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Duncan/Etzkorn-Bruce Goff - Castle Dwelling. Bruce Goff having a great shirt day (special thanks given for image captured by Dave Milstead, architect. The castle library contains an extensive collection of books, and magazines regarding Bruce Goff along with various pictures of the castle building process and other articles published shortly after the castle structure was built. The Chicago Institute of Art also kindly provided the castle along with blue prints a copy of all the communication between the Duncan's and Bruce Goff during the process of planning and building this monumental creative effort. Perhaps a telling comment regarding Duncan's and Bruce Goff's relationship was authored by Bruce Goff :) regarding a chance to get a meeting organized - Also, I look forward to seeing your slides and talking with you. I hope we can be alone as it is hard to discuss things with too many present. I will try to keep the coast clear.. An excerpt from Inland Architect Nov. 1971- A Cave of a House In Southern Illinois by Lon R. Shelby an Associate Professor of History At Southern Illinois University and former colleague Of Hugh Duncan. As Sullivan Taught, we must ask: What kinds of action is supposed to take place in a building, and how do we solve the problem of staging such action?,,, That is, we do have relationships and then turn to the architect to 'draw' the forms which will make possible the relatedness we have in mind. If we knew how to do this we would not need architects, but draftsmen who could 'carry out' our intentions. So wrote the late Professor Hugh Duncan in his book, Culture and Democracy, about the time he was planning to build his own home in the hill country of Souther Illinois South of Carbondale, ILL, where he taught in the Sociology and English Departments of the Southern Illinois University.,,, The House should therefore assume a natural place in the rocky Hillside site; It should provide a comfortable retreat for reading and writing in the midst of his thousand of books; it should make and appropriate setting for the social life the Duncans enjoyed, And it should include some Louis Sullivan artifacts as symbolic reminders of the sociological principles of architecture which Professor Duncan discerned in Sullivan's works and writings... To obtain an archictecture that would shape and maintain these relationships, Duncan turned to the eminent Bruce Goff, well known for his unusal domestic designs,,, and above all, an architect who had continued to work within the traditions of Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, while still charting his own course. The design that Goff produced beautifully expressed the relationships tht the Duncans wanted with nature, people, and books. Carved into the steep, rocky, and deeply wooded hill, the house is built around a serpentine wall of uncut stone, in the curves of which are placed three towers, while the fourth tower-the guest house- is located outside the North end of the house. (A fifth tower,,, was omitted in construction.) The curving stone wall reflects the natural rock ledges and boulders that crop out of the hillside, and the stone toweres pick up the theme of an unusual, large, cylindrrical rock formation that is shrouded in the trees just below the house.. Bruce Goff statement: We desire to enter into and inhabit any great and original work of art - to possess it and allow it possess us, be it literature, painting, music or architecture. This is why architecture is such a powerful art: we can inhabit it physically as well as spiritually in time and space. Someday perhaps it will, like music, become less earth-bound, more flexible and athletic, more ever-changing and free.. Interestingly, Goff's last executed Illinois project was a residence for Hugh Daiziel Duncan (fig 14; see De Long, fig 24), a sociology professor who had recently completed a book on the philosophy and social context of Louis Sullivan. Concurrent with the publication of 'Culture and Democracy' in 1965, Duncan chose Goff to design his personal residence near Cobden, Illinois, because he felt that Goff's work most closely followed the spirit and ideas of Sullivan and Chicago's innovative early twentieth-century architectural movements. Goff set into the rugged walls of the Duncan House a most unusual type of found object: architectural fragments gathered by Duncan from demolished Sullivan Buildings in Chicago. Recent email alert on the architecture fragments from another professor who was involved in the construction of the castle. I thought you would be interested in this new book about Richard Nickel who rescued the Sullivan ornament fragments now embedded in the walls of your house. You probably have the earlier book on Richard, They All Fall Down also by Richard Cahan. As you know, Nickel and Hugh Duncan were friends and shared in the agony of seeing so many of Sullivan's Chicago buildings being destroyed. Duncan got all that ornament fron Nickel. Maybe this new book will help you identify the individual pieces so visitors to your BB can learn of Sullivan and his principles.,,, Richard Helstern, Architect Carbondale, Ill. Chicago Reader | Architecture: A new book of Richard Nickel's photos captures the Chicago he fought so hard to save. Article on Richard Nickel new book. Exerpt;) Nickel lived in a time when that kind of continuity was considered expendableat best an impediment to progress, at worst a contagion of decay. Its scarcely different today. Just this year, three more of Sullivans 23 surviving Chicago buildings have been destroyed, two within days in disastrous fires. And while theres been no shortage of dismayed reaction, I regularly get comments on my blog (arcchicago.blogspot.com) along the lines of Get a life. No one wants to preserve crap and The idea that a group of people can impose their will on the property rights of others economic self-interest is a slap in the face to the modern business spirit. When the market economy remains our one true religion, theres never a shortage of those who would destroy beauty with malice and replace it with sh_t for spite. Bruce Goff was noted to live for a short period with his clients to enable him to build structures that suited the people and their individual needs. The structure afforded a house to accommodate two main elements of the Duncan family, namely a library area and sanctum area in the back tall tower for Hugh Duncan's pursuits as a scholar and in a liberated era of good fairness, Mina Duncan had the top of the front tower set up for her needs as a pianist. As indicated in the previous paragraph Duncan was heavy into Louis Sullivan, but features in the house also went into the structures design to honor two other architects, namely FLW, (as noted by castles light effects though not attained by FLW's spinning of rectangular structures to attain FLW's appreciation of how the ancient Mayan's accomplished the constant exchange of going from light to dark areas, or FLW's glass meeting on glass and, alas, I do jokingly blame excess interest in flat roofs, (before technology came along lately to make it feasible), on FLW. The third architect honored was FLW's early apprentice, Walter Burley Griffin, who put to rest the Prairie League School of architecture when he finished building the last structure called, the Stimpson Library, (some handful of miles away in the town of Anna, Illinois), and then sensibly leaving this country when he won the contest to build the Capital of Australia in 1913. By sensibly, I do mean the opportunity of accomplishing great design ideas like building in the up coming Iron Horse Age walk ways under roads, (so children and adults could live longer), along with integrating green areas with deep respect for nature being incorporated in urban zones that to this date even note the capital growing in this manner happily ever after. Between 1901 and 1913, Walter Burley Griffin designed some 130 houses, landscapes and bu...

Friday, Saturday, and- Sunday. One day visit: (4-5 PM arrival depending on number of previous days guests - Noon departure * if no guests are scheduled prior to your visit an effort to be open by noon on day of arrival and similarly if guests are not scheduled on your departure date the setting of departure time at noon is not required). Use of one master bedroom - $ 125.00. Use of two master bedrooms - $ 230.00. Additional use of upstairs central tower bedroom having a full size futon setup - $ 315.00. (Two days visits $230, $420, $570). Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays. One day visit: (5 PM arrival - Noon departure). Use of one master bedroom - $ 100.00. Use of two master bedrooms - $ 180.00. Additional use of upstairs central tower bedroom having a full futon setup - $ 240.00. (Two days visits $180, $340, $450). Use of one bedroom is figured at one or two person (usally termed a single or couple). If after one bedroom is selected and a odd number of additional guests are schedule for a room, the rate is factored in as half rate but the additional discount does not apply. guests staying longer than two days get an additional daily discount rate $5.00 for each day with minimun daily bedroom rate rate set at $75.00. Returning guests are given further discounts of $10.00 to the point of reaching the $75.00 minimum on a one day base rate and if they return with other guests the new folks start on the sliding scale at the point. At the point after a 6th visit rate increases in the other direction, after the 12th visit the cycle repeats. In addition to above various rates a 6% state and a 5% county tax must be factored in, for a total 11% to the cost of stay. In the situation of One a master bedroom reserved for a planned visit day(s) the other bedrooms are left vacant and opened for perusal by the guests as well as the library (where the TV/vcr are available and Duncan's sanctum tower (where the music system is available) as their private areas to relax in and enjoy. The innkeeper offers the above arrangements for several reasons. Some people may come here mainly to absorb the architectural nuances. Others might come here simply to get away from things in the outside world. And then there are those who might be looking for a far out and very different atmosphere to be with a group of close friends. I want the visitor(s) to sense they are here to have a prime experience of their choosing, exclusive of interruptions such as coping with unknown arrivals of others. Some additional reasons for this approach are that the house is setup in an open manner with only one master bedroom (next to the main entrance) being designed to have a privacy door because of its close proximity to the main entrance of the Castle. In addition, the sunken bathtub/shower between the master bedrooms require cooperation amongst guests regarding timing of usage. Furthermore a sturdy swinging door lays between master bedrooms with no lock. The unique passageway just mentioned was meant to exist by the architect and the original owner/builder. If you really like doors pick a Victorian structure for lots and lots of doors. The issue of doors was a design decision to let the structure itself provide ample privacy which is accomplished in the way the rooms are set off, as seen in the floor plan. In the case of having a single couple, this presents little problem because the visitors are informed of the freedom of movement between rooms. If I have multiple visitors I expect them to be well acquainted and respectful towards each each other. The typical usage of doors to emotionally expressively slam about for others to understand some folks state of mind is very limited in this situation. Of course folks are still welcome to echo at night the refraims of 'good night jimbo, ect.', it just lacks the shutting of doors sound effects. 50% Reservation deposit is required. The reservation deposit is refundable in case of cancellation when notifying innkeeper two weeks in advance. Full payment is expected shortly on arrival. Personal Checks, Money Orders or certified checks accepted when sent one week before arrival. Credit Cards are not accepted. In other situations where payment via postal service is not applicable, such as due to short notice reservations, cash only upon arrival is acceptable. One or two day notice is usually required to schedule a reservation. I normally take no further reservations the day before a visit at 5pm so as to have a time to arrange with other guests a time lead to know if earlier then usual arrival arrival can be arranged. It is also a pertintent issue for innkeeper to acquire needed supplies like organic bread from natural food Co-op, as well as Arnold's Market's bacon and fresh suasage from Carbondale. Please read Reservations and Policies page for further details regarding refunds and Monthly Calendars denoting openings available, ect. Last Updated: June 1, 2007

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