And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, May 11, 2026
Frank Lloyd Wright Circular Sun House, Phoenix, Arizona, 1967
My thoughts exactly. Wright's designs always have a leak issue. I grew up in the town where he had his Wisconsin studio and classroom. The biggest expense in maintaining his home and building is the constant leak control. if it wasn't rain or snow melt, it was wind coming around the windows.
for Tiny Timm: Spring Green / Arena area, Talizan or some darn thing. It was rotting away from moisture & badly needed repair. I grew up on the hills over looking the WI river valley.
Got to visit Taliesin West to see a friend, student there in winter of1979. Students lived in the desert in a dwelling of their own construct or added onto an existing ex-students dwelling. I remember a rope across the entrance to keep snakes out. They didn't just study architecture, they were schooled on how to live in the world, cooking, housekeeping. Then in the summer they went to the sister school in Wisconsin.
Nice. Windbreak from every direction, and at least partial shade in the back yard.
ReplyDeleteBet the roof leaks.....
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly. Wright's designs always have a leak issue. I grew up in the town where he had his Wisconsin studio and classroom. The biggest expense in maintaining his home and building is the constant leak control. if it wasn't rain or snow melt, it was wind coming around the windows.
DeleteI am curious, it the leak problem with the design or the builder.
DeleteThe more I read about the problems with FLW buildings the more I wonder why so many people consider him some kind of architectural genius.
DeleteMore myth than legend.
DeleteThose that can, do.
Those that can't, talk about it.
I bet that patio gets plenty hot.
ReplyDeletefor Tiny Timm: Spring Green / Arena area, Talizan or some darn thing. It was rotting away from moisture & badly needed repair. I grew up on the hills over looking the WI river valley.
ReplyDeleteThe guy sure designed cool stuff. Really like his prairie motives.
ReplyDeleteDid he use the golden rule in the design?
ReplyDeleteAbout as useful as modern art.
ReplyDeleteGo stand in the corner.
ReplyDeleteGot to visit Taliesin West to see a friend, student there in winter of1979. Students lived in the desert in a dwelling of their own construct or added onto an existing ex-students dwelling. I remember a rope across the entrance to keep snakes out.
ReplyDeleteThey didn't just study architecture, they were schooled on how to live in the world, cooking, housekeeping. Then in the summer they went to the sister school in Wisconsin.