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Anyone know anything about those fluted V-shaped panels everywhere? They look like very heavy cast iron.
by Waterluvian 1y ago
Anyone know anything about those fluted V-shaped panels everywhere? They look like very heavy cast iron.
- Terr_ 1y agoMy thought was: "Wow, he must've gotten a great deal on those, or else ordered far too many and was stuck finding places for them..."
- paularmstrong 1y agoI don't but wanted to say that I love the continuity of them used in different spaces. The whole place really looks like a single vision put together and not a bunch of disparate rooms.
- Infernal 1y agoTFA says “The facade’s cement chevrons catch the sun” but I’m not sure about the ones inside.
- Waterluvian 1y agoYeah the outdoor ones definitely look like cement. The indoor ones are probably too. Though they have a patina that makes them look like worn iron.
- Fricken 1y agoLynch made those himself out of grey plaster. They didn't show much of Lynch's studio, but that's where he spent most of his time hanging out, making sculptures and paintings and building things. He was hands on guy who kept himself busy, compulsively so.
- ape4 1y agoMaybe they would catch rainwater too - mosquito breading area
- analog8374 1y agoI'm guessing he liked it, visually. And just maybe it symbolized something for him. Low maybe.
- rdtsc 1y agoThey remind me of the floor of the black lodge in Twin Peaks.
- nadnad 1y agoThe house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright's son. Maybe he was influenced by the concrete blocks from the Millard House. https://www.architecturelab.net/millard-house-frank-lloyd-wright/ https://www.architecturelab.net/millard-house-frank-lloyd-wr...