1/9: Jordan house

Undertoad · 01-11-2002, 10:57 AM

I've been to Fallingwater twice. It's incredible. But I can see where such genius probably had to come with a huge ego as well. It's like Wright believed he had to re-invent everything for the house. Some things make sense to re-invent, like the special windows developed just for the house. And some things don't need to be re-invented, like chairs and beds. It would be a different type of genius to know what should be re-invented and what shouldn't - and yet another type of genius to understand how to work with people to reach the right compromises.

I get the idea that Wright wanted his clients to live up to his houses. That's kinda ludicrous.

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01-11-2002, 10:57 AM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I've been to Fallingwater twice. It's incredible. But I can see where such genius probably had to come with a huge ego as well. It's like Wright believed he had to re-invent everything for the house. Some things make sense to re-invent, like the special windows developed just for the house. And some things don't need to be re-invented, like chairs and beds. It would be a different type of genius to know what should be re-invented and what shouldn't - and yet another type of genius to understand how to work with people to reach the right compromises. I get the idea that Wright wanted his clients to live up to his houses. That's kinda ludicrous.

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