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by Kelly Johnston
Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:56 pm
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Topic: Taliesin fellow Marcus Weston's own house is on the market
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Marcus Weston's obituary makes it clear this house is in fact Marcus's own design:
and then back with their young family to Spring Green, where he designed and built a home and lived for the rest of his life.
by Kelly Johnston
Sat Jul 01, 2017 11:01 pm
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Topic: E. Fay Jones House for sale
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The latest on the recently fire-damaged Fay Jones house:
http://nwaonline.com/news/2017/jun/21/m ... linton-ho/
by Kelly Johnston
Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:48 pm
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Topic: E. Fay Jones House for sale
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23 HABS drawing sheets for the Fay and Gus Jones house:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=D ... 20=%20true
by Kelly Johnston
Wed Jun 28, 2017 9:20 am
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Topic: E. Fay Jones House for sale
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EFJ's zigzag accordion doors jump out visually on his plans and are confined to the kitchen here, this the second level of his own home: "Accordian [sic] style folding door on a piano hinge. Can be arranged to close off kitchen area or the stairs from the main living" http://cdn.loc.gov/se...
by Kelly Johnston
Tue Jun 27, 2017 4:49 pm
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Topic: E. Fay Jones House for sale
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Thanks for the floor plan DRN/SDR. That combined living room / bedroom layout was an approach Jones had used in his own residence completed just a year earlier in '56 where the master is separated from the living room only by a waist-high wall surrounding a stair. EFJ must have found this layout wor...
by Kelly Johnston
Mon Feb 20, 2017 12:27 pm
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Topic: Sure, we can call anything "Frank Lloyd Wright"
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Perhaps Clarke did not have a Photoshopped depiction of this Strongsville house in mind when he wrote "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic", but that elevated photographic perspective does offer we humble viewers an overview of the floorplan, which most rea...
by Kelly Johnston
Mon Feb 20, 2017 11:18 am
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Topic: Sure, we can call anything "Frank Lloyd Wright"
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We've all seen single room interiors shot with a fish-eye lens while the camera is positioned high in a corner to achieve a wide angle look at the individual room. But this takes that approach to a new level of Photoshop. ;-). What do you think, photographers among us, how did this magic happen?
by Kelly Johnston
Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:41 am
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Topic: Sure, we can call anything "Frank Lloyd Wright"
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Strongsville house image - the eye-in-the-sky?

The very best thing about that Strongsville house may be the fourth image. Is it a wizzardly sort of photo amalgamation stitched together to form an eye-in-the-sky semi-realistic floor plan? Are we in fact viewing the alleged "Wright inspired" house from the perch of the Almighty? https://...
by Kelly Johnston
Mon Jan 30, 2017 6:08 pm
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Topic: Video: Sutton House (1905) - McCook, NE
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Sutton House video via Nebraska PBS

http://nebraskastories.org/videos/the-sutton-house/
by Kelly Johnston
Wed Jan 04, 2017 3:10 pm
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Topic: Article: Teater's Knoll - Bliss, ID
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Teater Studio on Google Maps about 4 miles from Bliss:
https://goo.gl/maps/SafJeuKYPsE2
by Kelly Johnston
Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:17 am
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Topic: Sure, we can call anything "Frank Lloyd Wright"
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Yes, that image helps immensely peterm!

Seems in the presence of children this cantilevered coffee table form will lead to dysfunction. ;-)
by Kelly Johnston
Fri Dec 09, 2016 9:53 pm
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Topic: Sure, we can call anything "Frank Lloyd Wright"
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And I quote: "...INSPIRED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S FALLING WATER SQUARE HOME."

https://fortsmith.craigslist.org/fuo/5889672244.html