The house that wasn’t built

Renderings for
a house in Dallas that world-renowned architect Frank Lloyd
Wright designed for Stanley Marcus (of Neiman-Marcus fame)
in the 1930s will be on display at the Rice School of Architecture’s
Farish Gallery until April 20. The house was never built,
because Wright exceeded the original budget when his vision
for the house’s potential expanded beyond Marcus’
means. The exhibit includes letters that Wright wrote to
Marcus, some of which convey the heated discussion that
took place by mail. Also in the exhibit are a model, pictured
above, of the house constructed in bass wood by Rice architecture
student Todd Van Varick, above, and a digital model of the
house designed by Brian Heiss, Wortham fellow at the Rice
School of Architecture. The exhibit of this virtual house
was designed and installed by the design partnership Thumb
(Luke Bulman and Kimberly Shoemake, directors of publications
and exhibitions for the School of Architecture) in collaboration
with Rice architecture students Nik Nikolov and Jessica
Young. Farish Gallery is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.