Posted on 10/02/2019 9:05:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Norman Lykes house, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, will be up for auction on Oct. 16. It was the last residence designed by Wright, who designed many iconic homes, including "Fallingwater" in Pennsylvania, as well as the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
The home was last listed for $2.65 million by The Agency, but it has been on and off the market since 2016. The Phoenix, Arizona, home will be auctioned off, regardless of price, by Heritage Auctions.
"Curved lines in the home play off the curves of the Phoenix Mountains, and the cantilevered roofline provides natural shade on the south-facing façade," Brent Lewis, director of design for Heritage Auctions, says. "The windows never see direct sun, yet the house is light and bright."
Throughout the home, there is mahogany woodwork and built-in furniture. The terrace pool, which overlooks Palm Canyon and the valley, is lined with mother-of-pearl.
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Never fond of his work. Toooooo artful. A home should feel like a home.
I was visiting a friend who lives above and near where the I-90 floating bridge enters Seattle, and there were these two houses across the street that had a very familiar look. I said they looked an awfully lot like Frank Lloyd Wright designs. He said “that’s because they are.”
I’ve always been a huge fan of his work and consider him the father of open spaces in home design. But I also think a lot of his cutting edge visual designs were not very structurally sound, or had a lot of problems with leaking roofs, etc.
I like the Usonian Automatic.
Very nice.....
The furniture, not so much, but the defensible position with firing ports.....mmmmmmmmm
As a ‘bigun’ the usonian homes would be uncomfortable, but this, with the location......
KYPD
Falling Water is nice. This, not so much. I’m sure it will sell for a premium.
Is that a private residence, or an Observatory?
Just a carport?
No Garage?
Where am I going to keep my collection of Harleys?
((((LOL... I only have ONE, but still need a garage.))))
Looks like an emu. Where’s Doug? $2.65M? A fool and his money are soon parted. Tom Tusser.
rwood
Nice
Though for a moment it was the House on Haunted Hill...
Like it! Especially the field of view and defendable location.
No matter how hard I try, I cantilever.
P.S. The second best place to see FLW works is the campus of Florida Southern College in Lakeland, FL.
The tar paper flashing around the chimney (third photo) is both ugly, and tells me the house has a severe leaking problem.
Murdoch Mysteries did an episode with him. They built an exterior and interior to try to match what he would have built in Canada had he built one there
Murdoch installed a life size walk in potato cooker aka microwave and it killed a rival of Frank Lloyd Wright
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