Two weeks ago I posted a link to Mark Hertzberg’s article about a visit to the SC Johnson Research Tower, a site which is normally off-limits (tours are easy to arrange: Step #1 — become an award-winning architectural photographer and author … )
The original article has been reposted to the web, and it now includes […]
The documentary Magnificent Obsession: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Buildings and Legacy in Japan, by Karen Severns and Koichi Mori, released theatrically in 2005, will be available on DVD on September 25. At the time of its release, the film was lavishly praised.
In a review for the Chicago Reader, Jonathan Rosenbaum, who grew up in a home […]
Mies’ Farnsworth House avoided (narrowly) damage after the recent storms in Illinois. Edward Lifson has photos showing just how a close run thing it was.
This picture is crappier than usual, but I like the ornament on the balcony (compare it to the ornamentation around the doorway of the Williams House). How much of this house is Wright and how much is Louis Sullivan is debated (wit good arguments on both sides), and I haven’t the slightest clue who to […]
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has hired an architect for the newly created position of Vice President of Campus Planning, Restoration and Development. Robert A. Jones, AIA NCARB will oversee all maintenance, restoration and management of the buildings, land and infrastructure of the Foundation’s property in Scottsdale, Arizona and Spring Green, Wisconsin. Which, to me, […]
Nothing beats good Louis Sullivan news in the morning, so here you go: the city of Chicago is hoping to provide nearly $10 million for the restoration of the ornamental ironwork at the (former) Carson, Pirie, Scot and Co. building on State Street. The project will take 16 months and will entail removing the ironwork and […]
… don’t let Ken Johnson do it. So in that spirit, here is my review of “Frank Lloyd Wright and the House Beautiful” now at The Portland Museum of Art, in Maine All the usual caveats apply: I’m not an art historian, critic or even a moderately knowledgeable guy. So take my words with a multitude […]
I love the Sullivan-esque arch and ornamentation of the entryway. The large rocks, barely seen over the hedge, were pulled from the nearby riverbed.