{"id":7423,"date":"2016-10-24T11:42:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T11:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/?p=7423"},"modified":"2016-10-24T11:42:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T11:42:44","slug":"nester-percher-flw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/nester-percher-flw\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you a nester or a percher? #FLW"},"content":{"rendered":"
They say you learn something new every day and I’m surprised I’d never heard this design characteristic earlier:<\/p>\n
Nesters and Perchers<\/strong><\/p>\n The faithful readers amongst you will know I’ve just returned from a trip to Chicago where we visited some Frank Lloyd Wright properties.<\/p>\n Wright divided his clients into two basic types: nesters<\/em> or perchers<\/em>.<\/p>\n Nesters like to be tucked amongst the woods whilst perchers prefer being high atop hills. <\/p>\n You can see both of these client types at Fallingwater (Nesters):<\/p>\n <\/p>\n and Kentuck Knob (Perchers):<\/p>\n <\/p>\n