Photography
See Seth's Cottage
Thanks to PMod reader, Steven S. for sending us a link to some fantastic photos of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Seth Peterson Cottage. See the photos here and if you're interested in renting the cottage for a stay, click here.
Image via boutique-homes.com
JWax's New Roof
Here's a link to Mark Hertzberg's Wright in Racine post with some photos of the roof repairs/restoration at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed SC Johnson Wax Administration Building in Racine, Wisconsin. Check them all out here.
Image copyright Mark Hertzberg
A Look At The "Grandma House"
Wright Chat member "Wrightgeek" posted a link to a great article and batch of vintage photos showing the Frank Lloyd wright-designed H.C. Price residence (affectionately referred to as the "Grandma House") in Phoenix, Arizona. Check them out here.
Carl Graffunder In Minneapolis
PrairieMod reader, John C., was kind enough to share his photos from a recent Minneapolis trip viewing the architectural gems of architect Carl Graffunder. See them all after the jump...
Another Look At Adams
PrairieMod reader Scott T. was kind enough to send along a few more photos of the Lloyd Wright-designed Adams House, which is currently on the market. Enjoy them after the jump...
Suburban Explorations: Villa Park
I thought it would be fun to start exploring some of the nearby Chicago suburbs for some PrairieMod gems and share them with readers from time-to-time. Here's a quick tour of Villa Park, IL and some of the interesting sites to see. More after the jump...
Oak Park: Then And Now
Architecture Of The Sun
Searching For Photos of Suburb's "Trashy" Past
Chrissy Clay’s of West Pymble in Australia is putting the call out for photographic records of her suburb, once the site of Ku-ring-gai Council’s garbage incinerator,
designed by Walter Burley Griffin, built in 1930 and demolished in 1970. Read more here.
Image via North Shore Times
A Prairie Master
Alfred Caldwell was an important, but often overlooked, architects of the Prairie School. His interest went beyond structures to also include shaping the landscape and plantings around a building's site in the most natural approach possible. To learn more, check out some info and images from the Alfred Caldwell Collection here.
Image via www.cca.qc.ca
Prairie School In Sioux City
Here's a link to a few great shots of the Woodbury County Courthouse in Sioux City, IA, which has the distinction of being one of the largest Prairie School buildings ever built. See the photos here.
Image copyright Mary Chind
San Diego Delivers
We put the call out to San Diegans to send us a photo of the Alfonso Iannelli-designed upper-corner sculptures on the Golden West Hotel. Well, Sam Bryant pulled through and send us a few pics so that we could all get a better view at these interesting cubist sculptures. Thanks Sam! Read the original post here.
Images copyright Sam Bryant
Picture The Impossible
Sometimes the impossible does happen. When it seemed like the end had come for Polaroid film, an intrepid group of enthusiasts formed The Impossible Project to save the last Polaroid
production plant for Integral Instant film in Enschede (NL) and started
to re-invent and re-produce a new instant film for traditional Polaroid
Cameras. Now you can order the film through their website, so that your Henry Dreyfus-designed Polaroid SX-70 won't collect dust anymore. Read about it here.
Image via the Impossible Project website
What Fire Claimed
Nelson Brackin from the Friends of Kebyar and Scott T. sent some images of what the house that recently burned in Bodega Bay looked like. It's sad that we lost this one, it looked really cool. See them all after the jump...
Pics Of Pickwick
Over the weekend I took a little trip up to Park Ridge, IL to check out the beautiful Pickwick Theater. With amazing Art Deco features inside and out by the artist/designer Alfonso Iannelli, the theater is an architectural gem and well worth a visit. Check out a photo tour after the jump...
Lightning Strikes Twice
Mark H. sent us the heads-up on some awesome photos posted on Blair Kamin's "Cityscapes" blog. The big storms this week led to some spectacular lightning strikes and a once-in-a-lifetime photo taken by Chris Sweda. Check it out here.
Image copyright Chris Sweda
Calling All San Diegans!
PrairieMod needs your help, San Diego. If any of our readers there could snap a detailed photo of one of the upper corner sculptures on the Golden West Hotel, we'd be much obliged. The sculptures we executed by famed artist and designer, Alfonso Iannelli and we'd like to get a better look at them (and share with PMod readers as well!)
Image via Google
Picturing Sullivan
Blair Kamin reviews the current Art Institute exhibit "Looking After Louis Sullivan: Photographs, Drawings and Fragments." Read it here.
Image via Cityscapes/Art Institute
A Last Look At The Morse Residence
A few weeks ago, I posted about stumbling across the art glass remnants of the George W. Maher-designed Charles H. Morse residence, formally of Glencoe, IL. After a little asking around at the Glencoe Historical Society and with the help of Maher expert Donald M. Aucutt, I was able to turn up a rare image of the house prior to its destruction. It serves as a grim reminder of the history we've lost and how we need to work hard to save what's left.
Image via the Glencoe Historical Society
MCM Vegas
Nevada State Museum's Mid-Century Modern Las Vegas features the work of J. Montrose and Cliff
Segerblom, mostly black &
white architectural photographs, along with renderings and artifacts that highlights the Mod past of "Sin City" from the early 1950s to the late '60s. Read more here.
Image copyright Jay Florian Mitchell
Snapshots of Wright Plus 2010
If you missed Wright Plus 2010 this year or just want to relive the memories, then check out this photo gallery on Chicagoist.com. See it here.
Image via Chicagoist
More Bradley
Also following-up on yesterday's post about the significance of the Bradley House in Kankakee, IL, here's a link to a gallery of images of this early Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece. See them here.
Image via nbcchicago.com
PMod Readers' Photos Of Riverside Tour
I put the call out yesterday for images of last Sunday's house walk put on by the Frederick Law Olmsted Society in Riverside, IL and like always, PrairieMod readers pulled through! Thanks to Paul R. and John C. for sharing their images with us. Check out the photos after the jump...
How Was Babson?
Wright Plus was a blast this last Saturday! Sadly, the PrairieMod Squad couldn't make it to Sunday's house walk put on by the Frederick Law Olmsted Society. Did any readers go? If so, please share your photos of the cool things you saw!
Image via the Frederick Law Olmstead Society website
More Donges House Images
Following-up on the recent post about the Robert Green-designed houses for sale, Architect and President of the group Friends of Kebyar, Nelson Brackin, sent me a note and some more images of the Donges House. See more after the jump...
Visiting Ennis And Sturges
Mark Hertzberg recently returned from a trip out west and had time to shoot some photos of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Ennis and Sturges houses in Los Angeles. Check them out at his blog, wrightinracine.com.
Image copyright Mark Hertzberg
Picturing Taliesin
Mark Hertzberg of wrightinracine.com has followed-up on his recent Taliesin Centennial story with a compilation of images taken of Wright's Spring Green, Wisconsin home over the years. See them here.
Image copyright Mark Hertzberg
Dwell On Guerrero
Here's a link to a Dwell.com interview with Frank Lloyd Wright's personal photographer, Pedro E. Guerrero, accompanied by a slide show of some of his striking photos. See and read more here.
Image via Dwell.com
Flickr Finds: Dombar House
PrairieMod reader, Scott T. sent me a link to a bunch of images of the hexagonal-shaped house designed by Wright student, Benjamin Dombar, in Cincinnati, OH. See more here.
Image via Flickr/Beebe Family set
A Look Back: Garrity House
With the news that the slightly flummoxed Walter Burley Griffin-designed Garrity House is in the process of finding a new owner, I thought it would interest readers to see how the house appeared back in better days. Here's a link to some photos of how it originally looked from the archive at the National Library of Australia. Enjoy!
Image via the National Library of Australia
Florida Southern College Digital Archive
The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Florida Southern College recently made their photo archive available to view online. Read about it here and explore the digital library here.
Image via FSC
Beautiful Boathouse Pavilion
Chicago Architecture maven, Lee Bey, provides some great info and even better photos of the 103-year-old Prairie School-era Humboldt Park Boathouse Pavilion. Read and see more here.
Image copyright Lee Bey
Taking Another Look At Louis Sullivan
John Celuch has put together an amazing body of photographic work documenting Louis Sullivan's "jewel box" banks. You can see his photos and order prints to put in your own home at his website.
Image copyright John Celuch
The Houses Of William Bernoudy
Here's a link to a slideshow of images that feature some of the house designs of Progressive architect, William Bernoudy. See it here.
Image via columbiamissourian.com
Research Tower Photos
Mark Hertzberg at Wright in Racine has posted a gallery of great photographs featuring the S.C. Johnson Wax Research Tower designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. See more here.
Image copyright Mark Hertzberg
Imperial Hotel Image Jackpot
It was a terrible tragedy when the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Imperial Hotel in Tokyo was torn down in the late 1960s. Lost forever was a masterpiece of architecture and what many historians consider the last, great handmade building (thanks to the efforts of scores of Japanese craftspeople). I stumbled across a website last night filled with really great vintage images and drawings of the now-lost building that I'm sure you'll enjoy. Follow the link to see more.
Images via www.shigeokakenichi.com
Living Small
PrairieMod Reader, Jen B., sent me a link to a photo gallery of a family living small—really small. Mom, dad, baby and dog all live happily in 380 square feet! Check it out here.
Image copyright Gary Friedman, Los Angeles Times
Stumble Upon: Rare Wright-Related Photos
Check out these really great vintage Frank Lloyd Wright-related photographs that were auctioned-off by PBA Galleries in 2005. See them all after the jump...
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Studio Second Look
A PrairieMod reader sent a link to this review of Communities of Frank Lloyd Wright: Taliesin and Beyond by historian Myron Marty. Part of the article shows this photo of the Oak Park Studio entrance prior to a 1970s restoration. It's a great contrast to the photo I posted previously of the same entrance in an earlier configuration. Have any cool, old photos of historic buildings? Send them and we'll share with everyone!
Image via Illinois Times
Movie Review: "Visual Acoustics"
Here's a link to a review by Phil Kennicott of the Washington Post on the new documentary "Visual Acoustics" all about architectural photography icon, Julius Shulman. A few members of the PrairieMod Squad saw it during the Chicago Film festival and said it totally rocks! Read Kennicott's review here.
Image via juliusshulmanfilm.com
Burnham Street Update
Mark Hertzberg's blog, Wright in Racine, just posted an update with tons of photos about the restoration of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed American System-Built house on Burnham St. in Milwaukee, WI. Read and see more here.
Image copyright Mark Hertzberg
Stumble Upon: Wright Oak Park Studio Photo
Searching the internet often yields some surprising results. Case in point: This fantastic historic photo of Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park Studio showing an early configuration of its loggia entrance. The photo was part of a blog post on Steelcase, Johnson Wax and Wright on the weblog "Beach House". Check it out here.
Image via Beach House
More Buffalo Photos
Didn't get to go to Buffalo for this year's Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy Conference? Well, then check out these three links to the FLWBC message board for a bevvy of fantastic photos from the event:
Wright's Good Time Place
PrairieMod Reader, Randall Kramer, sent us a link to some photos he took at Unity Temple's recent Break::the::Box event Tuesday night, where author Patrick Cannon discussed his new book titled Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple: A Good Time Place. See the photos here. Thanks Randall!
Image copyright Randall Kramer
Unique Exhibit At Graycliff Is A Must See
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"Child Of The Sun" Events
Visual Acoustics
Image via juliusshulmanfilm.com
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