Frank Lloyd Wright is so hot right now.

[jimmychung]

How cool are these houses?

Allen-Lambe House

Wingspread

Taliesin West

And of course, the one everyone should recognize:

Falling Water

Anyone else love everything he ever did? He's amazing.

 

[-NY-STeeZE-]

those are sick as hell

 

[jimmychung]

i'm doing a paper on wingspread right now, so it was on my mind and i wanted to share.

check out this office attached to wingspread:

and the reason it's called wingspread is because the house is a series of wings resembling a pinwheel:

 

[*rkp*]

his work is amazing. lots of new construction around my city takes lots of influence of his style.

 

[skier_boy26]

nah, right now, Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe are way hotter, cause everybody has delved into the world of Prarie houses and shit. nothing against wright though

 

[mmmmm...Pie]

The Taliesin that's in Wisconsin is pretty sweet. I believe there's several houses around town designed by him too. He has some pretty sweet stuff.

 

[jimmychung]

haha sorry i'm not much of a fan of the Bahaus. stickin' to my wright.

he built a house in the town next to mine, manchester, nh:

 

[bp.lando]

theres a bunch of sick ones in Milwaukee, and this like church thing he did, all soo sick!

 

[pommes_vertes.]

yeah, his stuff is ridiculous. hes from here in wisconsin, so his buildings are all over.

 

[pommes_vertes.]

house on the rock, in spring green, wi

 

[pommes_vertes.]

taliesin building, wisconsin

 

[gregor]

Yay, architecture! Check out MVRDV, OMA architects and Zaha Hadid. Thats the shit right now.

 

[anti_bunk]

my friend lives in a house that is based off of one of his designs. its the shit.

 

[WIfreeskier]

fuck yea he is. shit's everywhere here in WI... just down the road from me is the Monona Terrace building he designed

drive through that thing everyday

 

[ATLskier]

so true, heres my favorite stuff from all of them.

mies van der rohe

corbusier

 

[pommes_vertes.]

where do you live?

 

[WIfreeskier]

willy street neighborhood, you?

 

[Carter23]

good to see some of you appreciate good architecture

 

[hoodratz47]

if any of you have the chance to vist his house in oak park...do it.. there are a shitton of his houses in oak park and forrest park areas.. the only flw house in oregon was a usonian home in silverton.. but it was moved from its orgiganl site and moved to the oregon gardens.

 

[gregor]

Anybody else an Architect on here? I'm RIBA Part 2 (British association system, 6 years in).

My favourite building right now, the new Scottish Parliament by Morales. The attention to detail is a work of art.

http://www.tropolism.com/secondnature/archives/night-parliament-h.jpg[img]

Zaha Hadids Phaeno Centre

[img]http://www.channel4.com/4homes/media/S/stirling_prize/large/2006_phaeno_1_lg.jpg[/[img]

MVRDV's Wozoco, mmm 1:2 cantilever ratios!

[img]http://www.cse.polyu.edu.hk/~cecspoon/lwbt/Case_Studies/Wozoco/wm_mvrdv01.JPG

All time favourite, National Theatre in London. Brutal

 

[gregor]

Whoops a few mistakes there

More Scottish Parliament

Zaha Hadids Phaeno Centre

 

[hoodratz47]

holy cantalever fuck!

 

[gregor]

Sorry I'm shit at this.

National Theatre

 

[gregor]

^It just wouldnt let me use that picture, here's another.

 

[skitheeast1100]

i live in westernt PA, and isnt falling water there?!

 

[Skipig25]

I love this shit.

snowplow, you should start an architecture cult. cause that's what I'm majoring in, and I'd love to talk about this shit

 

[gregor]

Fucking on it! Consider it started. Give me a pm if you want in.

 

[4frntSkier]

hes my fAVorite architect

ive done quite a bit of research about him

 

[STACKS]

he is so sick

 

[parkchilla]

cool cribs

 

[Skipig25]

the cult is up if you wanna join.