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Touring
a Wright home is like walking through a piece of three
dimensional artwork. It surrounds you. It touches your
senses. The merging of interior and exterior mediums is
remarkable. It touches the soul. Like other creative and
artistic geniuses such as Picasso and Dylan, Wright
constantly evolved. Moving from one period to the next. Like
designing the Moore Residence, but never another in that
style. While others spent their careers copying and
elaborating on the Prairie style, Wright moved on.
Wright designs can be described, analyzed, explored and
studied in so many ways. What we would like to touch on are
the details. Whether it is the details of his stained glass
windows and fixtures, to his perforated wood cut light
screens to his mitered glass corners, his details are
ingenious. I am always overwhelmed when I see the complexity
of the Dana Butterfly light fixture. His imaginative use of
material and space. Doors that open outward. Cantilevered
roofs. Corner doors that when opened, remove corners. His
details are endless.
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