[HN Gopher] "Final Usonian Home" by Frank Lloyd Wright Completed...
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       "Final Usonian Home" by Frank Lloyd Wright Completed in Ohio
        
       Author : rmason
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2025-04-07 21:50 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | avonmach wrote:
       | This is awesome, they do tours of one of his houses near me,
       | thanks for sharing
        
       | brudgers wrote:
       | _The house has received pushback from official Frank Lloyd Wright
       | organisations such as the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation (The
       | Foundation) and the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conversancy_
       | 
       | From a practical standpoint this usually means that if you put
       | this house in a publication about Wright, the Foundation and
       | Conservancy will deny you use of their archival material and
       | photographic access to their sites.
       | 
       | Their behavior is why you rarely see Wrights work at Florida
       | Southern College in books on Wright despite Florida Southern
       | being the largest collection of Wright designed buildings
       | anywhere, one of a few examples of his commercial work,
       | absolutely amazing designs, and actually in ordinary use...worth
       | a visit if you are passing by Lakeland on I4.
        
       | wnissen wrote:
       | I'm curious what, specifically, the foundation claims is contrary
       | to the plans. It's not like Wright himself built the houses (or
       | did the drawings, for that matter). There's always been a process
       | of modification when the contractor gets onsite and builds
       | something. When Wright was alive he (or his secretary) would
       | review pictures of the the resulting home and award a glazed red
       | tile with Wright's signature engraved. That was the official
       | recognition that you had a Frank Lloyd Wright home. Perhaps with
       | all the litigation (such as with the Jean-Michel Basquiat
       | authentication committee) the foundation is scared to get
       | involved.
       | 
       | I saw Riverrock over Christmas when it was 95% complete, and it
       | does look really cool. Similar in a lot of ways, especially the
       | living room, but quite a different floor plan. I hope the doors
       | are a bit wider than the Louis Penfield house on the same site;
       | even folks of normal width have to rotate sideways. Toilet in a
       | narrow alcove, narrow cushions on the furniture, etc. Absolute
       | commitment to design integrity, not always comfortable. Still a
       | fascinating place to stay.
        
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