I’ve always liked the stuff that Frank Lloyd Wright designed-I like his windows and chairs as well as his buildings. Wright was an odd duck, as most geniuses tend to be, and he seldom did exactly what his clients wanted. So I can’t help but have mixed feeling about the Fontana Boathouse in Buffalo, New York-a Frank Lloyd Wright design build in 2007. The Boathouse certainly looks like a Wright building, it has great lines and symmetry. On the other hand, it’s not exactly a building made by craftsmen or artisans. It’s a Frank Lloyd Wright building made with modern…
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Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
Loving Frank is one of the best books I have read in a while. This has a lot to with that whole sense of suspense and treading new ground. I like to think of myself as a pretty well informed kind of guy. I know all kinds of useless stuff. George Washington was the first President. Carson City is the Capitol of Nevada. 1+1=2. But when it comes to the world of 1907 to 1914, well, I don’t know Jack. This is the time period covered in the rather amazing Loving Frank about Mamah Borthwick and Frank Lloyd Wright. Amazing…
The Copper at The Price Tower Arts Center
About a year ago they opened Frank Lloyd Wright’s one and only skyscraper, The Price Tower to the public. This was met with a lot of media coverage and lots of excitement about this venerable old building that had been surrounded by a chain link fence for some time and left to rot. It is a small and claustrophobia inducing place. But I still like it.I didn’t like the tour, which involved a lot of yelling not to touch the new drapes, not to step on the new carpet, and Don’t Take Any Photos! Not to mention that this highly…