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The information presented here exhibits the extent to which John Geiger considered many points of reference related to a given Frank Lloyd Wright project. Aside from basic information such as title, location, and project date, Geiger extended his interests to types of floor and roof plans, types of construction and building purpose, and where possible the dates of the various stages of development in the design process and construction. Geiger often included citations for bibliographic references as sources for the recorded information in an elaborate but unevenly developed series of attributions.

Project Information

Automobile Objective and Planetarium for Gordon Strong, project [Sugarloaf Mountain, Maryland] (1924)

Note: The following information concerning this project represents original research and analysis by John Geiger, and is based in his long and detailed study of the Frank Lloyd Wright literature as well as personal contacts with members of the Taliesin Fellowship and architectural historians. In addition, he added his own categories of building type and compositional form, as well as other points of consideration that he deemed important to understanding of the design. As with any primary archival source material, the references and sources of attribution should be consulted where possible to affirm the data provided. Sometimes there is an indication of attribution for which there is no matching footnote recorded. Some understanding of the intended source may be discovered in remaining notes or frequently cited publications which appear in the comment field.

Name of client: Strong, Gordon.

Sobriquet or alternative place name: None.

Design Status (as of 2011): Unbuilt.

Occupancy form or use: COMMERCIAL/Recreation.

Principal building materials: Not assigned.

Number of drawings for this project detailed in the database: 44.

Drawing Number and Description

2505.??1     See 1705.001 Perspective sketch, original by Wright
2505.??2     Perspective
2505.007     Floor plan palnetarium entrance level?
2505.009     Floor plan
2505.011     Floor plan
2505.013     Perspective with cross section showing ramps
2505.015     Perspective with cross section, early, construction lines shown
2505.018     Elevation and sectiom
2505.018     Floor plan, elevation and cross seetion
2505.019     Floor plan of upper level and stage
2505.020     Floor plan of lower level with ramps, terrace, dance hall, and audi
2505.021     Floor plan restaurant level
2505.022     floor plan
2505.023     Perspective (Probably the first study)
2505.024     Diagram of planes
2505.029     Cross section of theater
2505.030     Cross seection
2505.031     Elevation with curious rectangular roof at top
2505.034     Cross sections; two on one sheet of paper
2505.036     Perspective from below; less detail but more foliage
2505.038     PLot plan aof the Strong property
2505.039     Perspective from below with people on ramps
2505.039     Plan showing all levels from the exterior
2505.040     Plan at top level
2505.041     Floor plan, level O
2505.042     Floor plan, level I
2505.043     Floor plan, level 2
2505.044     Floor plan of level 3
2505.045     Floor plan
2505.047     Floor plan level 6
2505.048     Floor plan, level 7
2505.049     Floor plan, top level
2505.050     Elevation and cross section
2505.052     Aerial perspective; more finished drawing
2505.053     Perspective from below; more finished drawing with ornamentation
2505.054     Perspective from below with faceted segments (drawing convention)
2505.055     Perspective from below (segmented or drawing convention?)
2505.056     Elevation
2505.057     Cross section with elevation of''double bridge'' upper right
2505.058     Aerial perspective and plan
2505.066     Site an roof plan
2505.067     Cross section
2505.068     Aerial perspective
2505.070     Aerial perspective

Individuals recorded as contributing to project:

Note: Not everyone who contributed to a project may be named; only those whose participation has been confirmed from a source appear above. Occasionally names presented as contributors to a project may seem chronologically anomalous. This usually occurs when an individual prepared drawings for publicity, exhibition, or publication long after the original date of a commission.

Individuals recorded as producing drawings for this project:
Wright, Frank Lloyd


Notes and References

Comments by John Geiger and/or sources of attribution: (a) McCarter, Robert. Frank Lloyd Wright (London: Phaidon Press, 1997), p. 350; drawing .052 signed FLW 1923-24 (b) Karfik, JTF #11, p. 10 talks about working on this job, which is 5 years after the 1923 design date. Geier 01/10/05.

Note: The information shown above is collected from a series of data table columns intended originally to record not only comments or notes, but also to cite sources of attribution for dates assigned to the various stages of drawing preparation in the design process. As with any primary archival source material, the references and sources of attribution shown here should be consulted where possible to affirm the data provided.

This commission is referenced and/or illustrated in the following publications:

Cleary, Richard. Merchant Prince and Master Builder: Edgar J. Kaufmann and Frank Lloyd Wright. Seattle, Washington: Universitry of Washington Press. [ISBN: 0-88039-036-0].
Cleary, Richard (editor). Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward. New York: Skira/ Rizzoli. [ISBN: 978-0-8478-3262-0].
De Long, David G.. Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. [ISBN: 0-8109-3981-9].
Drexler, Arthur. The Drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright. New York: Horizon Press. [ISBN: 0-8180-0019-8].
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly: 2009, Vol. 20, No. 3. Phoenix, Arizona: Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks. Frank Lloyd Wright: The Masterworks. New York: Rizzoli. [ISBN: 0-8478-1715-6].
Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks. Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings: Masterworks from the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. New York: Harry H. Abrams Inc.. [ISBN: 0-8108-1773-4].
Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks. Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1924-1935 (Volume 5). Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita. [ISBN: 4-87140-516-8].
Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks. Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph Preliminary Studies, 1917-1932 (Volume 10). Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita. [ISBN: 4-87140-521-4].
Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks. Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph, In His Renderings 1887-1959 (Volume 12). Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita. [ISBN: 4-87140-523-0].
Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks. Frank Lloyd Wright, The Heroic Years: 1920-1932. New York: Rizzoli. [ISBN: 978-8478-3174-6].
Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks. Frank Lloyd Wright: The Complete Works 1917-1942 (Volume 2). Cologne, Germany: Taschen. [ISBN: 978-3-8365-0926-8].
Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks. Treasures of Taliesin: Seventy-Six Unbuilt Designs. Southern Illinois University Press. [ISBN: 0-8093-1235-2].
Protetch, Max. The Drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright: 5 May through 6 June, 1987. New York: Max Protech Gallery.
Riley, Terence and Reed, Peter (editors). Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. New York: The Museum of Modern Art. [ISBN: 0-87070-642-X].
Wright, Frank Lloyd. Frank Lloyd Wright: Collected Writings Volume 1, 1894-1930. New York: Rizzoli. [ISBN: 0-8478-1546-3].