Reader Amie Kershbaum writes to tell us about an interesting take on reality TV, coming to the DIY Network this coming August 16. Over the past several weeks, that television network gave watchers and visitors to their website the chance to vote on the design of a traditional log / timber cabin; the construction itself is viewable now as a time-lapse video, and starting on August 16 (at 9 pm EST/PST), the entire design/build process will be the subject of a new series hosted by Amy Devers, who was not very happy about the bugs she was told she’d encounter during the filming out in the back woods of Tennessee. Blog Cabin will run through September 27.
if you live in Wisconsin, turn on the tube tonight
The always-dependable Douglas Anders notes on his Frank Lloyd Wright Newsblog that there will be two good FLW-related documentaries on Wisconsin Public Television this week, one tonight and one Wednesday:
Expo: Magic of the White City
is on tonight at 8pm. I saw this documentary a few months ago and it’s
not bad (despite the cheesey historical re-enactments). Some of the
photographs and other images are jaw-dropping awesome — including some
of the Japanese section (the Ho-o-den) that so influenced Frank Lloyd
Wright.Frank Lloyd Wright’s Buffalo will air
Wednesday, March 21 at 7pm. this hour long documentary follows the
friendship of Wright and Darwin Martin, and the buildings that they
built in Buffalo. This is worth watching, but I thought that it was too
short — an hour isn’t long enough to do justice to the three buildings
Wright build for Martin (the brevity of the Larkin Building segment
will make you weep). But it is still a good effort, and great
introduction to this aspect of Wright’s life.