Frank Lloyd Wright

went to his house in Oak Park today, it salvaged another brutally hot day.

Architect David Romero is constructing unbuilt FLW buildings as 3D renders. The results are pretty good: http://www.hookedonthepast.com

(currently intrigued by the Gordon Strong Automobile Objective)

I posted a couple of months ago about a Philip Johnson biography I read. Interesting dynamic between him and Wright. They seemed to hate each other but understood how the other could be useful so kept up an arm's-length relationship. At first Johnson needed Wright (definitely), later on the reverse (less so).

I live a mile from his home and studio, AMA.

What's that? The first question is, is there indeed a big ginkgo tree out front that often smells like dog shit? Why, yes, funny you should ask, there is! It's historic and can't be cut down.

Well I live under an hour from Taliesen and only recently learned about the axe murdering and fire:
https://www.history.com/news/the-massacre-at-frank-lloyd-wrights-love-cottage

Some nice photos here of Price Tower, his only skyscraper:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/price-tower

Love those interior shots. His chairs are mostly uncomfortable as fuck, but I love the thought he put into interiors, even when he was a cranky bastard about the proper use of "his" buildings.

Is it challopsy to say that I don't really like his late-career round building phase?

Friends of ours stayed at a Wright house just outside of Cleveland and had a little Christmas party while they were there. Really beautiful interior.

https://www.penfieldhouse.com/