A Special Event in Racine
On Saturday, December 15 at 11:00AM Wright in Wisconsin and SC Johnson will offer a unique opportunity — a talk by author Ron McCrea (author of Building Taliesin: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Home of Love and...
View ArticleDavid Wright House News
A vote by the Phoenix City Council on a zoning change that would grant the David Wright House a historic designation that would protect the house from demolition for three years was delayed; scheduled...
View ArticleOscar Niemeyer
Oscar Niemeyer, modernist architect best known for his work in creating Brasilia, the capital of Brail,has died at the age 104. Through his designs, Mr. Niemeyer protested the “orthodox functionalism”...
View ArticleHenderson House For Sale
The F.B. Henderson House in Elmhurst, Illinois is for sale, asking price $1.4 million. The 1901 Prairie Style house is across the street from Walter Burley Griffin’s first design.
View ArticleSeeking Delay
The Phoenix city councilman who represents the area of the city that includes the David Wright House wants City Council to delay the impending vote on a historic designation for house. Sal DiCiccio...
View ArticleFrank Furness Exhibit
An exhibit in Philadelphia examines the work of Frank Furness, an early employer of Louis Sullivan, through December 30 at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts,“Building a Masterpiece: Frank Furness’...
View ArticleThe Fine Arts Building
Lynn Becker uses a holiday open house at the Fine Arts building to put upa picture-heavy post on the history of the building and comment briefly on its architecture. Worth reading. The Fine Arts...
View ArticleBach House Patron
Billionaire James Pritzker is investing millions of dollars into Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, including a restoration of Wright’s 1915 Prairie Style Bach House. In the early 2000s,...
View ArticleSold!
The David Wright House has sold for $2.38 million. More details later this morning.
View ArticleThe Details
The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy has more details on the sale of the David Wright House on their website. Briefly: the news is all good. This isn’t a potential sale, but an actual one; the...
View ArticleOne Day More . . .
Now that the holidays are over, I will resume work here. With a brand new computer, no less. And, while the movie was very, very good, this is how Enjolras is meant to be:
View ArticleWright on Calumet 412
Calumet 412, the blog of forgotten Chicago ephemera, has a few images of Wright’s proposed National Insurance Building. It’s both cool and horrifically massive at the same time.
View ArticleLa Miniatura Still For Sale
The price on the Millard House has dropped below $4 million. Here’s an array of pictures. Note, the Millard House is still in California — the Asian buyers never appeared to take the house overseas....
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Unbuilt in New York
Gothamist linked to this blog post from Modern Mechanix featuring a article from June 1930 on Wright’s unbuilt apartments designed for St. Mark’s in New York City, “First All-Glass Building Soon to...
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Inauguration Day -- You're Welcome
You and I, as citizens, have the power to set this country’s course. You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time – not only with the votes we cast, but with the voices...
View ArticleGeorge Furbeck House For Sale
The George Furbeck House in Oak Park is back on the market, asking price is $949,000. The interior of the house is largely intact and beautiful — look at the collection of photos on the Curbed site —...
View ArticleV.C. Morris Gift Shop For Sale
(via PrairieMod) The V.C. Morris Gift Shop in San Francisco is for sale, asking price unknown. Save Wright’s Wright the Market has interior photos and floor plans. Designed in 1948, the interior is...
View ArticleThe Rookery's Original Lobby
Calumet 412, a peerless site dedicated to historic photos of Chicago, earlier this month posted two 1887 photographs of the lobby of the Rookery Building. Designed by Burnham & Root, the images...
View ArticleEvent: Silsbee and Wright
Christopher Payne, the author of the excellent blog Searching for Silsbee, has been asked by the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust to give a talk on Joseph Silsbee and Frank Lloyd Wright, “J. L....
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Chicago, City of the Century
Found by Calumet 412, three photographs photographs of the Chicago Wright knew: Adams at State St., looking towards what would become the Art Institute of Chicago, 1887. Here’s the same spot as it...
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