Frank Lloyd Wright's Home and Studio: Inside the House That Started It All

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Frank Lloyd Wright's Home and Studio: Inside the House That Started It All

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Join Ken on a captivating journey inside Frank Lloyd Wright's Home and Studio, a place where architecture transcends mere buildings to become art. Discover the birthplace of ideas that reshaped American architecture. Explore the intimate spaces and innovative designs that marked the beginning of Wright's illustrious career. Witness how Wright's personal life, tragedies, and triumphs are intricately woven into the very walls of this architectural masterpiece.
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@ThisHouse 6 ай бұрын

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@MangoFlamingo 6 ай бұрын

My man. You are finally in the video. Congrats to the success. It should be part of a TV show

@andrewbrendan1579 6 ай бұрын

Truly a remarkable house, one designed and built according to a philosophy...and I'm so glad this one was saved. Thank you, Ken for the history and tour. --- Fun fact: actress Anne Baxter was the granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright. Ken, I saw you and Dalton in the recent "Hoarders" episode and I want to thank you even more for the huge amount of work you did for your friend Bob both inside his house for cleaning and clearing, and outside of his house serving as advocates and case workers, doing so much on his behalf. If that isn't true friendship and genuine concern for a fellow human being in need of help then I don't know what is. Many blessings to you and Dalton!

@ThisHouse 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words! It was an honor to help him.

@kimklashinsky3604 6 ай бұрын

I really like Frank Lloyd Wright and this house and studio does not disappoint. Thank you for the great content!

@brucefrendahl4126 6 ай бұрын

I visited this home and studio years ago, while employed in the architectural business. I was greatly impressed by his meticulous attention to detail, right down to the napkins on the Dining Room table. His Oak Park home and Studio is nothing short of spectacular.

@barrya8981 6 ай бұрын

I used to give tours there, but haven’t been in years. Your video was a wonderful reminder.

@robindavis432 6 ай бұрын

My Grand father had a FLR home in MN . My mom loved her childhood home.

@milliehicks7436 6 ай бұрын

I actually really loved this house. I wouldn't change much.

@lorriredmon8212 6 ай бұрын

I grew up just up the block from this home in a house that was built in 1877. I walked past this Home and Studio every day to both grade and high schools. Living in Oak Park gave me a great appreciation for architecture and FLW Especially. I also love Sullivan's style! The FLW Home and Studio is a stunning building. I also love his Unity Temple there in OP. So many FLW homes in OP too. Thanks for this tour. It was nice to see it again after many years gone.

@Kyfordman1989 6 ай бұрын

He was an architectural genius. His homes built a century go still look modern today.

@kendranewton9071 6 ай бұрын

He was a genius in design. So simply beautiful.

@mileshigh1321 6 ай бұрын

On a high school art trip to New York, we saw a replica of Frank's studio or library at the MOMA I think it was! Impressive with so many amazing elements !

@kenbarkdoll7252 6 ай бұрын

Wright does not disappoint. Good job on the tour.

@kimhall5863 6 ай бұрын

Did I just complete a university course on architecture⁉️ For the layman like me this video was FASCINATING~thank you❣️

@garryferrington811 6 ай бұрын

It was nice to see you again, Ken. It's also nice to take a break from ostentation. Somehow this house has a graceful, quiet understatement.

@sdvinteriors_designstudio 6 ай бұрын

Light, texture and space: all fused around nature 👏

@peterlarsen7779 6 ай бұрын

I found it very interesting to see his humble beginnings... Thank you so much. I'm quite smitten by his designs. I often wonder if it would be possible to build a replica of one of his houses, but modernize it insofar as insulation, double or triple glazed windows, floorheating etc.... Perhaps even taking favourite design aspects from multiple houses, and incorporate them into _one_ ... I've been looking for a good book with all his houses - preferably with floorplans... but haven't found one yet.

@veronicaferguson8548 6 ай бұрын

Nice to see you in the video. My Dad revered Frank Lloyd Wright.I could never understand why an engineer would revere an archtect.After see what Frank Lloyd Wright created ,i now understand.

@caroleinwv 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!So much departure from tradition with clear form following function.

@zovalentine7305 6 ай бұрын

Rest in peace 🙏 Frank Lloyd Wright 8 June 1867 ~ 9 April 1959⚘

@user-mt7bo4bm3x 6 ай бұрын

💓I've just been mesmerized for many years with FLR vision of living spaces and his art of integrating the factors of influence on human sences into architecture - all those skylights, waterfalls, rythmical windows, open and close spaces, sun and shadows, lows and highs, magic and science. The most powerful feeling is that all these personal univerces are made by human mind and hands. This is a good feeling of beliefe in human genious.

@albertawalters3731 6 ай бұрын

I love this...watching his genius flow is amazing..👏

@bowiearcangeli11 6 ай бұрын

Ken, always so nice to see you again. An informative and interesting video. Thanks for sharing 💜

@christopherkraft1327 6 ай бұрын

Hey Ken, this home is spectacular!!! I'm a big fan of Frank Lloyd Wright & his work!! Thanks for sharing this informative video!!! 👍👍🙂

@geraldineclarke5434 6 ай бұрын

The teacher who did the most for me was Philip B Welch, a protege of Wright's. Phil passed the legacy along.

@robertodalessandro871 6 ай бұрын

Hy, hello! First of all: it's very Nice to meet you, not only your adorable voice. Once when i was a student i saw this house but not from the inside. Now you give us this opportunity. Hugs from Brasil.

@Iconoplastt 6 ай бұрын

Hi Ken, great to see you, great channel!

@vachelle3413 6 ай бұрын

I am a huge fan of his designs. Thank you.

@a1wend1l 6 ай бұрын

Very cool seeing this sort of transitional design in his career.

@David-HPC1904 6 ай бұрын

Ken, your videos are always insightful & well reached. Bravo❗️Thank you sharing🎈

@keithschwartz7318 6 ай бұрын

I enjoyed this video. We live 25 minutes away from both Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob. I’ve been to both several times.

@zovalentine7305 6 ай бұрын

Inspired by Frank and having tested for two days on career best suited for, I wanted to become an architect.... but simply worked for architects and engineers instead. I did visit Frank's Unity Temple building in Oak Park, Illinois

@ML-xi2rt 6 ай бұрын

Excellent as ALWAYS !😊

@stretch9952 6 ай бұрын

The house and studio are a marvelous composition taking maximum advantage of the corner site. You enter the house from one street, the studio from the other. The brick base and garden walls unite the beautifully scaled and diverse geometric solids of the various components. Quite a remarkable composition for it.'s time, and still exciting today.

@williamtyre523 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for another great video. I've always been struck by how the facade of the original part of the house reminds me of the work of architect Bruce Price, especially his houses in Tuxedo Park.

@user-bn8mj9no6f 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful!

@larrystevens5786 6 ай бұрын

After visiting FLW’s Oak Park home/studio in 2019, I wondered if his children knew at the time, how fortunate they were to grow up in such a privileged environment.

@sandrashevel2137 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful home

@daveg9000 Ай бұрын

Oak Park is worth a visit for anyone who is interested in architecture and design.

@jillatherton4660 6 ай бұрын

Wonderful stuff, well I would say that, I love Arts and Crafts. From UK 👍

@laurielaurie8280 6 ай бұрын

I'm not really nuts about this home. I like the outside of the home. The one feature I did like was in the window layout in the bathroom. I really like that it was placed so no one could see in.

@mikenixon2401 6 ай бұрын

My wife and I saw a Frank Lloyd Wright house in St. Louis. We both said we liked our own home better. Sorry, I'm not a FLW fan. Guess I don't have that level of culture. Nevertheless you offer a good report, Ken.

@jetsons101 6 ай бұрын

We have many book on Frank Lloyd Wright. Quite the architect, to bad about losing his family. The image at 3:53 shows how original the house is, that is a "not up to code" ungrounded plug.... OUCH Great watch.

@glenhammpnd8357 6 ай бұрын

THANKS

@Steven-wm9vu 6 ай бұрын

Ken looking too good at the beginning. Great video. Thanks

@danielmorris7648 6 ай бұрын

The thing about architecture that sets it apart from other art is the combination of form and function. FLW imo wasn't an architect, he was an artist that used construction materials instead of paint or clay, but a FLW house has almost zero function they're a nightmare to live in.

@Barb-bq8nj 6 ай бұрын

I have been In frank Lloyd wright rights home. I love His designs.

@henrietta615 Ай бұрын

Love to walk through it. He was brilliant, for sure.

@LaTericeallover 6 ай бұрын

Wow, wasn’t expecting a face reveal. Nice to put a face to the voice. 😊

@vickiephilpitt7697 6 ай бұрын

Built in 1889? If I hadn't heard that year, I would have thought thus was more 1920s and the Art Deco era. Even the dining room chairs strike me as Bauhaus design or modern Danish. The only room that I liked was the children's play room. Most of the house was just too dark for my taste, but the upper floor was brilliant (no pun intended) and warm. Funny how the bathroom only had the sink and tub, while the toilet would have been the actual novelty. And because the indoor bathroom would have been new for it's time, I bet there was only the one in that whole house.

@sherirunnels545 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. Ken, for another fascinating video. I love FLW's work, but I've never been able to see myself living in one of his homes. (As if....lol)

@heatherjones6647 6 ай бұрын

I don't think I could sit for 5 minutes in those dining chairs.

@garygloska7396 6 ай бұрын

Victorian architecture all the way for me

@calvinsaxton9925 6 ай бұрын

great channel! sometime when you are in the midwest, look into harvey ellis's mansions etc in st joseph missouri.

@oltedders 6 ай бұрын

I'm glad to see that the building is still standing. Unlike his masterpiece of 1904, the Larkin building. Destroyed in 1950, the site is still a wasteland.

@Heritage367 6 ай бұрын

I grew up spending part of my childhood in Oak Park, including going to church in Unity Temple. I love his esthetic, but his furniture designs are not comfortable, and his flat roofs with skylights always end up leaking. 😂

@HORSEYANIME2024 6 ай бұрын

Pls do a video on frank Lloyd wright designed apartment buildings that existed in Milwaukee Wisconsin

@joeseeking3572 6 ай бұрын

Well worth a visit if you're in Chicago - and accessible by metro with a bit of a walk (through a very pleasant neighborhood, but the train travels though very rough patches before you get there). I've been to a fair number of his surviving homes while traveling (if there's one nearish - even an hour or two, I'll usually make time) But while I admire much (!) about his design, the more I've read about the man, the more I see him as - not just flawed, but highly egocentric and vaguely malevolent. A charming misanthrope.

@user-qt4qp6bj1q 6 ай бұрын

Wright didn't have 'students' at this point. He had employees/apprentices. Marion Mahony Griffin, Walter Burley Griffin, Dwight S Perkins, Jon S Van Bergen, Frances Barry Byrne, etc. Students come later.

@crazyhorse5163 6 ай бұрын

You look nice and you have a wonderful voice.

@megfuchs9425 6 ай бұрын

I am a Victorian (especially Queene Anne) gal. I also like nooks and crannies- so not a fan of open floor plans. While this house was interesting it is just not for me.

@jec1ny 6 ай бұрын

At the risk of being burned at the stake for heresy, I've never been a huge FLW fan.

@g.v.hedgpeth2602 6 ай бұрын

"Until he cheated on his wife, and quietly abandoned his family" 😆 Oh, well these things happen!

@philipbrown6685 6 ай бұрын

Like You! I don’t like Wright’s architecture at all. His rooms are dark and dingy. He liked filtering light out rather than welcoming it in.

@user-ei2lm6us2e 6 ай бұрын

ANNOYING MECHANICAL VOICE

@lauralei6963 6 ай бұрын

Ugh. Can’t listen to this weird narrator😩

@jennyjatkola7094 6 ай бұрын

I loved this video! Again great job Ken! I personally love & am continually intrigued by FLW. Love the children's room. Simply fascinating things in that room! Thank you for doing this video!