Originally posted by ChrisPlatt I would love to live in any of the homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Chris
I actually contemplated buying the wonderful 'middle-class home' example about half a mile from here. It is southern cypress with some red brick and uses 60 and 120 degree angles extensively. Even the beds are angular. Virtually nothing horizontal is square.
However it is so historic (it is entirely as built, including all the FLW-designed furnishings) that the owner and preservationists were pushing for some form of easement or trust. They were actually insufferable about it and we backed off and bought a regular house.
Five years later a non-profit was established, the house and 10 1/2 acres transferred to the County Parks and it is saved for posterity.
ADDED RE: Livability: the house is clearly livable. The design was commissioned by a newly-married couple in 1948 and construction substantially completed in 1956. The design is fundamentally open plan other than bedrooms and uses substantial glass, enclosed, semi-enclosed and open outdoor spaces on a single level that flow into each other. The house feels as if it is
part of the surrounding landscape, and that one is living in the landscape rather than separated from it. severalsnakes above made relevant comments about appreciating art in context.
The original owners lived there for 55 years, until the house was transferred to the non-profit.
I don't think we ultimately would have been happy raising three children there, but it sure was fun to come close to owning a Frank Lloyd Wright house!
Last edited by monochrome; 01-08-2016 at 08:30 AM.