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Re: Frank Lloyd Wright’s first home

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Post by dnemmers » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC

bmitc wrote: post #50

halestock wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I also took the tour this year and I came away with the impression that he would have fit right in with today's "genius" entrepreneurs and CEOs for all the reasons you stated. He certainly had great ideas and was an excellent designer, but he was belligerent and bull headed and owes a lot of his success to luck and the people who surrounded him.

That's a bit of a silly comparison, in my opinion. FLW was an incredibly deep and original thinker. You can't say the same for today's "genius" entrepreneurs. FLW also experimented and created many new ways of designing and building. He couldn't possibly have been stealing that many unique ideas over basically his 70 year career.

"He couldn't possibly have been stealing that many unique ideas over basically his 70 year career."

I'm not sure how you could possibly make that assertion?

Re: Frank Lloyd Wright’s first home

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Post by bmitc » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 7:01 PM UTC

dnemmers wrote: post #61

bmitc wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a bit of a silly comparison, in my opinion. FLW was an incredibly deep and original thinker. You can't say the same for today's "genius" entrepreneurs. FLW also experimented and created many new ways of designing and building. He couldn't possibly have been stealing that many unique ideas over basically his 70 year career.

"He couldn't possibly have been stealing that many unique ideas over basically his 70 year career." I'm not sure how you could possibly make that assertion?

What is the counter claim? That he stole many different original genre defining styles and techniques from many different architects over a period of 70 years with not one well corroborated claim?

The fact that no such claims exist is how I made my assertion. Look at his body of work and study it. He reinvented his primary style multiple times but yet kept his core style. A claim that he was a grifter needs a lot of evidence for one of the most colossal intellects of our time. It's like saying Einstein was a grifter.

Re: Frank Lloyd Wright’s first home

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Post by quaddoggy » Sun, Jul 19, 2026, 9:12 PM UTC

If you have a late afternoon flight out of Chicago and free time earlier that day then you would have time to do a tour here. Very enjoyable.

Re: Frank Lloyd Wright’s first home

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Post by panick21_ » Mon, Jul 20, 2026, 1:29 PM UTC

I don't really understand why this is famous. Or other his houses. Traditional British Country houses look better. As do other classic archtectures for country side houses.