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.
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?
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.
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
7 things Frank Lloyd Wright got wrong about design.
https://www.businessinsider.com/what-frank-lloyd-wright-got-wrong-2016-8
Meh. Never been much of a fan of his work. I hate open floor plans with a passion.
I love the older, more traditional homes, such as Victorians, Stone houses from the Revolutionary War Period and the Southern Antebellum Plantation styles.
I also love Dutch Colonials. This may sound weird but one example of a Dutch Colonial that I love is the infamous Amityville Horror House. That house is stunningly beautiful, despite the tragic DeFeo massacre which took place inside the home.
I’m just not a fan of modern homes with the ubiquitous open floor plans. Older homes have craftsmanship and character that newer homes do not have. Plus, open floor plans take away privacy.