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our travel to the falling water house by Frank Lloyd Wright. An exceptional architecture masterpiece finished in 1939. The tourist infrastructure is not really devoted to architecture and urban design. Uniontown, PA was our stay overnight. The town is empty and the wall-mart and urban sprawl just happens outside... a typical rural american phenomenon, I guess...
Mill Run, PA - 11th of August 2013
Beth Sholom Synagogue, Elkins Park
Built: 1959
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
Extended through April 24, 2016, The Pennsylvania Modern: A Juried Photography Exhibition of Midcentury Modern Architecture honors iconic modern architecture “hidden in plain sight” throughout the commonwealth. www.statemuseumpa.org
There are only two houses in Maryland designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. This is a view of the Robert Llewellyn Wright house as seen from the Cabin John Stream Trail, Bethesda.
The last Frank Lloyd Wright house to be built was constructed on Petra Island in Lake Mahopac, NY. Finsihed in 2009 the house took 4 years to build. Originally designed in the 1950s for the previous owners of the island, it was not constructed at the time the drawings were commissioned. The island's new owners (the Massaro family) got permission from the Wright institute to use the plans and finally build the house that was designed specifically for the spot on which it now stands. the house was informally dubbed "the whale" in honor of the massive rock formation (which looks like a whale) on which the house is perched.
More info can be found at the following links:
www.apple.com/pro/profiles/heinz/
nymag.com/homedesign/greatrooms/37252/
nat-envir-sun.blogspot.com/2007/09/massaro-house-as-frank...
Beth Sholom Synagogue, Elkins Park
Built: 1959
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
Extended through April 24, 2016, The Pennsylvania Modern: A Juried Photography Exhibition of Midcentury Modern Architecture honors iconic modern architecture “hidden in plain sight” throughout the commonwealth. www.statemuseumpa.org
The Price Tower is a nineteen-story, 221-foot-high tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, that was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It is the only realized skyscraper by Wright, and is one of only two vertically oriented Wright structures extant (the other is the S.C. Johnson Wax Research Tower in Racine, Wisconsin).
The Price Tower was commissioned by Harold C. Price of the H. C. Price Company, a local oil pipeline and chemical firm. It opened to the public in February 1956.
Frank Lloyd Wright called this masterpiece the “tree that escaped the crowded forest” when he completed it for the H.C. Price International Pipeline Company in 1956. The Price Tower is Frank Lloyd Wright’s only built skyscraper. The combination apartment-office building received the American Institute of Architects 25-year Award and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Price Tower Arts Center offers a variety of traveling art exhibitions and permanent exhibitions on Wright, Bruce Goff and the Price Company and Tower.
Recent renovations by architect Wendy Evans Joseph have created an upscale 21-room boutique inn called Inn at Price Tower. With the creation of this inn Frank Lloyd Wright enthusiasts can have the opportunity to overnight in a Frank Lloyd Wright building, a once in a lifetime experience! Also on the premises and open for business is the Copper Restaurant + Bar, creating a fine dining experience for Bartlesville natives and visitors alike. Future plans for the Price Tower Arts Center include an expansion of their educational program. The Price Tower Arts Center has currently commissioned world-renowned architect, Zaha Hadid, to create the new complex that will adjoin the Price Tower, complementing the symmetrical design of Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Price Tower is an architectural jewel that attracts visitors from around the world, not only for the architecture, but also for its world-class exhibitions. Truly a one-of-a-kind must see!
Measuring 221 feet from the top of the spire and standing 19 stories high, the Price Tower is Frank Lloyd Wright’s tallest built skyscraper. The combination apartment-office building received the American Institute of Architects 25-year Award and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Price Tower, named after its former owner H.C. Price, is built on a cantilever design. There are four interior vertical shafts from which all the floors and walls project. None of the exterior walls are structural, but are merely screens resting on the horizontal cantilevered floors. The interior shafts divide the Price Tower into four separate vertical quadrants, each quadrant with its own elevator. The interior rooms of the Price Tower are unusual in design in that they are predominately triangular in shape. From a distance, oxidized copper louvers that provide shade for windows create the illusion of green branches and with the unique architectural design of a tapering tower from the nineteenth floor; it’s no wonder that Frank Lloyd Wright called this masterpiece the “tree that escaped the crowded forest.” Furniture designed by Frank Lloyd Wright specifically for the H.C. Price Company is still set in place and can be seen on tours. The Price Tower is truly an architectural wonder that you won’t want to miss with intricate interior staircases, kitchens with hidden features and to be found at every turn, the distinctive touch of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Left: Thomas Gale House (1892). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright while moonlighting in the office of Adler and Sullivan.
Right: Walter Gale House (1893). First house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright after leaving the office of Adler and Sullivan (fired for moonlighting). Oak Park, Illinois.
One of my favourite buildings in Manhattan and the perfect spot for my ultra wide angle lens. We were rushing at this point as we were late, and it was freezing so the shot was made handheld, and that IS in the lens was very handy!!. Not bad for a 0.3 sec, 1600 ISO handheld exposure :)
As a young man, before 32nd Street was extended and the ruins were removed, I would often go up to the site, like many kids from the neighborhood and Camelback High School nearby, just to enjoy the magnificent location and imagine what the home must've been like. I didn't know then that it was a noteworthy design by a famous architect. I miss the ruins, and think of them every time I drive the location.