war Posted July 20, 2018 Share #1 Posted July 20, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago, 1908 Frank Lloyd Wright Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 6 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/286754-another-frank-lloyd-wright-house/?do=findComment&comment=3558610'>More sharing options...
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Michael Hiles Posted July 20, 2018 Share #2 Posted July 20, 2018 Great pictures. Impressive house - amazed to think it is 100+ years old. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 20, 2018 Share #3 Posted July 20, 2018 Very nice. Thank you. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnK Posted July 20, 2018 Share #4 Posted July 20, 2018 Ahh !! THE Robie House!! Your images do the house justice, even a midday sun flatters & accentuates the Wright trademark large overhangs. Nice!! Maybe we should start a thread @ FLW works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
war Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted July 21, 2018 Great pictures. Impressive house - amazed to think it is 100+ years old. Thank you. Robie was an automobile enthusiast. Wright gave him a three car attached garage with a service pit, when urban houses at that time were still being built with coach houses to accommodate horses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
war Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share #6 Posted July 21, 2018 Ahh !! THE Robie House!! Your images do the house justice, even a midday sun flatters & accentuates the Wright trademark large overhangs. Nice!! Maybe we should start a thread @ FLW works. Thanks. Yes the overhangs are spectacular long cantilevers on this house, the essence of the Prairie Style. I agree, a thread of FLW's work is a good idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshack10 Posted July 30, 2018 Share #7 Posted July 30, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Great pictures. Impressive house - amazed to think it is 100+ years old. Isn't it It must have looked totally alien back then, and shocked all manner of people - totally "out of the box". The coverage of the Tour yesterday had some helicopter shots of Le Corbusier's house in Poissy (Villa Savoye). That too must have looked alien but that was 20 years after the FLW house Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted July 30, 2018 Share #8 Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) Isn't it It must have looked totally alien back then, and shocked all manner of people - totally "out of the box". The coverage of the Tour yesterday had some helicopter shots of Le Corbusier's house in Poissy (Villa Savoye). That too must have looked alien but that was 20 years after the FLW house The Villa Savoye (and most Le Corbusier houses I know of) seem more technical and cold than Wright’s houses. I think I would have difficulty living with some of Wright’s furniture. But I would have difficulty living in the Villa Savoye at all. A bit like some of the painting of the time – intellectually stimulating, but can be uncomfortable on the wall and often hard to call beautiful. I am left with the feeling that Wright was more mindful of his client than was Le Corbusier. Edited July 30, 2018 by Michael Hiles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
war Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share #9 Posted July 30, 2018 Isn't it It must have looked totally alien back then, and shocked all manner of people - totally "out of the box". The coverage of the Tour yesterday had some helicopter shots of Le Corbusier's house in Poissy (Villa Savoye). That too must have looked alien but that was 20 years after the FLW house The Villa Savoye (and most Le Corbusier houses I know of) seem more technical and cold than Wright’s houses. I think I would have difficulty living with some of Wright’s furniture. But I would have difficulty living in the Villa Savoye at all. A bit like some of the painting of the time – intellectually stimulating, but can be uncomfortable on the wall and often hard to call beautiful. I am left with the feeling that Wright was more mindful of his client than was Le Corbusier. Along with Mies, they were visionary architects whose ideas were not universally accepted at the time. However, we take for granted and enjoy many of these ideas in our homes today that evolved from those early 20th century ideas. You have to applaud the clients who "allowed" them to experiment with their money! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted August 9, 2018 Share #10 Posted August 9, 2018 Robert Silman, a structural engineer who rescued Frank Lloyd Wright’s cantilevered Fallingwater in Pennsylvania from the edge of collapse, and preserved dozens of other landmarks besides, died on July 31 at his home in Great Barrington, Mass. He was 83. -From thw New York Times 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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