Odd is all in a person’s point of view, isn’t it? What I perceive as odd you may think of as quaint. Or asymmetrical. Or idiosyncratic.
Or just plain odd.
Obviously the following homeowners took “odd” to mean unique, different, and cutting edge (among other positive adjectives), and used that meaning to create yet another wonderful form of Art.
While looking for something else (as always), I happened to come across some weird-looking houses. And while that’s a great topic for an upcoming gallery, I felt like sharing a few of them with you this morning….
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an architect and writer whose distinct style helped him became one of the biggest forces in American architecture.
Wright started his own firm and developed a style known as the “Prairie School”, which strove for an “organic architecture” in designs for homes and commercial buildings.
These were single-story homes with low, pitched roofs and long rows of casement windows, employing only locally available materials and wood that was always unstained and unpainted, emphasizing its natural beauty.
Wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture.
As a founder of organic architecture, Wright played a key role in the architectural movements of the twentieth century, influencing three generations of architects worldwide through his works.
Wright designed original and innovative offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, museums, and other structures. He often designed interior elements for these buildings, as well, including furniture and stained glass.
Considered one of the most radical architects in history, Wright used revolutionary building technologies and materials and experimented with using the natural landscape as part of his designs.
Wright was a great originator and a highly productive architect. He designed some 800 buildings, of which 380 were actually built and a number are still standing.
Her paintings of growing cities reflect her love of the urban landscape and with the ongoing resilience and growth of civilization.
Her cityscapes hum and sing with ribbons of roads and highways energetically wrapped around growing heaps of buildings.
Her artwork showcases her curiosity of how much time and work it takes for a society to function and grow in spite of all the problems of natural and man made disasters.
Casey has exhibited her work regionally and nationally with solo shows in Cleveland, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Provincetown and Los Angeles.
Around the world, I’ve searched for youI traveled on when hope was gone To keep a rendezvousI know somewhere, sometime, somehow You’d look at meAnd I would see the smile you’re smiling nowIt might have been in County Down Or in New York In gay Paree or even London TownNo more will I go all around the worldFor I have found my world in you….
~ Around the World, lyrics by William Fuller, Oladapo Torimiro, Brett Young ~
There are all sorts of glass houses jutting out majestically from other buildings, upper floors, and lower levels. My choice this evening are glass houses that are just that — glass houses.
Standing free and glistening under sunrise and sunset.