Wright Chat

I'm pretty in love with this Eames house. I'm just waiting for there to be a murder at a dinner party and Hercule Poirot show up, looking exactly like David Suchet, of course.

There is also The Second Generation by Esther McCoy which is about Davidson, Harris, Ain, and Soriano.

https://www.amazon.com/Second-Generatio ... 1-fkmrnull

I just wanted to make a point about the advancement of technology. We're surprised to see a horse and carriage in front of Taliesin because the house seems too modern for them. One of my favorite images that illustrates this is of the Lusitania coming into port. You have this huge, modern ship that ...

I was curious to see it labeled the "Archeseum". That led me to do a little research and find this:

https://www.guggenheim.org/blogs/checkl ... eim-museum

I'd love to laugh at that comment Roderick, but I'd wager I own more unread books than you do.

SDR, that final design is the one I like. I think the wall and hexagonal form contain it in a pleasing way. I'm hoping to get a copy of the article that pmahoney published which sounds like it has all the info one could want.

Thank you to Pat and all the others! It's so nice to have this board well maintained.

The version I'm interested in was probably the most elaborate. It had a half hexagon wall at the top and some half hex steps at the bottom. I thought it felt a little more contained than what was actually built.

pmahoney, thank you very much for that information. I'll track down a copy; it sounds exactly like what I'm looking for.

SDR, Roderick, thank you both. I'll follow your leads.

My understanding of this project, based on Jack Quinan's Buffalo book, is that the version that was build was the first of two. The second is, I think, a bit more refined. He mentions a full model that was made of version two and also a photo of the model. He describes the photo, so I know he's seen...

I got a copy of Jack Quinan's Frank Lloyd Wright's Buffalo Venture . I've read other of Quinan's books before, and thought well of them, but found this one particularly nice. Unfortunately for me, there was no additional information about the Universal Portland Cement Exhibition. All it mentioned wa...

I agree with you Roderick. Unfortunately, I don't have any information on it other than a plan. I keep things simple until I have more information. I'm open to suggestions.

I am always loathe to promote myself, but you'll just have to forgive me this once. Hopefully someday you will be able to experience Midway Gardens again. I haven't worked on it in years, but have started back up somewhat. I'm actually further along than this (pretty old) video shows, but it should ...

It would have helped in my work on the living room couches

What work did you do Roderick?