Salt air plays havoc with your optics too.
Give me a well insulated log cabin on a mountain top, with room for a few friends to stay over and I'll be happy.
Bit too close to the water for my taste. Looks like a few good storms, tsunamis or sea levels rising will dissolve the foundations, leaving a rather expensive mess. At least there will be fewer rooms to clean
It's actually on a river and will probably be stable for the next 1000 years or so.
Sheesh you people are fussy. It mightn't be perfect, but then what new house doesn't need a few touches to make it livable? I don't see anything that couldn't be fixed with a bit of elbow grease and WD40. No, the only thing wrong with it would be the neighbours, I suspect. Bunch of hooligans out there in those western suburbs, screeching up and down the main street in their Toranas and their Monaros.
This sort of thing is not unlike large black cars with lots of "Bling" and ridiculous, I cannot help but feel that it all has something to do with "p*** Envy".
I do not know who said it but, "Old Money Stacks and New Money Shines" was pretty close.
No, the only thing wrong with it would be the neighbours, I suspect. Bunch of hooligans out there in those western suburbs, screeching up and down the main street in their Toranas and their Monaros.
Don't you mean a bunch of hoons screeching up and down their street in Astin Martins and Bugatti Veyrons
I'd take if you were giving it away, but i'd sell it asap, and buy a bush block, and a large telescope. Don't worry about the number of rooms, think of the number of photons.
Don't you mean a bunch of hoons screeching up and down their street in Astin Martins and Bugatti Veyrons
Ferrari's and Lamborghini's even
Hell no those folks would never own something so crass, those types of cars live by the sea and in the burbs (seen a few DB9's and 360's out sorrento way). No these folks drive sensible cars like a range rover or bentley or lexus (for the kids).
Lloyd Wright can leave me cold at times.
But that's just personal. I prefer things to be more organic.
Don't get me wrong, the man was a genius, and there have been few since who can match his vision and creativity.
Falling Water has some aspects that I love.
He was so restricted by the quality of building materials of the time. Such a shame. Imagine if he was still with us today, what would he be designing????
I've been to Falling Water Jeanette... it's very different to any photograph in real life. None can do it justice. I'd have it You're totally Wright about the materials. Engineering has come a long way since his cantilevered box design.
I am so envious Chris.
It's one of my dreams to visit one of his creations.
One of my neighbours, where I grew up in Brisbane, designed his house, inspired by Lloyd Wright.
The location of Falling water is terrific, but the concrete, straight lines and sharp corners is so artificial, when compared to it's natural surroundings. Add to that the fact that it is a massive structure. Rather than blending into the setting, it imposes itself. What a monstrosity - my personal opinion, of course.
I would prefer a light steel frame, with mostly timber, and some glass, at 1/2 the size.
the concrete, straight lines and sharp corners is so artificial, when compared to it's natural surroundings. Add to that the fact that it is a massive structure. Rather than blending into the setting, it imposes itself. What a monstrosity - my personal opinion, of course.
The location of Falling water is terrific, but the concrete, straight lines and sharp corners is so artificial, when compared to it's natural surroundings. Add to that the fact that it is a massive structure. Rather than blending into the setting, it imposes itself.
If nature had been allowed to "do it's thing", the concrete would soon be covered with lichen, add some creeping plants, some weeping figs in planters,
the coldness, the harshness, would be warmed.
I'll just say that you really have to go there and see it first hand to appreciate what it is, and how it blends with the surroundings. It does it magnificently, and as I said, you'll never really know how from pictures.
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I don't know enough people to fill all those seats though Chris.
There's alot to be said for cosiness. A fire place, shag pile rug, candles burning. Very romantic.
I like to have my "things" around me. Not cluttered, but cosy.
It's all personal taste, I know.
You're totally Wright about the materials. Engineering has come a long way since his cantilevered box design.
