2222. Imperial Hotel, Tokyo

 

Querido Antonio,

Te mando una melancólica postal del Hotel Imperial

de Tokyo fechada el mismo año que fue demolido.

El hotel, construido por Frank Lloyd Wright en 1923,

había resistido un grave terremoto poco después de

haber sido inaugurado.

Un abrazo,

R

2214. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City.

 

Dear Louise,

"Architecture is the welding of imagination and common

sense into a restraint upon specialists, codes, and fools."

(Frank Lloyd Wright)

Regards,

R

2153. S.C. Johnson & Son Inc., Racine, Wisconsin

 

Dear Steeno,

"The reality of the building does not consist of walls and

roof but in the space within to be lived in." (Lao Tzu)

Cheers,

R

1951. Helga Howie. 140 Maiden Lane San Francisco, CA

 

Dear Steeno,

This is the Frank Lloyd Wright's store

I told you about the other day over the 

phone. This architect used to say that

freedom is from within when discussing

on architectural design processes. I also

heard this same thought from you 

referred to other contexts many

times.

Peace,

R 

1947. The Robie House, Chicago

 

Dear Elisa,

"The mother art is architecture" (Frank Lloyd Wright)

Regards,

R

1790. Circle Gallery Building, 140 Maiden Lane, San Francisco

Dear Louis,

"The space within becomes the reality of the building"
"Freedom is from within"
(Frank Lloyd Wright)

Sincerely,
R

1706. Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan

Dear Toyo,

"I just shake the buildings out of my sleeves"
(Frank Lloyd Wright)

Respectfully,
R

1631. Mrs. Thomas H. Gale House

Dear Theo,

A little house that is considered a forerunner of one of
the most famous and beautiful houses ever built:
Fallingwater in Mill Run.

Best,
R

1597. Charles Ennis Residence

Dear Rachel,

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe"
(Replicant Roy Batty, Blade Runner, 1982)

R

1564. Arthur Heurtley House, 1902

Dear Ingrid,

"In architecture, plasticity is only the modern expression of an ancient thought" (Frank Lloyd Wright, The Natural House)

Regards,
R

1529. City National Bank, Mason City, Iowa

Dear Elizabeth, Lizbeth, and Arizbeth,

"A building is not just a place to be, but a way to be"
(Frank Lloyd Wright)

R

1464. Price Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Dear Greg,

"Today is that tomorrow you thought about yesterday"
(American proverb)

Best,
R

1373. Imperial Hotel. Tokyo, Japan

Dear Koji,

"The sign of a truly felt architectural work is that in plan it lacks effect." (Adolf Loos)

Warm regards,
R

1325. Park Inn, Mason City, Iowa

Querido Eugenio,

"Cuida un hotel vacío, que está en la loma, frente al parque (...)
Fuí un par de veces a visitarlo, hay cuartos y cuartos
desocupados a lo largo de un pasillo. El duerme en distintas
camas, así, según dice, mantiene las piezas aireadas"
(Ricardo Piglia, "Los Diarios de Emilio Renzi. Los Años
de Formación)

Un abrazo sincero,
R

1308. Hillside Drafting Studio. Taliesin

Hola Cristina,

Visitando la maravillosa Taliesin East en Spring Green,
Wisconsin. Esta es una imagen de la gran sala de dibujo
que Frank Lloyd Wright llamaba el bosque abstracto.
En este espacio Wright dibujó muchas de sus obras
maestras como la casa de la cascada, las oficinas para
Johnson & Son o el museo Guggenheim de Nueva York.

Besos a todos.
R

1252. Ennis-Brown House, Los Angeles, California

Dear Vincent,

"No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it."

 (Frank Lloyd Wright)

Best regards,
R

1220. Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois

Dear Martin,

"I am sure if I had not elected to live with my work, I never could have done even half what I have accomplished. I think that is the secret of really being productive, is to stay with it"
(Frank Lloyd Wright)

Regards,
R

1186. Ennis House

Dear Ronald,

"You may be sure that if the ancients had glass and steel, they would never have built a thing as they did"
(Frank Lloyd Wright)

Sincerely,
R

1155. Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago, Illinois

Dear Daniel,

"Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over
materials, methods, and individuals, to put man in
possession of his own world." (Frank Lloyd Wright)

Regards,
R

1125. Nathan G. Moore House, Oak Park, Illinois.

Dear Thomas,

In 1895 Attorney Nathan G. Moore hired architect Frank
Lloyd Wright to design and build a half-timbered house for him and his family in the village of Oak Park, located just a few miles west of Chicago. In 1922 a big fire broke out and the entire second floor and roof of the house were destroyed. Wright redesigned and reconstructed the house that he had built some 25 years earlier combining the original Tudor style with Sullivanesque brick and terracotta ornaments.

Regards,
R