Wright Chat

The topic of rubble foundations came up in the question period following the lecture. It was noted that Darwin Martin had invested in a subdivision north of Buffalo with a house designed by Ernest Flagg. The house employed a structural mat with rubble foundations and sewer pipes in the slab to disti...

Jack gave an insiteful lecture, it appears Rosenwald School was the first desert rubblestone proposed by Wright. Can anyone think an earlier example.

Jack Quinan will give a lecture at 7pm on Thursday. Nov. 12 at Buffalo's Anderson Gallery on the Darwin Martin financed Rosenwald School. The school was designed by Wright for the Hampton Institute in Norfolk,Virginia in 1927. The lecture is in conjunction with the exhibit : Frank Lloyd Wright's Buf...

Elements of the San Francisco Field Office will be on exhibit during the Gala at the upcoming Conservancy Conference in Buffalo. The Gala has been scheduled at the Buffalo Transportation Museum.

Jack Randall owned the Brigham house in Glencoe for a period of time. I recall seeing many of the drawings that came from Mrs. Booth in the early 1980's when Jack operated a museum dedicated to Louis Sullivan on the 25th floor of Buffalo City Hall.

One of the enameled fascia panel samples survives and is part of the furnishings acquired with the San Francisco Field Office. If there is interest, parts of the office/furnishings may be on exhibit during the gala at the Buffalo Conference. It is not a casual undertaking as the office was crated in...

This fall several hundred cards will be exhibited at Graycliff, including the cards lent for the Guggenheim exhibit.

I gave a lecture this past week discussing summer homes designed by FLlW. The research was interesting in that the summer house largely disappears after the stock market crash. After Graycliff the only summer house I find is the Chahroudi cottage. Can anyone think of one I've missed? Pat Mahoney VP ...

A photospread following up on the recent article on the William R. Heath residence in Buffalo was recently released by Western New York Heritage Magazine. The follow up prints several previously unpublished historic photos and Wright's perspective rendering from the 1911 servant house/garage additio...

Any reason the Muirhead was not included, as there are 5 rental houses?

The opera 'Shining Brow' will be revived this weekend by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in the Eliel Saarinen designed Kleinhans Music Hall. http://www.daronhagen.com/brow/revival.html http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/02/arts/NA_A-E_ART_US_Art_All_Wright.php http://freenet.buffalo.edu/bah/...

The individual issue sells for $10 including shipping.

An extensive article on Buffalo's 15,000 square foot William R. Heath house has just been published by Western New York Heritage in their fall issue. The article demonstrates the elaborate level of detail, similar to that of the Darwin D. Martin house. A second article chronicles the life of the lat...

Darwin Martin's first house, a stark contrast to the Wright designed complex is for sale. Here is the link to an article about the house and Martin's dislike for it.





http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20 ... 060790.asp

Here is an article link from the dedication showing the rebuilt conservatory.



http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20 ... 070268.asp