Comments on: A Case Against Frank Lloyd Wright: Architect

By: Frank with water damage atlanta

Frank with water damage atlanta — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:56:40 +0000

It’s one thing to stand back and appreciate art, like the beautiful home FLW created.

However, it’s another to have to live in them.

Mold, mildew and structural damage are not things to be taken lightly.

By: Douglas Anders

Douglas Anders — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:35:00 +0000

I’ve always suspected that part of the reason for Wright’s grip on the popular mind is that most of his designs were homes. Everyone lives in a house, so good residential architecture resonates. Most people may not intuitively grasp a great design for a museum or office tower.

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By: www.tobyweiss.com

www.tobyweiss.com — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 23:22:00 +0000

Know what you mean about the old master builders (now known as architects)…

Palladio is my absolute love, and I hear violins very time I see a Borromini.
But the 20th century created short attention spans, so FLW it is… even though all the past masters would stone him for his reckless construction.

By: Douglas Anders

Douglas Anders — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 23:19:00 +0000

I’m a pretty serious Wright fan — I run a blog about the guy — and while I’d quibble with some of your statements, I’d never call him the Greatest Architect. I’ve been to the Parthenon, Bassae, and a few Gothic churches. Fallingwater is great, but it ain’t no Chartres.

By: Remiss63

Remiss63 — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:37:00 +0000

great research. i'd heard some of this, but not all.

there's a really great article that appeared in the Society of Architectural Historians not too long ago telling a similar story about Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye (another milestone in modernist residential design).

andrew raimist

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 01:43:00 +0000

This post is perfect timing. I just got back from a week in Illinois and Wisconsin. After viewing a slew of FLW houses in California over the years and seeing Fallingwater a few years ago, I wanted to experience Taliesen, the Unitarian Church, The Annunciation Greek Church, the Oak Park home/studio, Unity Temple, the Robie house and the SC Johnson Building. They are all incredible spaces. No they are not perfect but are incredibly inspirational and amazing to think someone designed all of these details decades before the computer. Wright’s work is similar to that of a Lamborghini. It is beatiful, inspiring, advanced and futuristic. Is it practical? No. But sometimes the good out weighs the bad.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:37:00 +0000

Interesting, and provocative, in the positive sense of “provoking healthy debate/intelligent discussion”.
I’m voting the Greatest Architect ticket.
Happy Talk

By: www.tobyweiss.com

www.tobyweiss.com — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:25:00 +0000

Steve, what you say about FLW matters to me BECAUSE as I go through past MBA project photography, the projects that I love the most are ALWAYS yours. Your attention to total concept is masterful, so I can see why FLW inspires you.