Posted on 10/20/2019 9:38:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The Ennis House, which is located in the foothills of the L.A. neighborhood of Los Feliz, was built by Wright's son in 1924 for Charles and Mabel Ennis and is known as a unique masterpiece ... made almost entirely of granite blocks.
The property's been a hot spot for Hollywood filmmakers over the years, appearing in countless shows and movies ... including 1982's "Blade Runner."
As for the specifics of the Ennis House ... it's over 6,000 square feet including the detached guest quarters, 3 beds, 3.5 baths and the main house features a gorgeous marble floor linking the various rooms.
There are hardwood floors and leaded glass windows throughout ... along with a fireplace, a vintage kitchen, a media room with a wet bar, a swimming pool, a koi pond and one hell of a view of the city. The sale easily broke the previous record for an FLW house set by the Storer House in Hollywood Hills ... it went for $6.8 mil in 2013.
(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...
He did some cool stuff but, truth be told, some of his designs had challenges with things like leaky roofs, poor structural integrity, etc.
Still, he was to architecture what Hendrix was to rock guiter - at least to me.
Love FLW!
The famous complaint of Emperor Joseph II about The Marriage of Figaro - “too many notes, Mozart” - is generally perceived to be a gaffe by a blockhead. In fact, Joseph was echoing what nearly everybody, including his admirers, said about Mozart: he was so imaginative that he couldn’t turn it off, and that made his music at times intense, even demonic. Hence Mozart’s bad, or cautionary, reviews: “too strongly spiced”; “impenetrable labyrinths”; “bizarre flights of the soul”; “overloaded and overstuffed”.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/jun/04/classicalmusicandopera
I agree with your assessment of FLW. I live a short drive from his Taliesin. :)
https://www.taliesinpreservation.org/
I think it’s gorgeous! :)
I’ve seen his houses in Florence and Bentonville. I didn’t care for them.
My wife & I were 19 y/o kids who moved from Dayton, OH to Hollywood.
Needless to say, our apt did not have that view...
I love clean, simple lines and why I truly admire FLW designs.
I have that, but they haven’t done a Lego version of the Ennis House.
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