Article: 'Six MCM houses (for sale) that FLW would've loved'

DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 12:02 pm

6 Fantastic Mid-Century Modern Classics That Frank Lloyd Wright Wouldâ€™ve Loved

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peterm · Post by **peterm** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 1:22 pm

Or:

Five chaotic mid-century modern messes that Frank Lloyd Wright would've considered tear downs, (plus one that he might have tolerated, with numerous modifications).

Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Sat Dec 17, 2016 1:59 pm

Peter, you are too kind.

jmcnally · Post by **jmcnally** » Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:37 am

at least they didn't say those hideous designs were "inspired by" Frank Lloyd Wright, but the author is clearly wring about what Wright would like

SREcklund · Post by **SREcklund** » Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:56 am

peterm wrote:Or:

Five chaotic mid-century modern messes that Frank Lloyd Wright would've considered tear downs, (plus one that he might have tolerated, with numerous modifications).

Considering how hands-on he could be, the old man might have driven the dozer himself ...

peterm · Post by **peterm** » Mon Dec 19, 2016 7:47 pm

jmcnally wrote:at least they didn't say those hideous designs were "inspired by" Frank Lloyd Wright, but the author is clearly wring about what Wright would like

"Inspired by" isn't such a bad thing, is it? What designer (brilliant, mediocre, or failed) of late 20th and 21st century houses hasn't been inspired directly or indirectly on some level by Wright?

I have much more of a problem with the writer promoting the idea that Wright would "love" these designs. That's simply impossible...

jmcnally · Post by **jmcnally** » Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:15 pm

There's nothing wrong with being inspired - there's something wrong with saying it, because it's usually a crutch. I can almost always guarantee that a real estate listing marked "inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright" will be as reliable as "Frank Lloyd Wright would have loved these"

Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:38 pm

...or "Frank Lloyd Wright Slept Here!"

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Tue Dec 20, 2016 6:39 pm

I think we've seen better work under the "inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright" label than when the work is (erroneously) attributed to Wright. Am I right ? Or aren't I . . . (Who was that, centuries ago on SNL . . .?)

SDR

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Tue Dec 20, 2016 6:45 pm

Frank Lloyd Wright shlepped here ?

http://www.thecraftsmanbungalow.com/wp- ... _4539a.jpg

https://www.mcmdaily.com/the-illinois-tower/

SDR

peterm · Post by **peterm** » Tue Dec 20, 2016 8:28 pm

At least "inspired by Wright" makes no claims to be work done by Wright, one of his apprentices, or even an afficiando, and especially the outrageous claim that Wright would approve of terrible design. For the most part, I find "inspired by Wright" to be harmless advertising, except that it ultimately has the effect of tarnishing the reputation of Wright and his best apprentices.

But don't we encounter even worse when we see a listing of a 10,000 square foot monstrosity spun as a "green, zen" design, a boxy apartment as an "industrial loft", a newly constructed house as "mid century modern" or a pink stucco gabled mess as "Tuscan"?

Post-truth is the new reality.

Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Wed Dec 21, 2016 1:24 pm

There is an aerial photo of the Beverly Hills Flats, one of the swankier neighborhoods, where the street fronts are all you could desire - Tuscan, Antebellum Plantation, Cape Cod (with a pituitary problem), Chateau - while behind the faÃ§ades, the lot of them look like Bekins Warehouses.