Wright Chat

JimM--



Thanks for listing the information about the Shavin house that is available in the Monograph. I sincerely appreciate your offer of assistance, and I would be grateful if you could scan the information and send it to me as a PDF file.



Education Professor

Thanks RJH. I believe the Design Library at the University of Kentucky has copies of the Monographs available for reference. UK is only about 2.5 hours from my location.



Education Professor

RJH--Thanks for the information and offer of assistance. I will contact our university library to see if a copy of the #7 Monograph can be located through the Interlibrary Loan program.



Education Professor

I have been studying the Seamour & Gerte Shavin house in Chattanooga, Tennessee, since 2004. I would like to obtain photocopies of the information about the Shavin house that is contained in the FLLW Monograph 1942-1950 (volume 7). Is this Monograph available for review through a public library?...

In response to PrairieMod's posting: We're wildly interested in finding those individuals (or hopefully groups) of people out there who are picking up the torch of Organic Architecture and making it new, exciting and pertinent for the 21st century I think Kelly Davis, a designer for SALA Architects ...

Richard,



Thank you very much for this useful information. Is there a particular brand or type of concrete dye that we could use to achieve the Taliesin or Cherokee Red color?

My wife and I plan to build a home in the Usonian style. We would like to have Taliesin or Cherokee Red concrete floors like those that were used in Mr. Wright's original Usonian homes. What should we do to achieve this color? Should we add some type of pigment to the concrete mixture? If so, what p...

myLiebermeisterAGG:



Thank you very much for the information about Howe expert Eric Saed. I plan to contact him very soon. I will be sure to tell him you said hello!



Education Professor

I am interested in some information about the unbuilt residential designs that were created by John H. Howe after he left Taliesin. I would sincerely appreciate any information that could be provided.

Dear SpringGreen:



Thank you very much for the information about Mr. Bachman and Mrs. Buitenkant. The information you provided me is quite helpful to my research. I will be sure to review Besinger's book for additional information.

Does anyone know where I could find information about Taliesin Fellowship apprentices Marvin Bachman and Irene Buitenka? I'm particularly interested in the work they were involved in during and after their time at Taliesin. Any information about Mr. Bachman and Ms. Buitenka would be sincerely apprec...