Weekly Note
The celebration of Mardi Gras this week in New Orleans reminds us that spring is just around the corner. Before you know it, the crocuses and daffodils will peek up and shine their bright faces towards the warm sun.
While we wait for these welcome signs of the coming season, enjoy this week's curated Frank Lloyd Wright-related news and all the interesting things that await.
As always, Stay Calm and Wright On!
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See Marion Mahony Griffin Murals
Don't miss a rare opportunity to see the exquisite murals by architect, delineator, and artist Marion Mahony Griffin at the Armstrong Elementary School in honor of the 8th Graduating Class of 1931. Having lived in Australia from 1914, Mahony created the paintings in 1931-32 in the Rogers Park school while on an extended visit to her Evanston family home just blocks away.
Saturday, March 11 1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. OPEN HOUSE VIEWING George B. Armstrong International Elementary School 2110 Greenleaf Avenue, Chicago
This event is in conjunction with an extension of In Her Own Right: Marion Mahony Griffin through March 12 at the Elmhurst History Museum with event partners George B. Armstrong International Elementary School and the Walter Burley Griffin Society of America. ADMISSION is FREE. Participants are responsible for their own transportation.
Questions? Email or text Peggy Lami at peggylami@sbcglobal.net or 630-280-8008.
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Kentuck Knob Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary
Archpaper.com recently featured an article in which Lord Peter Palumbo, outgoing chairman of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, recently looked back on his decades-long ownership of Kentuck Knob, the Frank Lloyd Wright house in western Pennsylvania, not far from Fallingwater, that is celebrating its 60th anniversary as well as the 20th anniversary of being open to the public. Follow the link to read more. Read more.
Click for more details: archpaper.com
A Breathtaking Usonian Home Renovation in Racine
Milwaukee Magazine spotlights a stunning and sensitive update by architect Ken Dahlin of Genesis Architecture, LLC to John Randal McDonald's Richard J. and Ada T. Christensen House (1954) in Racine, WI. Follow the link to read and see more. Read more.
Click for more details: milwaukeemag.com
In Memoriam: Jim Pfefferkorn
Mary Jane Hamilton sends news of former Taliesin apprentice Jim Pfefferkorn's passing on December 13, 2016. Mary Jane refers us to an article in the February issue of Voice of the River Valley written by his daughter, Derice Pfefferkorn, on Jim's life and legacy. Follow the link and check out page 19 to read more. Download the PDF.
Click for more details: voiceoftherivervalley.com
Wright's Cooke House Started With A Letter
Mid Century Home Magazine features Frank Lloyd Wright's Cooke House and the story of how it all came to be thanks to a sweet letter sent from Maude Cooke to the architect in 1951. Follow the link to read all about it. Read more.
Click for more details: midcenturyhome.com
Wright's H. Howard Hyde House On The Market Again
Curbed.com reports that the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed H. Howard Hyde House, one of the architect's American System-Built House designs in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago has come back to the market with another price reduction. Follow the link to read more. Read more.
Click for more details: curbed.com
Pumped For The Future: Fueling Up At Frank Lloyd Wright's Visionary Gas Station
The last few weeks we've featured some pretty great Wright-related stories on the podcast, 99% Invisible. This week we share another about the only working gas station of Wright's design that was ever constructed: The R. W. Lindholm Gas Station in Cloquet, MN. Follow the link to read and listen to more. Read more.
Click for more details: 99percentinvisible.org
Wright In The Digital Age
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation relaunched its website this year, and as it marks the 150th anniversary of Wright’s birth, the site’s designers find the master’s timeless principles are as relevant as ever. Designer Jeff Ficker describes this experience in the Winter 2017 issue of the Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly and on the FLLWF's blog, The Whirling Arrow. Follow the link to learn more. Read more.
Click for more details: franklloydwright.org
A Peek At Unity Temple Interior Restoration
Have a peek at the meticulous work behind the cleaning and cataloging of thousands of pieces of wood trim in Unity Temple in this video posted by The Unity Temple Restoration Foundation. Can't wait to see Wright's Modern Masterpiece returned to its full glory! Follow the link to watch more. More here.
Click for more details: facebook.com
Wade House celebrates 150th birthday of Frank Lloyd Wright
Wisconsin's Wade House Historic Site will celebrate the 150th birthday of Frank Lloyd Wright with season-long exhibits, lectures, and educational activities focusing on the architect's life and work in his home state of Wisconsin and his relationship with Sheboygan carriage collector and restoration expert Wesley W. Jung. Follow the link to see the exciting list of events. Read more.
Click for more details: fdlreporter.com
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