in the early 60's and trusted Laurie with several projects. One for an Admiral near the coast? DRN, perhaps you might be familiar with this house? Mary's request: "I was looking through...

I'm no architect, but as a long-time graphic designer, now an Art Instructor, mediocre drummer, and sometimes a decent cook, Laurie and I had become extremely close in these past 13 years. That is in our Skype visits, email exchanges, and unforgettable personal travels to visit so many Wright buildi...

Hello all, I wanted to share this email to me from Mary. I think it captures Laurie's commitment to his principles, with her permission. "Alexander and I laid Laurie to rest today a very beautiful place. There are Covid restrictions relating to the number of people allowed to attend a funeral s...

Welcome to Wright Chat, Shannon! Thank you for your personal email. Something that Laurie especially enjoyed doing is watching various marathons, twice. Once for the race and once again to view the architecture. Laurie was quite the runner in his day. Legs and lungs. Now to find something to do for ...

Dan,

Laurie always had a special memory and respect for the J.A. Sweeton house. The challenge to do something so good on a not so good budget. I remain grateful for our visit and the good company. We get lucky once and a while.

Bill

"Aha. That I had not heard. Did Laurie have a Citroën of any vintage ? Did you ?" SDR, Laurie was a long-time driver and lover of the Citroen mark. Parts for them had gotten difficult to find in Australia (ship from France), so his last car is from Korea. I've never had a French car, but ...

Thanks all for your posts.

SDR, I've heard that first hand. Laurie's story on how he made his way out of the impossible revolving door of poverty to one of the best designers of Architecture is remarkable. And lucky. He mentioned that if not for some luck, he would have never been set free.

Bill

I'm sad to report to you that Laurie passed away just yesterday. While I'm heartbroken and sad, my friendship with him through the years has given me something I could never imagine. My hope here is to celebrate a life well lived, and a talent that had no boundaries, even against all odds. He spoke ...