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kwassa

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29. Flat-roofed homes in snowy climates ....

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jan 12, 2018, 11:24 PM

Jan 2018

a recipe for roof leaks. We had an very contemporary house with that exact problem.

My parents also shopped a Wright house in a nearby college town. It was too small and too dark for our family. It was purchased later by the single curator of the college art museum, who restored it. Good for her.

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Updated: Frank Lloyd Wright building in Whitefish demolished [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2018 OP

History - and the end of history. yallerdawg Jan 2018 #1

Disgraceful. lagomorph777 Jan 2018 #24

Something about Whitefish smells very fishy ToxMarz Jan 2018 #2

Sounds like a shithole of a town RandomAccess Jan 2018 #4

Actually, blue-wave Jan 2018 #6

Sooo...Actually, ToxMarz Jan 2018 #32

It's a blue area blue-wave Jan 2018 #33

Ok, that's the laugh I needed to close out this day! NBachers Jan 2018 #17

It was a nice little town Retrograde Jan 2018 #8

It's about as liberal as you can get in that area NickB79 Jan 2018 #30

That was a nice building. How sad. GreenEyedLefty Jan 2018 #3

I only heard that story within the last year or so... CBHagman Jan 2018 #15

Reminds me of the Taliban smashing the Bamiyan Buddha. torius Jan 2018 #5

Except that those statues would have stood for centuries Orrex Jan 2018 #26

Ive seen many FLW properties up close including Taliesin truthisfreedom Jan 2018 #7

Thank you. Crash2Parties Jan 2018 #9

Which is why I think Wright Retrograde Jan 2018 #10

Not everything he did was wondrous. eggplant Jan 2018 #11

Gammage Auditorium at ASU is gorgeous sweetloukillbot Jan 2018 #13

It's been said that he was a great architect, but a poor marybourg Jan 2018 #12

God, I forgot about the terrifying experience that is the Gammage balcony... sweetloukillbot Jan 2018 #14

Yep. nt marybourg Jan 2018 #16

He had a penchant for corner windows eggplant Jan 2018 #19

Didn't the original owners of Fallingwater want to replace some furniture, and he pitched a fit? Demit Jan 2018 #23

Yes. eggplant Jan 2018 #31

I don't know about "poor" in terms of engineering GreenEyedLefty Jan 2018 #20

I believe he had engineers who would point out structural issues, but Demit Jan 2018 #22

i'd say he was beyond materials of the day. i did see a doc on the restoration of a older FLW house. pansypoo53219 Jan 2018 #25

Well, yes, but have we seen the design that Mick Ruis is proposing? Maybe it's a masterpiece. NBachers Jan 2018 #18

What kind of idiot thinks that is a good idea? Don't let them near the "Mona Lisa." Vinca Jan 2018 #21

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places....why do i always hear about this same little lunasun Jan 2018 #27

What a craven jerk. ucrdem Jan 2018 #28

Flat-roofed homes in snowy climates .... kwassa Jan 2018 #29