Etsy Find: Sunny Day Sun Rays Modern Clock
Travel on timeless rays of light with this modern classic from the 1950s. Relive the modernist’s passage from conformity to expression with this twelve multi-colored metal shafts.
Now on sale for $55, go to site.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Archival Reproductions Now Available
We got some exciting news for anyone wanting to hang a beautiful image of a Frank Lloyd Wright architectural drawing in their home. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation announced a new licensing agreement with 1000Museums, the premier provider of archival reproductions from museums around the world. Now, with the help of print-on-demand technology, never-before-printed selections from the Foundation’s Archives will be available to admirers of Wright’s work. Find out more after the jump...
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iPad's Are Great...But At What Cost?
Mark H. sends a link to a troubling story in the New York Times about the often unconsidered (and terrible) human cost associated with the making of Apple's must-have products, such as iPads, iPhones, etc. Read it here.
Image via the New York Times
Heller House Officially Hits The Market
A couple of PrairieMod readers sent word that the Isidore Heller House (1897), an early masterpiece by Frank Lloyd Wright in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, is officially on the market for $2.5 million. Check out a lot of great photos here and a virtual walk-through here.
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Mmmmm....Architecture
Even though the holidays have past, you can still recall the mood by checking out this link that Scott T. found, featuring yummy Frank Lloyd Wright gingerbread building creations that were on display in December 2011 at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel. Gobble it up here.
Image via designwire.interiordesign.net
Scenic Salter Design For Sale
Canada's National Post features its home of the week: A 3,120-square-foot residence in Ontario designed by architect W. Millet Salter, who met Frank Lloyd Wright on a few occasions and was apparently influenced by the master architect in his work. Read and see more here.
Image via life.nationalpost.com
State Street Story
Here's a link to an article at the Madison, WI Capitol Times news site that discusses the possibility of the demolition of the 1867 Vallender Building, an example of a 19th century German architectural style called Rundbogenstil. Of interest is a mention of some of the notable figures who have passed by or spent time at the building, including Frank Lloyd Wright. Read it and see more photos of the historic 100 block of Madison's State Street here.
Image via host.madison.com
"Two Poems That Never Cease To Delight"
Blair Kamin shares a special treat on his Cityscapes blog: Lecture notes from last Saturday's program on Mies van der Rohe's Tugendhat House by Chicago architect Dirk Lohan, in which two of Mies' residential masterpieces (Farnsworth and Tugenhat Houses) are compared and contrasted. Read it here.
Image via Blair Kamin/Cityscapes
Ain's Avenel Coop Unit On Market
Curbed LA reports that for the first time in 40 years, an upper unit in the Gregory Ain-designed Avenel Cooperative Housing Project is on the market for $595,000. See the listing here.
Image via curbed LA
Wright's Religious Architecture Q & A
Here's a link to a question and answer interview on Frank Lloyd Wright's religious architecture with Joseph Siry, author of the new book on Wright's Beth Sholom Synagogue. Read it here.
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R.I.P. Erdman Office
Scott T. sends sad news for those of us that appreciate progressive architecture and its history: The endangered Marshall Erdman office designed by architect William Kaeser in Madison, WI that we brought to your attention in September 2011 is now a pile of rubble. It's a real shame and waste--but I guess "progress" cannot be bothered with such things as historic buildings. As we learn more on the story of its demise, we'll let readers know.
Image credit: Scott Templeton
A Hot Idea For Helping Unity Tmeple
Here's a link to an article about Elmhurst college students exploring the hot topic of sand-casting bronze. It's a labor intensive art form that few people still practice. This article is of specific interest to architecture lovers in that one of the students expresses his desire to turn his experience in casting bronze into a way to help Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple replace the bronze epigram letters that were stolen off the building a few years ago and need to be replaced. Now that's a hot idea!
Image via the elmhurst.patch.com
A Look Back At T-West
Wright Chat user "m.perrino" was kind enough to post info and a link to an online collection of fantastic photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West for the Arizona Memory Project. It's a fitting tribute in this year marking T-West's 75th anniversary. Follow the link to check them out.
If you want to celebrate T-West in person, then plan on attending the special Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy event on March 17, 2012. Details here.
Image via azmemory.lib.az.us/Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
The Taste Gap
Mark Hertzberg sends a link to an interesting article about the "taste gap" between what the general public likes architecturally and what is liked by architects themselves (the article uses the 2012 AIA 25-year award for the Gehry House in Los Angeles as the example). Why does it matter? Seems the disconnect makes people distrust architects. Read more about it here.
Image via articles.boston.com
Schuster Home For Sale
Wisconsin abounds in Organic Architecture for sale! Catherine E. sends word of a John Schuster-designed Usonian home on the market near Manitowoc, WI on 116 acres for $975,000. Check out the listing details and more photos here.
Image via coldwellhomes.com
Jerome Landfield House Still For Sale
Melissa G. recently reminded us of the beautiful Usonian home designed in 1960 by Jerome Landfield that is still on the market for $349,000 in Glendale, WI. This gem was featured on the 2011 Wright and Like Tour and was an instant hit for anyone who saw it. Someone very lucky will buy this house and enjoy living PrairieMod in it! See the listing here.
Image via shorewest.com
Tafel Archive Arrives At Avery Library
Here's a link to an article at columbiaspectator.com that discusses the donation of the architectural archives of Frank Lloyd wright apprentice, Edgar Tafel, to the Avery Library at Columbia University. Read it here.
Image via peterbeers.net
Thanks, But No Thanks Uncle Dan
What happens when you turn down an offer of a lifetime to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts for four years in Paris, all expenses paid; spend two years of study in Rome; come back to Chicago and be made partner in the city's most successful architectural firm? If you're a young Frank Lloyd Wright, you ultimately become the most celebrated American architect of all time.
Find out the story of when Wright turned down Daniel Burnham's amazing offer here.
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