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Any Frank Lloyd Wright fanbois in here?
Sep 22, 2021, 8:11 AM
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Only been able to tour 3 of his houses over the years but I think when I'm a bored empty nester it might be a fun thing to see as many as I can. I still remember when I was young the one house he designed in Greenville was on the market for $200k or so, looked at it with my parents but they thought it was "too much per sq ft". sigh.
Anyways, I stumbled on this FLW house in Michigan that's been really well preserved and just reminded me of how much I dig his work.
https://www.atproperties.com/21104613/2571-old-lakeshore-road-st-joseph-michigan-49085-swm
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Re: Any Frank Lloyd Wright fanbois in here?
Sep 22, 2021, 8:13 AM
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Lot o points [155704]
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A little metro, but totally butch.***
Sep 22, 2021, 8:47 AM
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Oculus Spirit [85166]
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I went with William E Poole
Sep 22, 2021, 8:18 AM
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B/c we found a plan we liked on the internets
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I went with D1ck Bender
Sep 22, 2021, 9:48 AM
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wut are we talking about?
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CU Medallion [55664]
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Yes. Have only been to the Marin County Civic Center.
Sep 22, 2021, 8:21 AM
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Frankly (ha!), it was disappointing up close. And I lived in MPLS so was around Wright-inspired prairie architecture and some of the copies are better (functionally) than the OGs.
Anyhow, APM is a big fan boy and totally respect Wright as an auteur. I appreciate any artist who sticks to their principles as much as he did.
Would love to visit the Taliesins. Will visit Falling Water some day.
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I been to Auldbrass a couple times, that's about it
Sep 22, 2021, 8:25 AM
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since it's right near where I grew up. They give tours one weekend a year there.
Pretty cool but weird as heck. No right angles at all in that house. They have some really cool animals there, like zebras, miniature hippopotamus, etc. Some lady ran over a hippo that escaped a few years ago. In frickin Yemassee, SC.
https://youtu.be/Oj-Fax5rxfw
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Re: Any Frank Lloyd Wright fanbois in here?
Sep 22, 2021, 8:32 AM
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Oculus Spirit [85166]
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Hey, this is the best thing we got this morning***
Sep 22, 2021, 8:42 AM
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Can he coach OLine?***
Sep 22, 2021, 8:39 AM
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Oculus Spirit [78831]
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Sep 22, 2021, 8:49 AM
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bang Anne Gain
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CU Medallion [55664]
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Just looked at the listing. <$2M? FLW not en vogue?
Sep 22, 2021, 9:43 AM
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I mean, he warn't the wokest dude you'd ever meet, but what White man was back then?
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Lot o points [155704]
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It’s weird. Their values are more than comparable homes
Sep 22, 2021, 9:48 AM
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But far less than pieces of art by the masters.
It would add 6 figures in value to me to know the leaking roofs had been addressed.
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CU Medallion [55664]
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And that's the concern.
Sep 22, 2021, 9:54 AM
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Marin county Civic Center just did not look good up close. It has not aged well. Some of that could be it being in the care of the government, but up close it just looked like wear and tear has not been kind to it.
The Johnson Wax Building has almost always had problems. The residences are notoriously hard to live in due to leaks, HVAC issues, etc.
Still, what a visionary and artist.
Mad props.
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Re: And that's the concern.
Sep 22, 2021, 10:26 AM
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Still, what a visionary and artist.
Yep. I felt like I was walking though a handcrafted piece of artwork at his studio. They don't make them like that anymore, that's for sure. Not did the ever did, except in those cases, of course.
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eh....check out Lake Flato out of Texas
Sep 22, 2021, 10:31 AM
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or Tom Kundig / Olson Kundig out of the PNW....
Like'em or not, they're kinda leading the way for american residential lately...
I actually got my hands on a set of Lake Flato drawings on an active project....what junk lol. I expected some jaw dropping drawings/details, but nope....my #### looks better
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Re: eh....check out Lake Flato out of Texas
Sep 22, 2021, 10:48 AM
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Nice.
Better CD's than this for the Guggenheim?
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slightly better than that
Sep 22, 2021, 11:23 AM
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butt only slightly
my initial reaction was mostly
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never herd of him***
Sep 22, 2021, 10:16 AM
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You should look him up.
Sep 22, 2021, 10:42 AM
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He’s a bit obscure. Unknown to all but the most worldly architects.
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Re: You should look him up.
Sep 22, 2021, 10:51 AM
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Obscure? Long before Frank Gehry there was Coop Himmelbau
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Re: You should look him up.
Sep 22, 2021, 10:55 AM
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Undeniably cool art, but would you want to live, work, or play there?
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Same builder as Miami Beach condos, right?***
Sep 22, 2021, 10:56 AM
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NOFANKS
Sep 22, 2021, 10:18 AM
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That area gets I bet 100 inches of snow per year. FTS.
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Re: Any Frank Lloyd Wright fanbois in here?
Sep 22, 2021, 10:20 AM
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I've been to the Taliesin in Wisconsin and the one in AZ. Surprisingly small. Not the houses, but the scale. I guess he was a smaller dude. But craftsmanship was over the top. The detailing everywhere is unbelievable. But stylistically this is more my prefercence.
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FLW was a shawty
Sep 22, 2021, 10:26 AM
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and he designed most of his houses to fit him
real arsehole
bet you('d) like The Glass House by Phillip Johnson, and you wouldn't be rong if you did
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Re: FLW was a shawty
Sep 22, 2021, 10:29 AM
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Yeah he took custom to mean custom. Built in furniture everywhere. Definitely HIS house.
I like the Glass House, but in white better than black. Still, slick concept.
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Possibly a dumb question, but does the homeowner just
Sep 22, 2021, 10:47 AM
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pitch loaves on the lawn at the Glass House? I didn't see a shidder anywhere.
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Re: Possibly a dumb question, but does the homeowner just
Sep 22, 2021, 10:52 AM
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Toilet is that cylinder in the middle
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^^^this***
Sep 22, 2021, 11:15 AM
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The one on the UChicago campus is really nice
Sep 22, 2021, 10:30 AM
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My wife and I are going on a home tour of a local neighborhood with a lot of Wright-style houses this weekend. Should be fun.
https://www.hollinhillsmodern.com/ Hollin Hills House + Garden Tour A mid-century modern neighborhood of 450+ houses is nestled in a Virginia forest. Join the largest mid-century modern home tour on the east coast.
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When did you get married?***
Sep 22, 2021, 10:38 AM
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Had the same question.
Sep 22, 2021, 10:41 AM
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Last I remembered he was getting a BA in recreational gynecology from Tinder U.
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Last year
Sep 22, 2021, 11:31 AM
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I was one of the lucky ones who had a wedding planned during the first few months of the pandemic.
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Congrats to the happy couple!
Sep 22, 2021, 11:38 AM
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And another non-engagement picture
Sep 22, 2021, 12:11 PM
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Re: Any Frank Lloyd Wright fanbois in here?
Sep 22, 2021, 10:40 AM
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Any fans of Architect, nay anti-communist, nay Urban Terrorist Howard Roarke here? Long before Tyler Durden was deconstructing cities, Howard was...
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I dont like most of his stuff because too
Sep 22, 2021, 12:32 PM
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Modern for my taste. That one looked decent. There is one in the mountains with a stream running under it that i like... ill try to find it.
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I dont like most of his stuff because too
Sep 22, 2021, 12:32 PM
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Modern for my taste. That one looked decent. There is one in the mountains with a stream running under it that i like... ill try to find it.
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I mean....it's no ninja-star, but it's aight
Sep 22, 2021, 3:07 PM
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also....I THINK you're talking about Falling Water, as they call it....def one of his B-sides.
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Have 5-6 volumes covering his work... Modernity w/craft...
Sep 22, 2021, 3:24 PM
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Wider halls, taller ceilings, and more slope to the roof would have helped some of works.
Everything was handcrafted, though... That's my main appeal.
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Casually a fan. Ken Burns did a documentary on him. Highly
Sep 22, 2021, 3:40 PM
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recommend it.
Steelcase has a house of his in Grand Rapids that they take their clients to -nice house - they have fully restored the house and the furniture and everything FLW designed - he would do the whole thing not just the structure, but everything in the house. LOL.
https://meyermayhouse.steelcase.com
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