Wright Chat

http://sdrdesign.com/DA1927IsabelMartinPorte.jpg Photo © Dave Anderson Few photos or drawings of this feature of Graycliff, the Isabel Martin Residence, Derby, NY, are found in print or online. The burbling of running water in the shade at the porte cochère must be a pleasant accompaniment to the a...

Remarkable. Possibly more millwork per square foot than any comparable residential structure ? The site-assembled laminated trusses from sheet material(s) are notable. Less obvious at first take is the spiral circulation that takes the occupant clockwise from the entry, through the master suite and ...

John and Lloyd . . . Jack and Lu Howe. I hadn't realized that Gene Masselink died in 1962. Anne Baxter.

Three men and four women named Wright; thirty-nine people with the name Lloyd; forty-six Joneses.

Thanks, Dan, for finding that. Happy Independence Day !

S

Surely there must be an inventory (could that be the right term ??) of the inhabitants of the chapel cemetery . . .

S

I wouldn't encourage a comparison of Maher to Wright; the differences couldn't be more stark, as I see it. I sought to contrast the two, with Maher as the Nineteenth-Century example and Wright as the Twentieth. Indeed there has been a growing tendency to invoke "Prairie" when the term is inappropria...

Stunning---an impressive restoration. All those original light fixtures . . .! Some walls have received the kind of paint treatment attempted at certain Wright restorations, here with more subtle results.

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I'm glad something is being done to further recognize and celebrate this architect's name and work. https://i0.wp.com/www.oakpark.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Herman-G.-Mallen-House.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 One can see Mr Wright itching to put his pencil to the improvement of that elevation. I...

Thank you. I hope someone has made a more complete record of the stones, the graphics, the names, and the interior of the chapel, in photographs or video. It is interesting, for instance, to see that Mr Wright took responsibility for the design of the former. I didn't expect to see that Pedro and Di...

http://sdrdesign.com/DA1896HellerResidenceBasRelief.jpg Photo © 2022 by Dave Anderson http://sdrdesign.com/HellerWASplans.jpg https://library.artstor.org/#/search/Wright%20Heller;page=1;size=24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Ho2abwGO8 http://sdrdesign.com/HellerView2.jpg http://sdrdesign.com/Hel...

I would say this photo https://www.blueskymausoleum.com/image/?action=resize&m_w=800&m_h=600&path=/files/images/Blue_Sky_0003.jpg shows that John is right. I can see Roderick's point about how the slabs should be pitched---but one could argue as well that the water, rather than draining into the gut...

http://sdrdesign.com/DA1928BlueSkyMausoleum04.jpg Today's DailyWright image coincides with the reappearance of another Wright Chat thread, "Frank Lloyd Wright's ashes": http://wrightchat.savewright.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4376&start=90 https://www.blueskymausoleum.com https://i.pinimg.com/originals...

Sorry---that's here. Of course I should have given a credit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTfp31rtIJk The irregular patch of verdigris on the Danforth roof is peculiar . . . These aerial shots that include the horizon give the lie to my previous assertions that Taliesin birds-eye presentation dra...

http://sdrdesign.com/DA1957PostResidence.jpg Several surprise Wright or Wright-like sightings occurred while searching for other images and drawings of this Erdman I design. At Artstor, this Ben Dombar drawing surfaced: https://library.artstor.org/#/asset/31716740;prevRouteTS=1656513731197 and thes...

http://sdrdesign.com/DA1940ObolerGatehouse.jpg Today's DailyWright photo shows the entry element of the Oboler Gatehouse. Two additional Dave Anderson photos: http://sdrdesign.com/DA1944ObolerGatehouseOverview.jpg http://sdrdesign.com/DA1940ObolerGatehouseWorkspace.jpg Gatehouse workspace https://f...

Hmm. At this rate, the house should be available to commoners like me in . . . about a decade. Either the owner is anxious to sell, or they've realized the extent of their overreach ? In any event, fingers crossed for the right Wright-loving buyer to appear. This is a rare treasure. There are some i...