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Bruce Goff and Organic Architecture

June 8, 2022July 29, 2022 Jackie Craven 0 Comment Discover: Famous Architects House Tours
Myron Bachman House by Bruce Goff

Sharing a June 8 birthday with Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Goff never strayed far from the American Midwest. His architecture, however, moved well beyond convention. Born in 1904, 37 years after Wright, Goff took Wright’s influential organic designs to new levels of modernity.

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Why Everyone Talks About Frank Lloyd Wright

June 8, 2022July 29, 2022 Jackie Craven 0 Comment Discover: Famous Architects Frank Lloyd Wright Tours
William H Danforth Chapel by Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright, the iconic American architect, was born June 8, 1867 — making him exactly a year older than Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Why is Wright so famous?
 

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Architecture of Triumph and Victory

June 4, 2022July 29, 2022 Jackie Craven 0 Comment Discover: Historic Sites Great Memorials, Historic Landmarks
Arc de Triomphe

Triumphal arches are one of the oldest forms of architecture, thought to be from Roman times. Let’s look at some arches around the world > Famous Arches

Houses You Can Hardly See

June 1, 2022July 29, 2022 Jackie Craven 0 Comment Discover: Modern Miracles, USA House Tours
Philip Johnson's Glass House

Oh, to live in a house made of glass, floating above field and marsh. In the mid-twentieth century, architects Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson dazzled the world with their crystal creations, and contemporary architects have built upon the idea. Read more

The Building That Shocked Vienna

May 29, 2022July 29, 2022 Jackie Craven 0 Comment Austria Modern Buildings, Vienna
Looshaus am Michaelerplatz

Adolf Loos (1870-1933) was born in what is now the Czech Republic, but much of his influence was felt in Vienna, Austria. He scandalized the city in 1909 by situating the bare-bones Goldman and Salatsch Building (Looshaus) across the plaza from the ornate Imperial Palace.

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Falling in Love With Fallingwater

October 24, 2021July 29, 2022 Jackie Craven 0 Comment USA: Pennsylvania Frank Lloyd Wright Tours, House Tours
Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright

Some people say the rooms are cramped and the built-in furnishings as hard as the stone walls. And doesn’t the sound of all that water make you wanna peeeee? But Frank Lloyd Wright wasn’t thinking of comfort when he designed the famous Fallingwater house in Mill Run, Pennsylvania.

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Belgium’s Castles Offer Cozy Comforts

September 13, 2021August 11, 2022 Jackie Craven 2 Comments * LITERARY TRAVEL *, Belgium Castle Tours
Stately mansion on a green lawn

When my editor asked me to check out castles in Belgium, I conjured images of opulent palaces and imposing châteaux. Instead I found something better.

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Above: Château de Waleffe, Belgium. Photo Jean-Pol GRANDMONT

Discover the World of Jean Nouvel

August 12, 2021July 29, 2022 Jackie Craven 0 Comment Discover: Famous Architects Modern Buildings, Surrealism
Agbar Tower in Barcelona, Spain

Architect Jean Nouvel designs with a painterly eye, working with color, light, and shadow.

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