Gary Tucker Architect

[raka]

Gary Tucker, whose work is known to many on Wright Chat, died on March 25, in Hillsboro, Oregon, at age 87. Gary had practiced architecture for more than 50 years, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1958, after graduating from UC Berkeley, he entered a one-year apprenticeship with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin. While Wright’s philosophical approach may be sensed in Gary’s houses, they nonetheless display his unique facility for architectural form. Gary lived in his work. He was ‘old school’ in that he would spare no effort to bring his vision to reality. Sadly, near the end of his life, four of his best houses were lost to the Autumn Fires of 2017.

[SDR]

Thank you, Richard Keding. I will be looking for examples of Tucker's work; so far, there's this:

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gal ... anean-home or https://www.sonomamag.com/object-desire/

and this:

http://architectsusa.com/index.cfm?fuse ... ID=1004335

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[SDR]

I recall seeing the Smith residence, here, a couple of years back---very interesting.

I would like to see more; the last-linked page above says "click on website for more photos" but I don't know what that means . . .

There's this:

http://wrightchat.savewright.org/viewtopic.php?t=10957

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[DavidC]

A California Home by a Frank Lloyd Wright Protégé Hits the Market for $2.5 Million

5010 The Pointe Place - Santa Rosa, California, 95403


David

[SDR]

I wonder if there is a tool for removing vacuum-cleaner swaths from carpeting. Many a real-estate photo set is marred by the distraction of zig-zag tracks on carpeted floors.

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