tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post4744148045431873664..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Johnson Wax Building – Frank Lloyd Wright (1936)Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-65081142435369930482009-11-16T21:07:34.253+13:002009-11-16T21:07:34.253+13:00Is it possible to have an "organic" skys...Is it possible to have an "organic" skyscraper Peter?<br /><br />In the video it says that FLR liked horizontal lines, is that because vertical lines and therefore tall building really just don't fit in to any environment/building or just a subjective preference of FLR's? <br /><br />And if Skyscrapers can't be "organic" then is it "irrational" to like them? Or does the feat of engineering and what skyscrapers represent override whether they are organic or not?<br /><br />And it says that in later years FLR was working on designing a city - why! that's just absurd! every good libertarian knows you can't plan where people live! :-)Sir Arthur Streeb-Greeblinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07089215385939482882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-40325812208034617492009-11-12T14:47:11.388+13:002009-11-12T14:47:11.388+13:00NOtice how in 1939 Wright was fully accepting the ...NOtice how in 1939 Wright was fully accepting the impact of the motor car and designed a building where the main entrance was the parking area and designed it accordinly.<br /><br />Decades later most architects were putting the motorist in the dungeon and building huge front of street staircases leading nowhere for noone.Owen McShanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10130002581563595646noreply@blogger.com