From: j.halpenny@rogers.com   
      
   On Friday, September 3, 2021 at 8:36:01 PM UTC-4, Howard wrote:   
   > use...@only.tnx (Questor) wrote :   
   > > On Thu, 2 Sep 2021 09:25:33 -0700 (PDT), Richard Hershberger   
   > >>My impression is that many of his buildings, while very pretty, are   
   > >>not actually very practical. This is something of a pet peeve of   
   > >>mine: celebrity architects who produce artistic statements where what   
   > >>we need is a functional building.   
   > >   
   > > It's one thing if the building is inferior because of substandard   
   > > materials or poor workmanship. Can we know if that's the case with   
   > > the leaky FLW buildings, or is due to some design flaw?   
   > If you search FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE LEAKY ROOF you get a sense it was   
   > a mix of both bad materials, workmanship and designs.   
   >   
   > Accounts pop up of things like concrete that lacked enough   
   > reinforcement, skylights that weren't square and were pitched to send   
   > water toward the inside of the roof instead of outward. It sounds like   
   > he tended to ignore little details that mattered, like managing how   
   > roofs met chimneys or creating vestibules for keeping things from   
   > crossing into the house.   
      
   He did like flat roofs, which were not common in those days, and possibly few   
   builders knew how to seal them well.   
      
   John   
      
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