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Trying to answer with the author of the mcmansion hell's viewpoint, the digrams on this post are helpful: http://mcmansionhell.tumblr.com/post/148605513816/mcm
by dgacmu 9y ago
Trying to answer with the author of the mcmansion hell's viewpoint, the digrams on this post are helpful: http://mcmansionhell.tumblr.com/post/148605513816/mcmansions-101-what-makes-a-mcmansion-bad http://mcmansionhell.tumblr.com/post/148605513816/mcmansions...
In the one you pointed out, the question arises: "Which part is the actual house?" It has a feeling of "someone stuck on this extra part here, this stairwell here, ..." particularly with the mix of the stone and stucco'd/painted exterior, the multiple incoherent roof angles, and the inconsistent Z-depth of the front of the house.
With some architecture, the more you look at it, the more it grows on you. With the picture you posted, at first glance, I had the same reaction you did -- but after I really looked at it for a while, it started to bug the heck out of me. Kind of the same thing that happens after listening to too much auto-tuned music. The effect is cool the first time you hear it, but after a while, ...
- blhack 9y ago> It has a feeling of "someone stuck on this extra part here, this stairwell here, ..." Isn't that practically one of the defining characteristics of Frank Lloyd Wright's houses?
- dagw 9y agoI wouldn't really say so: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/3a/44/84/3a4484bdb3bf806f15846c9a0122c078.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/3a/44/84/3a4484bdb... http://media.architecturaldigest.com/photos/56cb8425cd3bcb326e99b77e/master/pass/Frank-Lloyd-Wright-Ingalls%20House%201.jpg http://media.architecturaldigest.com/photos/56cb8425cd3bcb32... http://historylists.org/images/nathan-g-moore-house.jpg http://historylists.org/images/nathan-g-moore-house.jpg https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7024761/Elam-House-Peter-Plunkett-1024x683.jpg https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7024761/El... https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7025319/Peterson-House-Kit-Hogan-1-1024x683.jpg https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7025319/Pe... http://midcenturyhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Frank-Lloyd-Wright-Reisley-House.jpg http://midcenturyhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Frank-L...
- dgacmu 9y agoConcur. The FLW houses I've seen have all been quite consistent. I like Kentuck Knob as an example more than Fallingwater, because it doesn't have the super-obvious "cantilevered over the water" thing as a focus point, so you have to look at the whole a little more: http://kentuckknob.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Kentuck_Spring.jpg http://kentuckknob.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Kentuck_Sp... Consistent roofline, consistently repeated window motif, re-use of the horizontal stonework for the house, the exterior wall, and the chimneys. The drawback of his Usonian houses is that the ceiling height is ridiculous by 2017 standards. At 6'3", I have to duck in several of the rooms, much less the doorways. Oof.
- blhack 9y agoAh fair enough. I was thinking stuff like this: http://doclibrary.com/MSC146/IMG/ban-home4.jpg http://doclibrary.com/MSC146/IMG/ban-home4.jpg https://imgs.6sqft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/07115505/frank-lloyd-wright-190-JOCKEY-HOLLOW-ROAD2.jpg https://imgs.6sqft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/07115505/f... http://media.architecturaldigest.com/photos/57571c84e84281483697495d/master/pass/fallingwater-frank-lloyd-wright.jpg http://media.architecturaldigest.com/photos/57571c84e8428148...