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Posted by eds on July 20, 2007, 10:58 pm
> @k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com:
>
>> What is your take on Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture?
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>
> Innovative at the time, inspires a lot of ideas (to me at least),
> beautiful
> materials, visually rhythmic and often pleasantly (to me) asymmetrical,
> yet
> balanced; in execution, would not meet todays; standards for engineering
> or energy-efficiency.
>
> I was in Wingspread for a conference once, an dit was definitely "way
> cool" ;) , and 've already gone at some length, in the past, about my
> experience visiting the Guggenheim; I have several books on FLW's works
> and
> often look at them. I don't personally take it "lock, stock, and barrel"
> so to speak, IOW it is not "my perfect style", but lots of great visual
> and
> spatial rhythms.
I was in Falling Water about 20 years ago. I really liked it, but I'm tall
and the door heads were about 6'-2" and constantly brushed my hair. Mr.
Kaufman was 6'-4" and must have had permanent bruises on his forehead.
EDS
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