Frank Lloyd Wright
[Editor’s Note: This year has been a decade, right? So many things happened, lots of things were postponed, and houses continued to sell despite it all. While the CandysDirt.com team takes a hot minute this holiday season to recharge the ol’ Energizers, we’re serving up our very favorite stories from 2020. Enjoy!] Seth: Merry Christmas!…
“Detail.” It’s a word in the residential construction that is grossly overused. Along with that word you can add: “quality,” “unique,” “craftsman,” and of course, “custom.” It’s too bad that builders and homes don’t have to pass a test before they are allowed to use those terms when describing their products. In this day and…
Chad Hudson is an overachiever, and it shows in every square inch of his own home. Three years ago, the Rockwall-based home builder and his wife, a corporate attorney, built the home of their dreams in the influence of their favorite architectural moment — Midcentury Modern — culling elements from every Frank Lloyd Wright home…
Last June, I wrote about a historic 1913 Frank Lloyd Wright cottage in Glencoe, Illinois, that had been recently purchased by owners who couldn’t wait to file for a demolition permit. The town and the Frank Lloyd Wright world at large were incensed. The town’s historic designation meant little but was able to forestall demolition…
As David Griffin describes it, this studio apartment in the George Dahl-designed Gold Crest makes a perfect “pied-a-terre.” Renovated in a contemporary manner with limestone floors, smooth gallery-like walls, and tall ceilings, this residence’s prime location on Turtle Creek offers excellent views of another starchitect-designed building: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kalita Humphreys Theater. We were surprised to see this High…
