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goffmachine
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help find best floorplan thread

Post by goffmachine »

Sorry everyone.
Please can you help me find the thread about the discussion about the best FLLW Floor Plan'
I just cant seem to find it even with the search tool.
My question if I may even create a thread is .
What is your favorite 120 degree floor plan ...triangular or parallelagram grid Of FLLW¿
Thanks.
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SDR
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Post by SDR »

An identical plan, in terms of appearance and use (except for the floor graphic itself), could be drawn on either a triangular or a parallelogramatic grid. So, if I understand your question, either grid could produce the same "best plan" -- no ?

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Post by goffmachine »

Oh.
I was not clear.
I mean to ask which design of Mr. Wright is your favorite. Perhaps Fawcett for example or Hanna.
Is the standard triangle grid based on a triangle with each side measuring 4 feet¿
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stoddard
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Favorite plan

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My favorite is the Berger House particularly the phase 1 portion, which is a wonderfully efficient, compact plan.
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FLW produced many, many great plans and designs. Each is clearly a response to the circumstances of the project: client, program, site, budget, time and technology.
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goffmachine
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Post by goffmachine »

Stoddard,
I just saw a floorplan of the Berger and I think you are right. So nice.
How about making a list of the houses with the triangle or diamond grid. How many are there¿¿¿
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Post by lang »

I would have to also vote for Berger I love the compact service core and the living room. A close second would be the Bazett house somehow the hexagonal adaption of the Jabobs plan is very intimate and appealing to my tastes.

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Post by SDR »

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Berger, plan as found in John Sergeant. The bedroom phase is shown in a unique way. The parallelogram has 4' sides.



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Basett, plan © William Allin Storrer
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stoddard
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House list

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Herewith, a list of houses employing a hexagon, triangle or diamond module as gleaned from Storrer's "Frank Lloyd Wright Companion."

Hanna (H)
Bazett (H)
Stevens/Auldbrass (H)
Wall (D)
Richardson (H)
Arnold Friedman (D)
McCartney (D)
Hughes (D)
Walker (D)
Anthony (D)
Reisley (T)
Davis (D)
Berger (D)
Mathews (D)
Palmer (T)
R. Smith (D)
Gillen (D)
Kraus (D)
Kinney (D)
Chahroudi (T)
Teater (D)
Boomer (D)
Dobkins(T)
Arnold (D)
Hagan (combination of H,T & D)
Thaxton (D)
Faucett (T)
Allen Friedman (T)
Olfelt (D)
Ablin (D)
Stromquist (D)
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Post by Macrodex »

Can anyone post the Gillen plan? It's fascinating in its size for a Usonian.
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Post by SDR »

Sorry, it's too big to fit on the screen. Here's a purdy pitcher, tho . . .


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Post by Paul Ringstrom »

SDR wrote:The (Berger) parallelogram has 4' sides
I believe that would be called a rhombus.
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Post by SDR »

Quite so. A rhombus is a type of parallelogram, as a square is a type of rectangle.


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Post by peterm »

The Lamberson house floor plan, a hybrid square grid, but with a triangular plan:



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Post by ekb »

The plan for my parents house(Berger) in this discussion is not how our house ended up. An accurate plan can be seen in the latter part of "Owner Built Wright Houses: Robert Berger House at www.prairiemodstuff.com/Berger
As far as I know this may be the only words of my father in print.
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