PrairieMod (Free subscription) | yesterday
Curbed LA has brought to light 2 realtor faux pas's recently. The first was calling "B.S." on a claim that a listed house was designed by Lloyd Wright (Frank Lloyd Wright's son) when it clearly was not. The second involved a realty listing of a house designed by the "Fred Lloyd Wright Foundation." Check it all out here. Photo courtesy of Curbed LA
PrairieMod (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Eric, Lisa and I will be giving a presentation at 7:30pm on Friday July 25th, 2008 at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture in Spring Green, WI. As Prairie Design Group, we'll be sharing our expertise about branding, plus the processes we've developed as design entrepreneurs. The lecture is titled Brand Architecture: Building Ways to Market You and Your Ideas. You can read more about it in...
PrairieMod (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The mysteries of undiscovered Frank Lloyd Wright buildings has been in the news quite a bit lately. Case in point, the Monte Carlo House Wright supposedly designed early in his career on North Manitou Island. Re-discovered by Thomas A. Heinz about 10 years ago, this web article lists the house as one of the secret spots near Sleeping Bear dune. Check out the article here. Photo copyright MyNorth.com...
The Informed Traveler (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Luxuriate in Phoenix at the renowned “Jewel of the Desert”– an oasis of gardens, swimming pools, and Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired architecture– for unbelievably low rates this summer. Situated at the foot of the Phoenix Mountain Reserve, the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa has played host to countless presidents and celebrities throughout its history. It is [...]
PrairieMod (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
It is no secret that Frank Lloyd Wright's influence was widespread. From Neutra to Mies to Eames, creatives have long been drawn to his ideas and design philosophy. Jack Justice was a little known artist influenced by Wright's Organic principles and our current feature explores how the same principles guided Justice's own two-dimensional art. To stay on top of new weekly features as they roll out,...
Digital Urban (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Fallingwater from Cristóbal Vila on Vimeo . The movie above by etereaestudios .com represents one of the best visualisations of Fallingwater we have seen. Fallingwater , also known as the Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. Residence, is a house designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area....
The Daily Aztec (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Adultery may not be such a big deal in today's world, but in the 1900s it made front-page news. The news that shocked Chicago society in the early 1900s was that the famed naturalist architect Frank Lloyd Wright, a married man with children, was having an affair with another married woman with children. Their affair led the two to leave the country and run away from both of their families.
PrairieMod (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Want to cool your home without having to crank up the A/C? This article takes a cue from Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater to give you solutions when the heat is on. Check it out here. Photo copyright Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
NEW YORK - Finding a design for the perfect prefabricated house is the Holy Grail of architecture. Some of the biggest names in modernism, from Frank Lloyd Wright to Walter Gropius to Marcel Breuer, have tried their hands at ready-to-assemble shelter, but the promise of cheap mass production somehow always eluded them.
Not PC (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Frank Lloyd Wright's Hanna House in San Francisco was voted by the AIA as one Wright's seventeen most treasured buildings -- known as the 'Honeycomb House' because of its hexagonal module, which Wright used to nestle the house around the hill, and to make movement within the house easier, relaxed and more 'human.' In the Architectural Record Wright described the hexagonal module as "a pattern more...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
BUFFALO, NEW YORK (MARKET WIRE) A Correction from Source is issued for the Buffalo Niagara Convention and Visitors Bureau press release issued on July 16, 2008 at 2:41 pm ET. The spelling of Frank Lloyd Wright was noted incorrectly. The corrected and complete release follows.
PrairieMod (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
The controversy continues! Here's a link to another article about the "Mysterious 29," a group of houses that author and historian William Allin Storrer is claiming were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Pay extra attention to the end of this particular article...
Hewn & Hammered (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Flickr user "scootertwit," aka J. Allen, has some terrific sets of Southern California landmarks up on Flickr: the main downtown Los Angeles library; various Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, including plenty of textile-block goodness; Greene & Greene homes throughout the region;...
Apartment Therapy - San Francisco (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
While Illinois has dozens of Frank Lloyd Wright houses, out here in Oregon, we have only one – the Gordon House, located in Silverton’s Oregon Garden. Based on Wright's “House for a Family of $
PrairieMod (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Sometimes the good guys win. Case in point: The Darwin D. Martin House is nearing the end of a 12-year restoration effort that brings this Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Prairie masterpiece back to its former full glory. Read this article from Bloomberg.com all about it.
