Wright Chat

Does anybody know if the entire house is redwood even down to the studs?

You are right about the national trend.

A full bath for each bedroom? ....
No wonder you guys are going through drought conditions out there.

So, it seems he preferred that formal separation as a matter of his own taste then. I'm not that familiar with his work. So much of my family's life centers around the kitchen that it's hard for me to put myself into understanding the natural flow of behavior for this house. I think if I were buying...

Love this house. Don't know what the clients original requirements were but Wright's sense of programming may have faired this house better today, the dining/kitchen rooms ... the word 'isolation' comes to mind, but maybe not as actually experienced. Anybody ....?

$189,000. That just kills me.
Makes me think seriously about moving to WhaooSawoo.

#2 Eave Framing at Transom.
Wrights headerless transoms shock me every time. You think I'd be over that by now.

This is great to be able to watch. Thanks for the photos.

I had no idea this house was associated with Black Mountain College.
Sure enough:
http://greg.org/archive/2010/06/22/foun ... lding.html

Roderick, Can you connect me up with any information regarding #2.

Cool thesis SDR. I think it deserves attention.
(The point of the prow at Robie carries a cross beam that connects to the main cantilevered beams. I think it is probably carrying some load.)

SDR, 2/3rds rule is as you say conservative. This is something I'd love to study in depth (archive research), but my sense of Wright w/ cantilevers is that he was not conservative and usually reversed the 2/3rds rule by stacking stuff on top of the fixed end (Fallingwater) or tying it down with tens...

Thank you.

Congratulations on your book. In it do you go into any technical details of the construction of this house or is the narrative mostly about the human story around it?

Wow. Lot of work going into this. The roof solution is no joke.
The splash block and ground gutter is a great idea.

Love the plan of this house.