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Thread Number: 70308
/ Tag: Other Home Products or Autos
An Untouched Frank Lloyd Wright House Is For Sale |
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| Post# 932274 4/13/2017 at 23:37 (2,562 days old) by stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK) | ||
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Post# 932283 , Reply# 1 4/14/2017 at 02:56 (2,562 days old) by petek  (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 932308 , Reply# 2 4/14/2017 at 04:43 (2,562 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 932334 , Reply# 3 4/14/2017 at 06:24 (2,562 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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FLW | ||
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Post# 932338 , Reply# 4 4/14/2017 at 07:07 (2,562 days old) by wilkinsservis (Melbourne Australia) |
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That was the end of a very long career | ||
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Post# 932340 , Reply# 5 4/14/2017 at 07:33 (2,562 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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They should have kept the marine polyurethane on the wood in the bath. The kitchen has been extensively updated, appliance-wise. | ||
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Post# 932347 , Reply# 6 4/14/2017 at 09:38 (2,562 days old) by joeekaitis (Rialto, California, USA) |
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$1.395 million | ||
| Post# 932354 , Reply# 7 4/14/2017 at 10:23 (2,562 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
Good Grief! | ||
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Post# 932488 , Reply# 8 4/15/2017 at 01:08 (2,561 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI) |
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I don't know why but looking at the pictures the house has an odd church like feel to me.
The heating bills in MN must be out of site on this house with all he glass and the brick. I'm sure the brick adds mass and carries heat from the fall into winter, but by Feb or March it must be radiating cold... | ||
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Post# 932510 , Reply# 9 4/15/2017 at 09:23 (2,561 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 932522 , Reply# 10 4/15/2017 at 10:54 (2,561 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
Other links with more pics.
www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure... tour.circlepix.com/tour/titan/ind... CLICK HERE TO GO TO PhilR's LINK | ||
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Post# 932534 , Reply# 11 4/15/2017 at 12:28 (2,560 days old) by joeekaitis (Rialto, California, USA) |
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The placement of the kitchen is classic 1950s-1960s | ||
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Post# 932938 , Reply# 12 4/17/2017 at 13:22 (2,558 days old) by joeekaitis (Rialto, California, USA) |
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Glass half-empty types So I posted a link to the listing on a writers' bulletin board and most of the replies are complaints about heating the place. Some people . . . CLICK HERE TO GO TO joeekaitis's LINK | ||
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Post# 932960 , Reply# 13 4/17/2017 at 17:00 (2,558 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Frank Lloyd Wright | ||
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Post# 933001 , Reply# 14 4/17/2017 at 19:25 (2,558 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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I agree with Matt - it looks a great deal like a modern-style church. | ||
| Post# 933003 , Reply# 15 4/17/2017 at 19:36 (2,558 days old) by Travis () | ||
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Joe,
I can't agree with you enough. Some people just want to bitch. It's a beautiful house for the right person. | ||
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Post# 933007 , Reply# 16 4/17/2017 at 19:56 (2,558 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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My dad was the type that would rail on how cathedral ceilings etc would drive up the heating costs. Funny thing though our house is quite economical to heat (hydronic) compared to what some of our neighbors and friends are paying monthly and we don't turn the heat down, it's at 72 all winter. I even compared our gas bill to my parents house with gas forced air and which is smaller and conventional ceiling heights and ours was still less. And my dad made sure the house was well insultated, he worked for Fiberglas after all, every inch of ductwork was insulated, extra vents in the roof, extra insulation. | ||
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Post# 933149 , Reply# 17 4/18/2017 at 14:29 (2,557 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Modern church like? I could see that. I also see this instance as a somewhat extreme version of FLW signature features: low slung angled flat roof, wide roof overhangs, ground to ceiling exterior glass, custom and built-in furnishings that sort of lock the inhabitants into a certain way of living.
It's sort of a love it, or hate it, or be indifferent thing... and anyone who buys it should have already decided they love it. Not that the FLW vision of how people should live is a bad thing. It just might not be for everyone. I probably could live in one of these, but it would take some adjustment and lifestyle changes. The full basement is an attractive feature: a place where a washer collection could go, or all that junk you don't want on display upstairs | ||
| Post# 933439 , Reply# 19 4/19/2017 at 20:28 (2,556 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
Rosenbaum House 
The original part was built in 1939-40. Later addition with a larger kitchen was added in 1948. Found some pictures of the kitchen. I guess the cabinets may be from 1948. I doubt the countertop is. Obviously the fridge is a modern unit even though its been painted brown to match the cabinets. Has a modern black dishwasher. And the Frigidaire range is a 1956. The Rosenbaum's lived in it until 1999. The city of Florence, AL then acquired it and restored it. According to the website it is "meticulously" preserved. I can see wanting to keep the range. But whoever was in charge could have done a better job on getting a fridge and dishwasher from the same time period. They were probably the ones in the house when the city got it and they just left it that way.
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| Post# 933455 , Reply# 21 4/19/2017 at 23:15 (2,556 days old) by Helicaldrive (St. Louis) | ||
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Hmmmmm There is some kind of a vent in the kitchen ceiling -- looks like return air for a forced air system.... Does anybody know about this particular house? The way he designed the natural light in that kitchen is sheer genius! | ||
| Post# 933456 , Reply# 22 4/19/2017 at 23:20 (2,556 days old) by Helicaldrive (St. Louis) | ||
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Sorry. :-/ Should have read the article first. This one does have a basement, so prob does have forced air. | ||
| Post# 933708 , Reply# 25 4/21/2017 at 12:46 (2,554 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
 I love FLW designs, but with that said. As much as I admire the architecture, sometimes he didn't think the functionality through. I don't know about private houses, but most of his commercial building leaked like a colluder.
The Johnson Wax building comes to mind. I love the design, but the lilly pad lighting must have been a predictor for the building itself, because they couldn't stop the leaks with a train load of Flex seal.
Here locally the WSU campus has the FLW Corbin Education building. Though the building was originally designed for Saudi Arabia may be a clue as to not using a flat roof with walk ways in Kansas. FLW did donate the design to WSU and it was built in 1964.
Again I absolutely love the building, unless I was sitting in a classroom at 2:30 in the afternoon with the sun scorching through the 10 ft high wall of windows. The ventilation system that perpetually smells of swamp gas and mold is always inviting. So you have to look past that and marvel at the straight line, minimalistic, spacious design.
Another problem WSU had with the Corbin Building is that FLW society maintains control of the architecture. The owners must seek permission from the society to do any modifications, down to the shape of the bushes to the number of fishes in the fountain. When the university decided to attempt a remedy for the glairing sun in afternoon classrooms, it took nearly three years for the society to approve the installation of the sun screens that helped, but did not alleviate the problem. Curtains and drapes are/were not allowed.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO Iheartmaytag's LINK | ||
| Post# 933723 , Reply# 26 4/21/2017 at 13:57 (2,554 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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Post# 933728 , Reply# 27 4/21/2017 at 14:31 (2,554 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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| Post# 941421 , Reply# 28 6/2/2017 at 09:57 (2,513 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
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Sorry for the Hijack I just wanted to share an article today about some of the Wichita FLW designs.
Celebrate Frank Lloyd Wright’s birthday at one of his buildings here
CLICK HERE TO GO TO Iheartmaytag's LINK | ||
| Post# 941422 , Reply# 29 6/2/2017 at 10:03 (2,513 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
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For FLW's birthday | ||
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