View allAll Photos Tagged franklloydwright
My mother and I trespassed onto this Frank Lloyd Wright home in Pasadena when we found it essentially abandoned, or, at least undergoing repairs (what Wright home isn't?). We took it upon ourselves to stroll the grounds and meander through the garden that featured a pond and working fountain.
Paradise Pool at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa was supposedly Marilyn Monroe's favorite. The Arizona Biltmore plays host to hundreds of celebrities each year, and has welcomed every president since Herbert Hoover. The resort has 8 pools; Paradise Pool is the largest.
Wright felt that music was integral to a life of creativity. He called up his wife to say he had a little extra money, what did she want him to pick up? She answered, "A Vacuum cleaner." He came home with a harpsichord.
From Wikipedia:
The Arthur B. Heurtley House is located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, United States. The house was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and constructed in 1902. The Heurtley House is considered one of the earliest examples of a Frank Lloyd Wright house in full Prairie style.[3] The house was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places when it was designated a National Historic Landmark on February 16, 2000.
While the Heurtleys owned the home it underwent three major changes. They added screens to the windows on the elevated porch as well as a breakfast room on the main floor. The third of the Heurtley's changes converted the "wood room," as it was known on Wright's original drawing into a pantry or food storage area. It is thought that the breakfast room addition and wood room conversion were done through Frank Lloyd Wright's office but the dates remain unconfirmed.[5]
In 1920 the house was purchased by Frank Lloyd Wright's sister, Jane Porter, and her husband, Andrew. They converted the home into a duplex in the 1930s and each floor was separated into apartments. The Porters stayed in the Heurtley House for 26 years. After the Porters left the house, two other owners altered the home further. The kitchens and bathrooms were modernized, the front loggia enclosed and a black iron gate was added to the home's entryway. A master bathroom was added in the last fifteen feet of the main floor veranda and the living room inglenook and dining room breakfront were removed. A second chimney and a furnace were also added.[5] Between 1997 and 2002, the owners of the house spent 1.2 million dollars on a complete restoration of the building.
The Heurtley House is one of Wright's earliest, fully mature Prairie style houses and the patterns that he established with the home would eventually appear in many of his greatest works within the style.[2] The fundamental characteristic of Prairie style are all present in the 1902 Heurtley House. The major spaces are raised above the surrounding grounds, ceilings echo roof forms and the fireplaces are in the center of the house. The exterior features overhanging eaves, a large central chimney, horizontally grouped windows and terraces and balconies. The home's interior is unique in that its ground plan is reversed from the traditional layout of American homes. The living and dining areas are on the top floor of the house.
We first visited Fallingwater in 1984. It wasn't again until the summer and autumn of 2008, some 24 years later, that we visited this remarkable home. This photo is from our visit in September 2008, when we attended and spoke at the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy conference held at Bear Run. The Conservancy, in cooperation with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, held a twilight reception and dinner at the home.
This photo is a near twilight view from the west terrace looking up at the vertical stone chimney mass. The kitchen area is directly ahead with Mr. Kaufmann's bedroom directly above that. Mrs. Kaufmann's bedroom and terrace is to the right of Mr. Kaufmann's bedroom. The main living area is to the right and below Mrs. Kaufmann's bedroom and terrace.
The lectures/lab sessions were held in Frank Lloyd Wright's Polk County Science Building. It has since been completely remodeled, losing much of its original Wright touch. Notice the lab tables with permanently attached "mushroom" lamps, made of aluminum. The lamp stands had electrical outlets, water, and gas jets, all built in. Also the typical FLlW FSC bricks and aluminum-framed windows. Aluminum as a construction material was new, rare, and expensive when this building was built, and Frank used a lot of it.
I can't even begin to describe how excited I was to bring this home with me. I was coming home from a disappointing estate sale and drove past a garage sale sign. I was going to continue on my way home but I had this nagging feeling so I found my way back to the garage sale. Boy am I glad i did!!!
The lamp looked somewhat familiar in style, but I just couldn't put my finger on it until I got home. I guess my architectural background is good for something in this economy!