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Mon Jun 20, 2022 3:34 pm

Thanks for that. I wasn't aware that there was a gallery at T West. Where is it located ?S

It's the original "theatre" ... used now as an exhibition space.

The PBS NewsHour is having a "moment" with masters of Midwest architecture, it seems. Tonight's PBS News Weekend contains a segment on a new exhibit of Dale Chihuly's glass creations, said to be the first art exhibit to be held at Taleisin West. https://www.pbs.org/video/chihuly-in-the-desert-16556...

Noticed the changes to the fireplace between the preliminary drawing and the working drawings

If one must grade FLW Man vs Architect, it is better and more to the point to watch his interviews with Mike Wallace and Hugh Downs wherein each question tossed his way was answered immediately and reasonably. Although he did hem and haw a bit when the subject of the Illinois Project was brought up...

Cooke is a unique blend of a radial grid hemicycle with a diamond grid bedroom wing, on a very desirable, though at times vulnerable site. A neat house to say the least...the Bermuda roofing is a treat. Pictures 7 and 8 at this link show an evening pic with what appears to be subterranean room bene...

1234 Oenoke Rdg, New Canaan, CT 06840 David So what went wrong in New Canaan? The "Harvard Five" and modern homes (Wikipedia) New Canaan was an important center of the modern design movement from the late 1940s through roughly the 1960s, when about 80 modern homes were built in town. About 20 have ...

Fascinating details ... four (only 4) rather interesting perfs in a hallway? ... fine dentils ... both of which suggest the work of an apprentice, but the strangest detail is the LR fireplace ... almost hidden away in a progressively narrowing concrete block cavity with barely room for a chair. What...

The John Rattenbury house on 36th Street is MUCH closer to Lincoln Drive. See:

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The Lykes House @ 6836 North 36th Street in Phoenix is on the street where a house on 36th Street near Lincoln Drive exploded on Saturday. Does anyone know how close Lykes is to Lincoln? Never measured the distance, but it's probably at least a quarter mile north .... See: https://www.google.com/ma...

Sweeney White ... I guess that's one way to declare your independence from FLLW

Duplicate entry ...

Jarislav Polivka, Henry Kaiser and Frank Lloyd Wright

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Are old pictures copyrighted? Virtually every original prints of historical photographs published before January 1923 is now in the public domain. This means that anyone possessing an original image from 1922 or before can copy, prepare derivative works, distribute, or display the photograph without...

Gosh, if people would be satisfied with the reflection of a fire in a window ... they would easily be satisfied by the reflection of a fire from the main living room fireplace, without needing to build a separate fire ...No, this second fireplace was an afterthought .... It may seem entirely appropr...