Tag Archives: Illinois

[Unbuilt] Counterfactual

April 19, 2008 – 9:08 am

Wired.com has a feature on architecture that never was. It begins with an image of Frank Lloyd Wright’s mile-high skycraper, The Illinois, as it would look against Chicago’s 2005 skyline. Pointless, but cool

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[Books] Great Houses of Chicago, 1871-1921

April 13, 2008 – 1:24 pm

Blair Kamin’s Sunday column reviews the book Great Houses of Chicago, 1871-1921 by Susan Benjamin and Stuart Cohen. Both H. H. Richardson and Frank Lloyd Wright homes made the book, along with 31 other, slightly more traditional homes.

Billed as the first authoritative study of Chicago’s mansions, the book sheds new light on a spectacular cache […]

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[Preservation] Repairs at the Fabyan Villa

April 5, 2008 – 7:58 am

The Fabyan Villa in Geneva, Illinois is undergoing a round of repairs. Damage due to aging, woodpeckers and squirrels will be completed before the house’s opening for public tours in May.

Interior repairs of cracked walls and ceilings will be completed this week, while exterior fixes for “critter damage” and rot will begin (and be completed) […]

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[Preservation] Landmarks Illinois “10 Most Endnagered Historic Places”

April 3, 2008 – 9:12 am

Landmarks Illinois has released their annual “10 Most Endangered” list. While no Wright buildings make the list, five of the 11 sites are in the Chcago-area, and one of the listed sites is the Michigan Avenue Streetwall, an area that includes both Louis Sullivan’s Auditorum Building that Wright worked on and where Sullivan had his […]

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[Tangential] CAF considering move

February 28, 2008 – 12:51 pm

The Chicago Architecture Foundation’ lease for its space in the Santa Fe building on S. Michicgan Ave. will be up in 2011, and the the CAF has begun to search for a new home. They are searching for 70,000 sq. feet, a doubling of its current size. The new location will be on Michigan or […]

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[News] 10 Wright sites placed on US list for World Heritage Site

January 25, 2008 – 2:07 pm

Ten buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright have been been named eligible to be nominated for inclusion on the United Nation’s list of World Heritage Sites over the next ten years, a determination made by the US Department of the Interior.

Fallingwater and both Taliesins have been working towards the designation for nearly two decades.

[Lynda] Waggoner […]

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