Wright Chat

Wright Tourism is Back: Bits of Burnham

My latest blog entry on www.wrightinracine.com

Mark Hertzberg

Thank you, Jay, for head's up. Just ran a scan to make sure my computer is clean. SDR...yes...that is journalism style. Full name on first reference, just last name on subsequent references. That is the style I used professionally and still use.

Indeed, using Wright's full name is cumbersome. I understand the (other) Taliesin fellows and affiliated people using "Mr." Wright because that was the norm for them, but the rest of us?

You wrote that "Wright is a very talented person. He was a gifted architect who carried out his work without mistakes and with pleasure. Many other people came to his place, but no one could replace him. I support closed groups on Facebook because those who join the group should take seriously every...

Photos and a review of the biennial Wright Sites Directors' Summit at Wingspread are now on www.wrightinracine.com

You can read about Wright's "Ship in the Woods," the Clifton and George Lewis "Spring House" (1954) in Tallahassee, which we recently had the privilege of touring with the clients' daughter, Byrd Lewis Mashburn. We have a new friend in the World of Wright! The family is raising money for needed repa...

I have been asked to post this invitation from Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Wauwatosa (Milwaukee): If you know of anyone who wants to see the church for free, we are offering Taste of Greece on February 26th and 27th, beginning at 11am. The Cultural Center will offer foods, pastries and mar...

New on www.wrightinracine.com, a winter day at Taliesin. Mark Hertzberg

My new post at www.wrightinracine.com is about "OA+D's Encore," the new archive site for Organic Architecture + Design in Chandler, Arizona after they were selected by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to be the stewards of the bulk of the archives of Taliesin Architects.
Mark Hertzberg

There is good news in Racine in the World of Wright: SC Johnson is resuming tours of its landmark Wright - designed Administration Building (1936) and Research Tower (1943/44) in January. https://reservations.scjohnson.com/Info.aspx?EventID=8

I have just posted new photos of the Laurent House to:

www.wrightinracine.com

Mark Hertzberg

Thank you, Paul. I got the same email from Wright on the Park and have added that information and the newspaper obituary to my post.

I do not plan to renew my membership.
Mark Hertzberg

I have just posted a photo-rich tribute to Bob on: www.wrightinracine.com

Thank you, Paul Ringstrom for having alerted us to Bob's passing, and to Pat Mahoney for a quote for my article.

Mark Hertzberg