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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT COMMISSIONS

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Structural Engineer

One of the most encompassing approaches by John Geiger to the study of Frank Lloyd Wright commissions was the creation of 10 data tables that provided places to record project coordinator, preliminary drawing coordinator, working drawings coordinator, specifications writer, structural engineer, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, landscape design, supervising apprentice during construction, and building contractor. Then, drawings for the commission were listed. While such level of detail was usually not available to Geiger, this search represents a refined model for the study of the design and building process that other researchers may want to carry forward. Only Wright commissions having information recorded for these categories of contribution are returned in this search, showing a total of 299 records.

Project Information

House for Arch Oboler, "Continuation", project [Malibu, California] (1955)

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: Oboler, Arch.

Sobriquet or alternative place name: Continuation.

Design Status (as of 2011): Executed.

Occupancy form or use: HOUSING/Residential/Single Family.

Principal building materials: CONCRETE/Desert.

Number of drawings for this project detailed in the database: 12.

Drawing Number and Description

5508.??3     Basement and second floor plans
5508.??7     Sructural floor plans
5508.??8     Roof framing plans and details
5508.??9     Millwork and sheet metal fascia details
5508.002     Main floor plan and pergola connection to gatehouse
5508.005     Site plan of all buildings excpet Eleanor's Retreat
5508.008     Elevations, north and west
5508.009     West and north elevations
5508.010     Lateral and Longitudinal cross sections
5508.026     Perspective from the road
5508.027     Perspective from connecting link from existing building, colorful
5508.029     Floor and site plan main floor

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.

Davison, Allen Lape
Howe, John
Project Coordinator: Howe, John
Preliminary working drawings coordinator: Howe, John
Working drawings coordinator: Howe, John
Structural engineering: Peters, William Wesley
Construction supervision: Geiger, John

Roof type: Flat.

Note: Records a category devised by Geiger to classify the types of roof structure found in Frank Lloyd Wright projects. These terms were applied consistently through a choice list on Column [ROOFTYPE] in Table MMTFDRAWINGS FILE, and may be searched.

Project Drawing Date Range

Note: Dates for preliminary and working drawings, as well as the start and completion of construction, appear here only when present in the database. Through careful study of original, reproduced, or published Wright drawings, John Geiger developed an elaborate granulation for design process dates and their attributions. Such information is largely available only for Wright projects dating from the mid-1930s until 1959.

Date recorded by John Geiger for chronological sorting: 1/1/1955.

Notes and References

Comments by John Geiger and/or sources of attribution: None recorded.