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[Kathyann <knat AT sprintmail.com>]

Gene GeRue wrote:

> Practicality was not FLW's strong suit in his houses, although some of his 
> commercial designs worked very well. Nor were his buildings built to last. 
> Most have needed extensive repairs, including Fallingwater, his most 
> famous. I wrote here how disappointed I was when I first visited Taliesin 
> West and saw the poor masonry workmanship. Turns out he was out of funds, 
> as usual. Reminds me of Jefferson. Turns out the work was done by the 
> apprentices, the architecture students who were his workers, doing his 
> grunt work, even doing his laundry. They paid good money for this. In that 
> regard he was a model for Paolo Solari, who also uses unpaid workers to 
> build Arcosanti.
What is you current impression of Arcosanti? I haven't been there in years.
Kathyann