Youive seen houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Now learn about two radically different kinds of buildings designed by Wright: the Blue Sky Mausoleum in Forest Lawn, and the Filling Station in a slide lecture by Patrick Mahoney. The illustrated lecture on New Building Types by Frank Lloyd Wrightis in the 1920s will take place on Saturday, March 25th 2006 at 10 a.m. at the LCo Building. The LCo building is located on Van Rensselaer & Exchange St. in downtown Buffalo. Admission is free for Graycliff members and volunteers; for the general public, admission is $5. Ample free parking is available.
Wright in Public: Lecture on Frank Lloyd Wright’s Civic Architecture of the 1920s
Although best known for his designs of houses, during the 1920is Frank Lloyd Wright designed two radically new types of structures: the cemetery memorial and the gas station. Both structures were meant to be built in Buffalo, NY. But they were not constructed at the time. Now, with the recent completion of the Blue Sky Mausoleum in Forest Lawn, and the soon to-be-built Filling Station in downtown Buffalo, Patrick Mahoney will present a slide lecture that discusses the architectural significance of each. Patrick Mahoney is a practicing architect and the Vice President of the Graycliff Conservancy.
Image: Model of a gas station from an exhibit of the works of Frank Lloyd Wright at the Layton Art Gallery in Milwaukee, which toured the United States between 1930 and 1931.