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Something about 'balanced asymmetry' as a visually pleasing and desirable state may be entangled with the Rule of Thirds idea that is applicable to two dimensional composition.

https://willgoodlet.com/posts/why-does- ... hirds-work

The architect of that C&S Bank building was Richard Aeck. He was an apprentice at Taliesin in the 1940's. In addition to that bank building, he was also the architect of the domed coliseum at Georgia Tech, which was a cool looking steel structure as it was erected in the 50's: https://ramblinwre...

a drone's-eye view of any assemblage of flat-roofed buildings doesn't tend to be the most flattering. But, the grass sure looks green.

I'm almost finished with Plagued By Fire and I've enjoyed it. I'm finished with the text proper, and am proceeding thru the epilogues & appendices to see if there's anything of additional interest. On page 531 the author is discussing his source materials. As part of that, it sounds like he may ...

Golly Tom, I had an inkling these photos might stir the pot of your memory banks, but I didn't think you'd get so stuck on the very first photo, and stuck so deeply. I hope you eventually married Diane Reeves, or at least enjoyed enough of your relationship to merit the pending indentured servitude ...

Someone sent me this link to an article about early & mid-century modern architecture in Atlanta: https://wdanielanderson.wordpress.com/2016/06/14/modern-atlanta-then-now/ They sent it to me because it includes Robert Green's Copeland house. Looking at this collection of other mid-mod buildings,...

I ran across an upper level floor plan at Taliesin, which you don't see too often. Studying it, I noticed for the first time a roof porch adjacent to the upstairs bedroom -- hadn't known that porch was there, tucked between the chimney and Olgivanna's bedroom roof. Just as I've never seen any photos...

According this article, Kieran Murphy says the Bird Walk dates to 1953. It is "... a long and narrow protruding balcony he added in 1953 as a gesture to his third wife, Olgivanna, whom Murphy said wanted to be nearer to the singing birds in a now-departed oak tree." http://archive.jsonline...

It’s become clear to me that I have become more fascinated & interested in Taliesin than any other building on the planet. It never gets old…. There always seems to be another photo that shows up, illustrating some configuration I’d not seen before. The Taliesin Preservation ...

I love the Hill House. The first time I visited there I found the sense of all-encompassing design delightful and sort of more than one could take in -- very much like work of FLW and also Carlo Scarpa. Second time I visited I figured out it was a good idea to go slowly and keep looking longer to be...

That Ocotillo photo is one the greats - on many levels. Those woven pieces are terrific, deployed and arranged with seemingly casual skill. Also interesting is the curious clump of dried brush over Lloyd's head. I wonder why that's there? Decorative or some function?

.... Then, we have the Motherlode of all Patterned Throw Pillows at Saarinen's Miller House. https://www.google.com/search?q=saarinen+miller+house+interior&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQ47fOwu3lAhWETd8KHTO8AmEQ_AUoAXoECA0QAQ&b...

SDR I tend to agree with your last statement. I think a little pattern goes a long way and Less is usually More. An exception that somehow really works is the collected array at Fallingwater. Is it just that the multiple patterns in that instance are just that perfectly orchestrated, or is there som...

Here's one sans billiards but with some scattershot mod pieces and scraps of fur. http://people.cs.pitt.edu/~chang/budha/refuge/x13.htm And Steinerag has a crop of images from 1972. Lots of fur. http://www.steinerag.com/flw/Artifact%20Pages/PhotoWrightPortraitsC.htm Do we know if FLW designed any fu...