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What about that stucco?

Posted on March 20, 2017March 21, 2017 by Nick Hayes

Did the Kibbies not like the pebble-dash and cover it for aesthetic reasons only, thereby protecting it for 90 years?

Posted in History, Restorations, SpacesTagged American System-Built House, Architecture, ASBH, Elizabeth Murphy House, FLW, Frank Lloyd Wright, History, pebble, pebble-dash, stucco1 Comment

Piecing together her history

Posted on March 10, 2017March 13, 2017 by Nick Hayes

Here is a 1933 image, taken when the Kibbie family lived here.

Posted in HistoryTagged American System-Built House, Architecture, ASBH, FLW, Frank Lloyd Wright, History1 Comment

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    Tracking the restoration and preservation of a 107-year-old Frank Lloyd Wright house
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    Wisconsin House by Frank Lloyd Wright Forgotten for 50 years
  • Fibonacci, here and there.
    Fibonacci, here and there.
  • Plywood in a Wright-designed American System-Built Home, before "plywood" was a thing
    Plywood in a Wright-designed American System-Built Home, before "plywood" was a thing
  • The Gutter Myth and Wright's Frugal Side
    The Gutter Myth and Wright's Frugal Side

The Book

The Book "Frank Lloyd Wright's Forgotten House - How and Omission Transformed the Architect's Legacy" (UW-Press) is available at fine local booksellers.
The Book "Frank Lloyd Wright's Forgotten House - How and Omission Transformed the Architect's Legacy" (UW-Press) is available now at fine local booksellers.

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