Flower box cantilevers have been missing from the house. We decided to rebuild them and found another Wrightian surprise.
Unfinished Business – Wright’s Cantilevers
How Wright Learned to Separate Art and Automation
The talk, entitled "How Wright Learned to Separate Art and Automation" will be part of the conference Education Series.
“According to Plans, Specification and Drawings made by Frank Lloyd Wright”
Court Case records from 1919 offer clues to why Frank Lloyd Wright didn't mention this house after sending plans to Elizabeth Murphy to build it.
Pause, don’t Dash
The unpainted Pebble-Dash in the Elizabeth Murphy House appears to be the last example of the original exterior of American System Built Houses anywhere.
Downsizing with Frank
Part of organic design, we're learning, is that spaces are sensory, social and evocative; meant for people, not things.
“She thought he was an immoral man”
Teddy Kibbie "hated this house" and wouldn't invite friends over.
Frank is in good hands with FLWW
A hearty congratulations and thank you to the volunteers at Frank Lloyd Wright Wisconsin (FLWW) for their flawless execution of the Wright and Like 2017 tour.
“How to build a warm, strong and dry house”
By specifying Byrkit Lath in this and other American System-Built Houses, Frank Lloyd Wright may have secured this home's legacy.
What about that stucco?
Did the Kibbies not like the pebble-dash and cover it for aesthetic reasons only, thereby protecting it for 90 years?
Piecing together her history
Here is a 1933 image, taken when the Kibbie family lived here.
The Elizabeth Murphy House 