Before computers I wanted to be an architect, so I found myself getting more and more excited waiting for the tour to start. People do travel from all over the world to see this building but I think the international tour creds were boosted by the Young World Leaders conference that was going on in Pittsburgh. Dutch was a nice addition to the language soup I was served in NYC.
I like to build things in the same way that Wright did ... just on the edge of what is possible. The house leaked until better paint was developed to seal it and the huge cantilevers had to be tweaked with some additional cables.
My favorite parts:
* the natural architecture flowing from the ground into the house
* how the house disappears when viewed from the guest house
* original desk in design was "too small to write a check to an architect"
While I was in NYC the tree got fulling into the fall business. Growing up in the northwest I thought I had a pretty good idea about trees and fall etc, but when there are only a couple evergreens in the whole landscape, things start to get a little epic. Do a quick image search for "pennsylvania fall" to get a taste of what I'm riding through.
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