Posted on 12/08/2004 4:17:02 PM PST by Republicanprofessor
I became a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright in the fifth grade in Oklahoma of all places. I've always thought a great vacation tour would be to go see each of his projects. You'd see a lot of the country as well.
Where do you live with your arcadian farmhouse? Sounds beautiful. Houses have more windows and porches in the south than in the north. Shoveling snow on a wrap-around porch? No thank you.
This structure is one of many that will be created because of the design of the structure. The spiral shape is used because of the stability and wind resistance. The stability is phenomenal in the case of Earthquakes. The Japaneese architects are now starting to incorperate the use of the spiral shapeing. True there is more steel joints neede to create the spiral, but it helps out tromendously. That is why a spiral shape was going to be used to rebuild the twin towers. Ugly, but more efficient.
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