kurt Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Well, this isn't any old home, but it's old & it's beautiful. I was doing a job downtown today, just down the street from the Rookery. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the renovation in 1907-ish, it fell into disrepair, & then was renovated (again) in the early 90's. I just had my cheesey digital, so picture quality is pathetic, but just try to imagine. It's just plain inspiring for an inspectin' boy to behold....... Download Attachment: rookery.small 1.JPG 50.98 KB Download Attachment: rookery.small 2.JPG 79.12 KB Download Attachment: rookery.small 3.JPG 61.09 KB Download Attachment: rookery.small 4.JPG 63.19 KB Download Attachment: rookery.small 5.JPG 48.8 KB Download Attachment: rookery.small 6.JPG 59.72 KB Download Attachment: rookery.small 7.JPG 78.29 KB Download Attachment: rookery.small 8.JPG 67.21 KB Download Attachment: rookery.small 10.JPG 61.44 KB Download Attachment: rookery.small 10.JPG 61.44 KB Download Attachment: rookery.small 11.JPG 96.4 KB Download Attachment: rookery.small.jpg 80.02 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Very Kewl, There's a whole lot of fine work there. What ever happened to all of those skills anyway? OT - OF!!! M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Very nice, Kurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted February 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Originally posted by hausdok Very Kewl, There's a whole lot of fine work there. What ever happened to all of those skills anyway? OT - OF!!! M. I think the combined onslaught of the International Style coupled w/the Depression killed it off. Any one here read "From Bauhaus to Our House"? It's a pretty dead on assessment of what happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian G Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Ah Kurt...lovely, lovely, lovely. And not a hint of any idiotic, useless elements either. I saw a piece on some revered modern architect on 60 Minutes a year or two ago, who starts every project with a sculpture that looks all but impossible as a building. Floppy, wobbly, wavy, and endlessly curvy looking, every one. Then they figure out how to fit a building inside the shape, which leaves all sorts of dead space, dead ends, and hard-to-use oddball areas. I couldn't help thinking how absurd it was to celebrate such work as "great architecture", comparable with that of masters like Wright. Interesting to look at, yes, very; practical and useful performance, no. Then again, I'm a dedicated form-follows-function guy. So sue me. [^] Brian G. Now I Know What to Do With My Den [:-dopey] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul MacLean Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Beautiful! But I'll bet the roof leaks. Frank is known for his leaking roofs. Still that is great architecture... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homnspector Posted February 25, 2006 Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 Incredible building. What is the purpose of the building? A rookery is a bird house isn't it? I could google it I guess. Surprising there are no people around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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