Welcome to the second installment in my Book Favorites series. Here is another very interesting section of the biography I'm reading about one of the most famous architects off all time: Frank Lloyd Wright. This next section of the book will talk about the D.D. Martin House that Wright designed. It is a perfect example of the Prairie style. Here is a picture of the house.
"And then there were the flower pots. Wright was
obsessed with flower pots, big ones, five and six
feet across, grand enough to be called "urns." He
used them to punctuate the long sills of walls and
to finish majestic blocks of masonry with a flourish.
Lots of flower pots. Some people didn't understand
the need for all those pots, especially clients who
hadn't requested the vast, expensive, custom-made
"And then there were the flower pots. Wright was
obsessed with flower pots, big ones, five and six
feet across, grand enough to be called "urns." He
used them to punctuate the long sills of walls and
to finish majestic blocks of masonry with a flourish.
Lots of flower pots. Some people didn't understand
the need for all those pots, especially clients who
hadn't requested the vast, expensive, custom-made
concrete cauldrons big enough to sleep in."
- Up Close: Frank Lloyd Wright by Jan Adkins
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