Wright Chat

SDR wrote: The contrast between the two men is interesting. Kaufmann is relaxed in his chair; Wright looks as if he's sitting on one of his dining chairs -- or a throne -- despite the informal garb ? Is the body language that of: Kaufmann on vacation from the store, discussing building which was his...

Sold! Thanks both, Scheine it is.

Thank you both. The Scheine book sounds like the one to get if I get only one. SDR's paperback sounds good too as it has a lot of plans and sections. Bookish as I am, I may get both if I can find the other...SDR, do you recall the approximate publish date or publisher of the book? I might be able to...

With somewhat limited shelf space and funds available for book acquisitions, if I were to buy one book about Schindler, what would you chatters most recommend? I should note I prefer books about architecture to include a lot of floor plans.

Thanks for these links. I've always been particularly drawn to the German Expressionist work as pictured here...it is an interesting blend of Art Deco details, Prairie forms/asymmetry, and in some respects, British modernism as seen in Charles Holden's Underground stations. The work has a rich textu...

Upon seeing John's note of Mr. Laurent's passing on another thread, I found the following link to a local TV news spot: http://mystateline.com/fulltext-news?nxd_id=316002 Another life well lived. It would seem living in an organic house is good for one's life span judging by some of the obituaries p...

There is a considerable amount of steel in the roof particularly at the carport and at locations where perforated blocks act as clerestories in the middle of the living/dining area roof level changes, but the majority of the roof framing is wood. I should note that the steel sections used appear to ...

michaelmaguire...thanks again for your blog. My wife and I visited the campus and the construction site on January 13 while we were in Florida. The site superintendent let us wander the site and see the work up close while the constructors were on lunch break. At its current stage, all is visible. O...

It sounds like a very happy ending to what must have been a Herculean task of selling your CA home and packing your lives up to move halfway across the continent. I'm glad to hear you can now do sane road trips to Lamberson on a more regular basis. The 5 or 6 hour drive every other week or so is sma...

peterm wrote in another thread: We bought a Mies van der Rohe apartment (please forgive me, all of you Wright organic purists, I know it must seem as if I have gone over to Voldemort and the International Style dark side!...) Somehow I'm not surprised at this news...kudos! So, I have to ask.... is t...

Caption at one of the photos: Originally a carport, the low ceiling of this space would never accommodate a Cadillac Escalade Is that with or without the ridiculously low profile tires so popular on these monstrosities a way down south in Dixie? Though the house is beautiful, the perspective from th...

SDR wrote: DRN, do you think you will correct the apparent construction flaw -- considering that the area below the deck seems to need light ? I'm giving it serious consideration...the soffit was leaked upon and repainted white in its past, and needs to be repainted in the original color. When I rep...

peterm wrote: It would be interesting to see what Wright designed for the Sweeton house, for example, which also has a plaster ceiling. The Sweeton house, as designed and built, has only one recessed light on its interior, above the kitchen sink. It is a standard catalog item of the era with an asbe...

I scoured my collection of "Goffiana": books, magazines, and photocopies, and could not find a plan for the Frank Cole house. In the catalog to the 1995 Art Institute exhibition was a pic of the rendering for the house which I remember seeing there. I'll scan and forward to SDR for posting...

Some notes: The "mystery plant" at the fireplace in the b&w photos is not a plant, it is small pine cones hung like beads with thread. Thanks Prairie Mod for finding the recent photos...they lead me to believe with some level of certainty that the original framing is buried under all t...