Skyscrapers: Frank Lloyd Wright
Sep. 30th, 2008 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebWe took a day trip north to Bartlesville to see the tallest (of two) skyscrapers designed by Frank Lloyd Wright that was actually built, the Price Tower.
This was built to give everyone good views and yet to keep the sun at bay. That picket-fence-looking thing on the top floor is actually made of louvers that at least used to be adjustable. You can see a few of them here.
Do you want to see a close-up of the triangular lights over those cute little balconies in the first picture? There are some just like it in the little cafe.
Oh, too bad, I thought I heard you say yes. (The rest of that room is not original.)
Here is a close-up of my favorite windows. There are some like these in the kitchens of the little apartments inside.
Wright wanted plants to be all over the place, inside and out. But now, there are virtually no plants remaining. Here is a picture of a cool one.
I wish I could show you the apartments. They were very unusual, but probably quite livable except perhaps for the extremely narrow staircase. For example, he was not into 90-degree angles at all. Here are some pictures from the Fall 2005 Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly.
(You wouldn't think there could be a quarterly on a dead guy, but there is, and it's totally cool.)
This was built to give everyone good views and yet to keep the sun at bay. That picket-fence-looking thing on the top floor is actually made of louvers that at least used to be adjustable. You can see a few of them here.
Do you want to see a close-up of the triangular lights over those cute little balconies in the first picture? There are some just like it in the little cafe.
Oh, too bad, I thought I heard you say yes. (The rest of that room is not original.)
Here is a close-up of my favorite windows. There are some like these in the kitchens of the little apartments inside.
Wright wanted plants to be all over the place, inside and out. But now, there are virtually no plants remaining. Here is a picture of a cool one.
I wish I could show you the apartments. They were very unusual, but probably quite livable except perhaps for the extremely narrow staircase. For example, he was not into 90-degree angles at all. Here are some pictures from the Fall 2005 Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly.
(You wouldn't think there could be a quarterly on a dead guy, but there is, and it's totally cool.)