Jim Dobie, courtesy Stantec Architecture Ltd
identity in collaboration the mutable role of the architect
architecture | teamwork by peter osborne
The story of Frank Lloyd Wright designing the Kaufmann Residence, or Fallingwater, is said to have gone something like this… ‘With a design deadline approaching and eager apprentices inquiring,Wright apparently does not work on the project. He waits until 2 hours before E.J.’s arrival at Taliesin to sit at the drafting table. With his stunned entourage watching,Wright calmly but swiftly drafts the complete design for the house in plans and sections on blank sheets in one sitting, barely finishing in time for Kaufmann’s arrival. Wright designs a masterpiece of twentieth century architecture in a bravura performance of drafting.’ 1
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1 http://www.fallingwater.org
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