Wright Chat

Mr. Maquire. You seem knowledgeable about construction of the "faculty house" at Florida Southern. Can you verify if the structure is based on the plan mentioned below? If so, have any changes been made to Wright's design ... either in plan or elevation? Rood The Usonian House is undoubted...

The photo and its caption, from the David A Hanks book as mentioned by Roderick Grant: http://sdrdesign.com/tokyochina1.jpg http://sdrdesign.com/tokyochina2.jpg I have what is apparently the bread (or salad) plate featured in colour in "Decorative Designs of FLLW" by David A. Hanks ... th...

Do you mean this sort of thing?

http://www.pearlrothhouse.org/

[quote="Desert masonry was indeed meant to be constructed without professional help, but sometimes it didn't work out very well. T-West looks great, because the people who worked on it were skilled artists. ... Getting the best look out of a desert masonry wall is not easy.[/quote] In several i...

Considering this saga, one should caution that he said "for the ocean", which does not necessarily mean Florida. I doubt he'll battle the Foundation again, so it will probably be another "inspired" (not Wright) design. Perhaps ... but he did mention Florida, after all: "Wou...

Don't get me wrong. The Willey House is probably in better shape today than it was just after completion of original construction. I love seeing it shine, again, almost as though it is a newly constructed house. Unfortunately for me, I was spoiled by seeing the house when Mr. Willey was in residence...

Ah, I forgot about the unbuilt Ben Rebhuhn winter house at Fort Myers, Florida, from 1952, designed, like the lost Fuller House, to stand elevated one story above the water's edge. See illustrations 113 & 114 on page 58 of the 1952-59 Monograph.

Geiger recalled a heated argument between Wes and FLW over the effect the truss system would have on the ceiling of the church. FLW insisted that the ceiling planes would be flat, and Wes countered (correctly) that there would be a slight curve to the ceiling. One day, while looking at the ceiling,...

These structural discussions bring to mind my one visit to Fallingwater. As only one of a large, scattered group, it was all but impossible to use the time available to good purpose (i.e. discussions of the structure, for instance). However, at one point I happened to be alone, near the pool on the ...

We are getting off subject ... however, be that as it may ... It was ever Mr. Wright's goal to build, if possible, a structure out of one material, only: for simplicity, to give a building a sense of structural inevitability, and as a means to help overcome the constant problem inherent in the proce...

BhamRuss wrote:Would anyone be interested in one slide of Ocatillo and a few of Friedman from 1970-71?

Of course. Bring them on.

Perhaps the photos were taken immediately following rehabilitation of the house, or shortly thereafter, in which case I can understand the barrenness evident in the photos ... and, consequently, some of my criticisms should be modified. Nevertheless, the owners should study the older photos to learn...

The Unitarian Church designed by Frank Lloyd Wright was finished in 1951 ... by the Taliesin Fellowship. It proved so successful that the congregation quickly outgrew the building, and not too long ago the congregation debated whether or not they should abandon the building and move elsewhere. Inste...

I'm with you. Why not have your dream house ? An opportunity to try one's hand at "doing right by Wright" -- and surrounding yourself with a bit of architectural heaven-on-earth. Just keep it to yourself that this is a Wright design -- nobody likes a copycat ! Wright did just that, repeat...

One mistake Mr. Wright never repeated was designing a living room without built-in seating. Mr. Willey once told me that after he and his first wife moved in they wrote Mr. Wright, complaining about not having anywhere to sit. A few weeks later a moving van arrived with a couple of expensive but com...