Proving that it is good for life and one’s soul to live in a FLW designed space living until 98 years of age.

How true

I agree. I haven't seen too many tours yet (YT is recommending them now) but some I see the owners wanted to maintain FLW's vision, except they added this and changed that and . . . and . . . and.

They maintained this home beautifully. Remarkable.

Agreed.

It depends on what you want, he was a great great architect but too busy with fussy details for some.

Natasha--search for a Wright house in Jackson, MS. The home is now owned by an architect named Bob Adams who had to do extensive fixer-upper work on it. It's another jewel with an interesting history. --Hank Eason, on a borrowed site.

I'm jealous. Which house of his do you live in?

Which home do you reside in?

Frankie C, can I come live with you?

On a road trip I came unexpectedly upon the Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. I had never heard of it. It was already after dark, but, on impulse, I parked on the street in front of the building. There I discovered that part of the building is in use as an inn. On impulse, I phoned (even though I was sitting out front in the street) and was told that there were vacancies. I jumped at the chance to stay overnight there. (The desk clerk seemed surprised at how quickly I showed up in the lobby after hanging up.) I can confirm what Frankie C says about the movement of light through the room, at night (the street lights) as well as the next morning. There is an ineffable quality about the space so brilliantly designed for living in that simply can't be communicated in words, and must be experienced. The next day I followed along in the guided tour of the top floor office and living spaces. This chance encounter turned out to be the high point of my road trip.

Ah yes!...Mr. Frank Lloyd Wright had many wives and lost loves, of romantic opulence & beautiful design, from whom he ultimateley had to depart when their love for him begin to decline. I guess, He was lavish & lucky in Architechtural life,but unlucky in the Love that makes for a happy wife. I mean,.. After all,..profession and love were never meant to be & so they began to depart as was always their destiny ..In any case, no one knows whether or not it was by Architectural design to be that way,but Frank Lloyd Wright left a majestic collection and an artistic expression, that remains with us till this very day,,He left a geometric masterpiece of Falling Water and of crystal snowflakes. I can still see his patterns & designs floating like spiraling flowers leaving behind only a pleasant fragrance of his undying Love for the Art of his rise & descent, falling above like rain the eternal passion for his own magnificent blueprints!😉🤫🤐

"What have the Romans ever done for us??" :D

Yep. The romans used underfloor heating in bath houses. Built big fires underneath somehow.

I lived in a house that was built in the mid 50's it and the entire neighbor had that type of in floor heating. It turned into a night mare for the people who originally owned the houses. Copper and concrete don't get along at all, the concrete corrodes the copper. Numerous leaks would develop in about 10 years. Thankfully when I bought the house in the 80's previous owners had installed hotwater base boards so I didn't have to deal with it. Cant imagine this guy didn't have to deal with it either. Actually a fair critique of Wright is that a lot of his houses had/have problems.

@@stuglenn1112what were the major problems?

@@asanta2023 It's a running joke that a FLW house the roof will leak. When clients would complain about it Wright would tell them to move the chair and put a bucket under the leak. Also Wrights engineering was dicey look up the post tension anchor repairs that had to be done at Falling Waters to keep it from falling into the water. There are other examples.

He knew his own worth....

Honest confidence is merited.

What's up Gregory? You have good taste in houses.

It is very unassuming in its place in what now is an established subdivision. One has ot search for it.

No.

I'd call it Harold...

@@klyvemurray lol

It looks like a chartreuse green.

@@RAREFORMDESIGNS Its not even the same spectrum as chartreuse

Very true. The rug he mentioned and was pictured in the video was one of the last items they were able to place in the house. He commissioned it to be produced to the architect's exact specifications.

Geez.

You are just a spoiled person and a narcissist combined with being unbelievably dumb and out of touch with reality. Most Americans could only wish in their wildest dreams to have a heated floor. You are stupid and ungrateful. It would be terrible for you to have to suffer a delightfully warm floor in a cool room, we could never have that, it would be intolerable. It appears the heated floor is more intelligent than you. Have a nice day.

Are you serious?

Why are you mad at this house? You're not sorry to say that, seemed like you were quite enjoying yourself.

Linda Greene I just checked my iPad before I retired for the evening and saw your comments. I’m not mad at the house I’m fairly unhappy about what it cost to maintain this home and to repair the Inadequacies that show up in the design. Notice the very large overhanging porches, they need an equal amount of weight In the way of steel beams back under the house to support that overhang. Unfortunately that overhang over the decades has sagged. (Not enough support in the design) Even though the actual contractor built extra support underneath it still wasn’t enough. If you look at the windows in the corners of the house, I suppose they’re interesting but they don’t support anything and there is considerable weight above them all of this has to be taken into consideration because from the foundation up it must be strong enough to support this concrete structure and that’s where the problem comes in. Unless you are familiar with construction, stonework steel beams etc. I could go on for an hour and you still may not understand what the problems are with that home. Millions have been spent on it in the past and million will be spent in the future. The vision of the home is spectacular the actual construction and physical characteristics that can’t be seen are not good hence the high cost of maintenance.

One didn't "buy into" a Wright home on a whim, one was already indoctrinated into the philosophy he was as an architect. The issue basically often was cost. If you wanted to tell an architect your concepts, then Wright wasn't your best avenue. He knew more about architecture than you did. However, if you told HOW you intended to live in your house, he would incorporate those ideas in his design vocabulary. Which, of course, is why you wanted one of his houses.

I find it ironic that you use indoctrinated

I have friends who had a FLW home built by one of his students/ interns. Much of the house is very much like this one; kitchen, floor-ceiling windows, hidden tv council, hallway style. They too spent years with the architect and still continue a relationship with him decades later. That being said, the Mrs. Of the house refers to the home as HER little cottage in the woods. They enjoy all the lovely views f l w gave them as well as the beautiful combination of slate wood and glass.and also The oddities, like no room for anything but a bed in the bedrooms, all furniture built in and quite small rooms that. As life is a given take, so is living in a Frank Lloyd wright home, just like any home.

Yep, commissioned works for composers, artists, chefs etc. are subject to the initiator's reactions will. History tells us benefactors do influence the creation as it develops. view

Mr. Basso, Predetermined by his portfolio and discriminating patrons who were open to his style.

The Usonian houses were designed to be affordable for any prospective homeowner, not just rich people. That having been said, customizations frequently brought Wright's houses over budget. This is not a criticism.

I was just commenting this video.

And I was trying to answer your question. Mr. and Mrs. Christian may not have been poor, but that doesn't mean they were rich, either.

My take on his reference to, "not wealthy", is one, this generation bought everything in cash, no credit. The 2nd is in connection with my father-in-law. As I would listen to him describe raising the nine children they had, moving every three years and sending them all to Catholic schools and saying "how poor they were", I would have thought they lived very meager. I was shocked when I later saw pictures of their homes, cars and the way the children were dressed. In no way would anyone had considered this family anything but upper-middle-class or well to do. I conclude that I believe my father-in-law is very humble. And is also connected to many families who's income is twice or four times his. I believe it was a way in which that generation, when speaking to their peers, spoke as not to come across as one of the "upper crust". My parents built their home in the 50s my father had a very good salary job with General Motors and in no way could they afford a Frank Lloyd Wright's home. I understand your confusion in his speech.

He lives just beyond the pearly gates now.

moviedude22 I visited this home as a child. It is spectacular and beautiful and inspired me to become an architect, but it was nowhere near the size of a mansion or even a big house. An average to slightly larger than average sized home for the suburbs of Indiana.

Dr. Christian was on the faculty at Purdue University, and the house was designed and built when he was at the beginning of his career. An assistant professor's salary wouldn't have gone terribly far.

Kitchen appliances of the times! Now they're an historical artifact, to be experienced and enjoyed as they way people lived their dayly lives.

They were stock appliances of the time. He seemed not to care what the kitchen looked like because the focal points of gathering were the great/large rooms. @@chrisk8187

if you ever visit a Frank Lloyd Wright house, you will be humbled. The atmosphere is extraordinary.

Go back to ikea.

@@sharksport01 HAHAHA

But not the pyramids.