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great sites/events
- "Southern California Architectural History" John Crosse is an expert researcher who continually teases out the deeper links in SoCal history.
- "The Most Beautiful Box" – Lamprecht at the Neutra's 1964 Taylor House June 11 Along with one of Neutra’s lead project architects, John Blanton, and craftsman Eric Lamers, I’ll add a little discourse on boxes. But forget about that, just come to revel in this little gem!
- Modernism Magazine: Richard Neutra in Europe Modernism Magazine is a well-rounded source for all the modern arts
- Society of Architectural Historians Southern California Chapter One of the most active chapters in the country, this is the go-to site for exposure to superb experiences in architecture
- You-Are-Here Martin Schall documents cities, architects and architecture all over the world, collecting buildings by photographing them. A great resource.
lamprecht lectures
- Barbara Lamprecht: Neutra Lecture at the Goethe-Institut Chicago Thursday January 12: Richard Neutra's Role in bridging American and European Modern Architecture Chicago was Neutra’s own crossroads, where Loos, Wright, Sullivan converged in the heart of American industry
- Neutra, Chicago, and European and American Modernism at the Goethe Institut, Chicago The lecture explores German influences on Neutra, Chicago’s pivotal role in his career, and his own role as a bridge between European and American Modernism. e bridging
preservation issues
- Plain, Common…and Historic? Fans Seek to Preserve Ranch Houses Front page article on how the ranch style is at last getting some respect … not in California, but in Georgia, and Daniel Paul and I are quoted.
- Rem Rips Preservation Koolhaas argues that preservation’s quest for perfection distorts our understanding of the past. He’s right.
- Rems Rips Preservation 2: DesignBoom offers Rem touring OMA’s exhibition attacking preservation
- The High Price of the New Beijing The Chinese know very well why authentic historic fabric cannot be tolerated.

Is Fallingwater Modern? Not According to the Wall Street Journal

Posted by barbara lamprecht on 26 August 2011 · 8 Comments

Is Frank Lloyd Wright a Modernist? Is Fallingwater Modern? I was stunned by one part of a short Q-and-A published May 7, 2011 in the Wall Street Journal, titled “What’s So Great About Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater?” It begins, The fabled house Frank Lloyd Wright built for the Kaufmann family over a stream in southwestern … Read more

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Is Frank Lloyd Wright a Modernist? Is Fallingwater Modern?

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