Month: June 2017

The Curry Stone Design Prize has announced 11 global practitioners as part of June’s Social Design Circle, for their work in public space design.

It’s no secret that Frank Lloyd Wright was among the architecture profession’s more colorful characters. Known as an outspoken and often unforgiving egotist, Wright’s appreciation of architecture was outshone only by his appreciation for himself—which is perhaps understandable, given that he ranks among the 20th century’s great geniuses. For better or worse (probably worse), Wright’s reputation has clung to the profession, thanks in large part to Ayn Rand, who used Wright as inspiration for the incorrigible lead character of one of her most famous books, The Fountainhead.

conceived as a sculptural form that slowly reveals itself upon arrival, this building features a dramatic butterfly-shaped roof that thoughtfully evokes the architecture from the post-war period.

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The last house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright was never built, with its plans being delivered to the client just days after Wright’s funeral. But the realization of his vision is tantalizingly possible, as those plans, and the parcel of land it was designed for, are still held by the same family—and are for sale, along with the adjoining plot and an existing Wright house.

The detached house is situated on the northern edge of the new residential area “An den Remstal-Quellen”. On the basis of a new land-use plan, the former company grounds have been converted to a residential area just outside the city of Stuttgart. This provided our clients, a young family, with the opportunity to build their own home. The rented flat in Stuttgart’s valley basin with public transport connection was thus traded for a one-family house with electric car.