 he main feature of construction was the simple repetition of slender hollow monolithic dendriform shafts or stems—the stems standing tip-toe in small brass shoes bedded at the floor level.
The great structure throughout is light and plastic—an open glass-filled rift is up there where the cornice might have been. Reinforcing used was mostly cold-drawn steel mesh—welded.
The entire steel-reinforced structure stands there earthquake-proof, fireproof, soundproof, and vermin-proof. Almost fool-proof but alas, no. Simplicity is never fool-proof nor is it ever for fools.
© Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
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