While we were gone though, we got to see an impressive brick ranch house - the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Zimmerman House in Manchester, New Hampshire. If this had been the little brick ranch next to our house, you can bet we wouldn't be turning it into a garage! The Zimmerman House is a Usonian house and is similar to the Prairie Style that he is known for, but smaller and (supposedly) built for the common man, though the price tag would have been rather steep for most when this was built in the 1950s.
I loved the Garden Room where there were troughs to grow plants just inside and just outside the windows to make it feel like you're outside even when you're inside.
Because the house was built into the land, you could reach the roof in the back. The roofing was supposed to be cedar shakes, but the city wouldn't allow that so it is clay tile instead. And, yes, in true Frank Lloyd Wright fashion, it did leak.
A fun interlude - now back to making sure the garage roof doesn't leak!
A roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of weather. Structures that require roofs range from a letter box to a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most numerous.The characteristics of a roof are dependent upon the purpose of the building.
ReplyDelete“Back to making sure the garage roof doesn’t leak” - Not only the garage roof, but also the one protecting your dwelling place. This is to ensure that you won’t wake up with a flooded bedroom. Hehe! Kidding aside, I hope your roof repair is already done. :)
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