The Universal Portland Cement Co. Exhibition Pavilion was a beautiful and tiny temporary pavilion designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. In this our second collaboration together, Chad Solon and I have been interested in recreating it in the same way we did the Spaulding room. From here I leave Chad describing the project in his own…
Category: Lost building
Virtual Reality
Happy birthday Mr Wright! Marking the 150th anniversary of the American architect’s birth on June 8, 1867, public sites across the United States are celebrating Wright’s 150th birthday in a variety of creative ways, from dinners and concerts to late-night tours and special lectures, and a a major exhibition will take place in September at MOMA. 360…
Rebuild or not rebuild
There is a debate as old as architecture itself, related to the reconstruction of buildings destroyed as they were in their day. When it comes to authentic works of art, the problem is twofold. How to recreate a masterpiece knowing that it will never be identical to the original? In this context, my work joins…
Pauson house panoramas
I love panoramic images. I think they are very poetic and if there is a work that existed to be admired in this format, this work is the Pauson house. Panoramic images are especially appropriate when it comes to capturing the immensity of a natural landscape and the Arizona desert is no exception, with its rocky…
Hooked on the Media
My recreation work of the Larkin administration building and the Pauson house have had a significant impact on dailynewspapers and on the media related to architecture, art and design. All the comments have been extremely positive so all this is a relevant support for my work and an important encouragement for the project “Hooked on the past”….
Larkin Vertical
The two drawings which appear at the beginning of this post where produced by Frank Lloyd Wright. They are separated several years in time and drawn in very different styles, but what catches my attention is the 1×3 format in which they are framed, used to emphasize the strong vertical proportions of the building design. Taking these two…
The Pauson house finished
After a period of review helped by connoisseurs and admirers of Frank Lloyd Wright’s work, especially at www.savewright.org, I can show this project in its finished version. As with the Larkin building, it has been many months of work but I think the result has been worth it. In the future, I will return to…
Larkin administration building finished
After weeks of work during which I have had to remake all the images, I call this images finished. It is possible now to contemplate this recreation of the Larkin Administration Building here, which would not have been possible without the invaluable help of many people at SaveWright.org who have altruistically contributed to improve the accuracy of the result…
Rose and Gertrude Pauson house. Part I
Rose and Gertrude Pauson house The Pauson House was a little gem within the extensive work of Frank Lloyd Wright. Designed in the 40’s is considered a masterpiece but after a tragic fire this building disappeared after only one year of existence. Fortunately we have a great photographic report from Pedro E. Guerrero, but they are…