Precast Solutions - May/June 2008 - (Page 14)

ABOVE GROUND A FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TAKES SHAPE PRECAST PANELS OFFER THE STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY FOR A FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT ORIGINAL DESIGN IN BUFFALO. BY DEBORAH HUSO PROJECT PROFILE Project: Frank Lloyd Wright Rowing Boathouse Project Owner: Frank Lloyd Wright Rowing Boathouse Corp., Buffalo, N.Y. Original Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright Project Architect: Anthony Puttnam, Wright apprentice, Taliesin Associated Architects Project Engineer: Hamilton, Houston and Lowrie, Buffalo, N.Y. Precast Manufacturer: Lakelands Concrete, Lima, N.Y. Builder: Lehigh Construction Group Inc., Buffalo, N.Y. B uffalo has long been a showcase city for Frank Lloyd Wright’s classic building designs. The famous architect’s legacy for this city in western New York includes structures built during his lifetime, such as the famous Prairie-style Darwin Martin House and the George Barton House, and those built after his death, such as the Blue Sky Mausoleum. The most recent addition to Buffalo’s Wright repertoire is the Frank Lloyd Wright Rowing Boathouse on the Black Rock Channel along the Niagara River. Completed last fall, the boathouse is an almost perfect rendition of the plans Wright originally drew in 1905 for the University of Wisconsin Boat Club. The structure was never built, but Wright revised the plans in the 1930s, updating the construction materials from frame and stucco to concrete and featured it in an international exhibition of what he considered his eight greatest designs. Eight years ago, West Side Rowing Club members John Courtin, who previously worked with the Darwin Martin House, along with Ted Marks and Jay Meyers, formed the Frank Lloyd Wright Rowing Boathouse Corp. specifically to build the boathouse in Buffalo. Constructed on land leased by Erie County adjacent to the West Side Rowing Club, the nation’s largest youth-based rowing club, the Frank Lloyd Wright Rowing Boathouse is today a testament to the architect’s timeless design and also evidence of the Courtesy Frank Lloyd Wright Rowing Boathouse Corp. 14 PRECAST SOLUTIONS | MAY/JUNE 2008

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Precast Solutions - May/June 2008 Contents Sustainability and Practicality Security Blanket A Frank Lloyd Wright Takes Shape Concrete Joins MENSA Precast Lightens Up

Precast Solutions - May/June 2008

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