Every one of his styles are one-of-a-kind, from the smallest to the largest. I’ve seen all of his houses in Illinois, (including the ones he did on the side) and Taliessen West. Still want to see as many as I can. I take my time when going through each one. The joinery, nooks and views from several perspectives. Each has a life of its own. I was lucky that two of his designs were built near my house in Rockford, Illinois. One of his last was finished after his death. It was built for a handicapped man and I passed it everyday while attending college. The second is a small mausoleum in Belvedere, Illinois just east of Rockford. I’d like to someday visit his designs in Wisconsin and of course, Fallingwater. Would have loved to visit the Imperial hotel he built in Japan. Sadly, it was destroyed. He even designed the dinnerware for it. Some relics survive to this day. From his ‘Art glass to his statues, his genius was apparent. When I see comments from some small-minded people, who know nothing of his style, concepts and imagination, it disgusts me. The kitchens were built for utilitarian purposes, not some lavish chef’s home, bedrooms were for sleeping, not some romper room for the elite to lounge about. His designs focused on form follows function. Especially his Prairie style homes, fitting into the landscape, preserving and following nature’s lines. He despised window coverings, so he created Art glass to provide filtered light, while preserving privacy. He loathed salt-box Victorian houses built in a box style with several walls and cut-up spaces. His design was to open a room and direct the observers gaze to a focal point, inside or outside the house. Compression and Expansion was a concept he used to showcase the grandeur of the room. It can be seen in his home and studio in Oak Park, IL. One goes through a long, low and narrow tunnel hallway to enter the playroom which is massive. Art glass skylights allow a filtered light to illuminate the entire house. There is a gantry level walkway supported by counter-weights. The entire house embraces the huge Gingko tree in front. Even fireplace grates were specially designed to follow his format. Many of his designs also set on a 30 degree angle from NW to SE. This allowed the most light to enter the house throughout the day. Every detail was considered from the simplest to the most magnificent. Nothing was overlooked. Those students at Taliessen West lived outside the main compound and were required to design and build their living quarters in the desert. Some fantastic tiny homes were built by his students over time. Study his life and work and you begin to see the brilliance of the man. Yes, he had his faults, and was indeed a scalawag, but what he brought to architecture at the time, radically altered the future and transformed the art.

Thank you for sharing. I'll have to visit this place when I'm in Oregon.

Thanks for posting this. Really enjoyed watching it.

Thank you very much for a very nice video!!! I like how you give a wealth of information and wonderful photos, along with the drawings etc! I really appreciate, too, how you give a diverse collection of specifics, and your narration is really nice!!! For those of us who enjoy His work, but are not experts, your narration gives a great overview, and lots of information to explore!!

You did a great job showing the house. Thanks!

Oh my gosh!! They moved the entire house? Real skill to dismantle and rebuild the entire structure in a new location. Wow

Excellent.

Robert… if you are ever in Wisconsin, I’d recommend trying to stay at FLW’s Seth Peterson Cottage. It is far simpler/smaller than the Gordon House, but staying in a FLW house for a night will give you a new perspective on his work. My lasting impression, having stayed there now many years ago, is that Wright’s spaces demand a certain “surrender” on the part of the occupant. I can only describe it as a kind of zero-sum game being played between Wright and the occupant.

Carport steel pipe supports easily remedied by replacement rectangular columns of the same block construction. Just continue the cantilevered effect to the rectangular columns of cement block. Horizontal and vertical aspects are preserved.

He was not “probably “ Americas greatest architect, he WAS the WORLDS Greatest Architect......Period.

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Beautiful presentation ............. car ports were FLR's style ............ the steel poles, used there, do seem to detract from the richness of the house ...............

Oh my gosh. There’s almost always a sense of simplicity and efficiency in FLW design But those perforated windows look like a nightmare to clean.

Thanks

Nice video, Robert. Do you know what the external cinder block color is? How carefully did FLW control color such as that?

Why did you not go upstairs?

I'd put bollards in front of those carport pipe columns. ...just saying.

was that a KFC chicken bucket? 0:20

If you had to spend any amount of time in that kitchen, you wouldn't think that it is NOT claustrophobic.