Back in August, I linked to a Newsweek story on salvation of the Wright-designed Glasner house in Glencoe, Illinois by Jack Reed.
Mark Hertzberg visited the house with Reed in this Fall, and adds details and informative photos in his latest addition to Wright in Racine.
The question, “why Wright?” inevitably arises in nearly every […]
Saturday, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ran a nice travel article (”Wright’s L. A. stories”) on visiting Wright’s work in Southern California. Written by Gary Andrew Poole, it’s good, and written with a true Wright fan in mind. If you travel to LA, or live in Southern California, the article is well-worth checking out. A nicely done […]
Here is a site with photos and background information on the Westcott House — Ohio’s only prairie-style home. Springfield, Ohio is a bit out of the way, so if you can’t make it, this may satisfy some of your curiosity.
The site also has nice pictures of Wright’s stained glass from around the country.
Mark Hertzberg’s Journal-Times weblog Wright in Racine has part one of his summary of the FLW Building Conservancy Annual Conference up, with his photos of the lobby of the Rookery — worth taking a look at.
This weekend, Pilgrim Congregational Church celebrates its 50th anniversary — the congregation, not the Wright-designed building, which came two years later. Six months after its founding, the Redding, California church joined the United Church of Christ (usually depicted as a liberal/conservative split, issues of governance were also important; mostly it was a schism between the […]
PrarieMod found and linked to this — hold on to your hats — a web-based, complete version of Marion Mahony Griffin’s The Magic of America hosted by The Art Institute of Chicago. The site includes a facsimile of a typescript, with all the illustrations and a digital text version of the work with thumbnails of […]