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• LA ‘glass church’ designed by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son shuts amid landslide fears

  16-02-2024 21:16
  
  The Wayfarers Chapel, designed by eldest son of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was completed in 1951 and hosted star weddingsThe Wayfarers Chapel, a glass-walled, mid-century marvel that sits beneath a canopy of redwoods in Los Angeles, has closed indefinitely due to “accelerated land movement” in the area.Known locally as the “glass church”, the building was designed by architect Lloyd Wright and designated a national historic landmark just two months ago. But the structu
  
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• Bryan Thomas obituary

  16-02-2024 18:48
  
  My stepfather, Bryan Thomas, who has died aged 95, was an architect and designer who was responsible for the design of many houses in north-east Essex during his long career.Bryan’s practice also designed schools, churches, community centres, a Quaker meeting room and buildings at Essex University. The largest of his churches stands in Alresford, Essex, where he also designed and built two “upside-down” houses in the 1970s. There, bedrooms on the ground floor and living rooms o
  
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