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I was just thinking--this guy would hate Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park bungalows: http://www.thecraftsmanbungalow.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/....


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> Disclaimer: These same principles do not always apply to Modernist or even canonically Postmodern architecture. These principles are for the classical or traditional architecture most residential homes are modeled after.

Those bungalows were definitely not modeled after classical or traditional architecture, so the principles in the article wouldn't apply. I'm sure the author has different opinions about modern architecture (i.e. the style that FLW defined).

The difference is that McMansions are (poorly) aping traditional architecture, whereas FLW was creating his own style.


From what I see in this picture, the bungalows obey the principles of the article.

For example, all the windows are similar, the house appears designed in thirds, the bottom floor clearly visually supports the top floor.

The house is an example of what the article calls an "assymetrically balanced house." Wright was even kind enough to point out the balance point with that flower-podium feature.


I love this building (actually a collection of 4 different buildings) but it has some of the traits that McMansions try to emulate: http://www.flwright.org/sites/default/files/homepage/slidesh...




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