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Re:Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts by blhack on Monday June 26, 2017 @11:01PM (#14642265)
> It has a feeling of "someone stuck on this extra part here, this stairwell here, ..."

Isn't that practically one of the defining characteristics of Frank Lloyd Wright's houses?

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Re:Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts by dgacmu on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @12:01PM (#14646616)
Concur. The FLW houses I've seen have all been quite consistent. I like Kentuck Knob as an example more than Fallingwater, because it doesn't have the super-obvious "cantilevered over the water" thing as a focus point, so you have to look at the whole a little more:

http://kentuckknob.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Kentuck_Sp...

Consistent roofline, consistently repeated window motif, re-use of the horizontal stonework for the house, the exterior wall, and the chimneys.

The drawback of his Usonian houses is that the ceiling height is ridiculous by 2017 standards. At 6'3", I have to duck in several of the rooms, much less the doorways. Oof.

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Re:Zillow forces McMansion Hell to delete posts by blhack on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @04:08PM (#14648910)
Ah fair enough. I was thinking stuff like this: http://doclibrary.com/MSC146/IMG/ban-home4.jpg

https://imgs.6sqft.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/07115505/f...

http://media.architecturaldigest.com/photos/57571c84e8428148...

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