There's Fabreze by the gallon to knock down the bleach smell for that. I lived a few doors down from the Millard "La Minaitura" house. It looked like it was as up to code as a sand castle. Lovely to behold, but a money pit.
love FLW the replacement for the part of my parents house that burned down will be a recreation/blend of 2 FLW houses.
Id settle for a house inspired by FLW. I'm also a fan of west coast contemporary, so his style works for me.
Id have trouble between these two properties. If I was in the market https://www.realtor.ca/Residential/Single-Family/18293072/568-Senanus-Dr-Central-Saanich-British-Columbia-V8M1S6 https://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/sales/detail/180-l-1698-yve3yg/elegant-frank-lloyd-wright-inspired-architecture-with-elevated-views-scottsdale-az-85262 FLW inspired is less appealing only because you lose space and water front. Between the two styles its hard to say what is my favorite
Here's one on the market $4.2M. I love them! https://www.dwell.com/article/samuel-novarro-house-lloyd-wright-for-sale-682cd32f/6493964191979786240
Those narrow streets in the hills are so tough to deal with. My street is only about 2ft wider Check out the view from the street below! HERE at 5609 Valley Oak Dr
Here is the Bachman-Wilson House they moved to the Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas. Image Unavailable, Please Login
I got a chance last year to tour the Fawcett House built by FLW. They were asking $4.25M then, but down to $3.495M now. The only problem with it is that it's about a 2 hour drive from the Bay Area metro. Not bad for a weekend home, except that it's in the middle of a farming area in the Central Valley of California, with nothing but the unexceptional small town of Los Banos nearby. It would be at least a hour and probably more like 2-3 hours for any variety of activities. The agent believed that it would be unlikely to get a loan and so he required prospective buyers to demonstrate they had the ability to pay cash before he would show it. To be fair, it was a 5-6 hour drive for him, coming up from Los Angeles, so he understandably didn't want lookers that were just curious. Image Unavailable, Please Login Zillow has the current asking price plus a lot of interior photos. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/21200-Center-Ave-Los-Banos-CA-93635/2130481128_zpid/
I'm not too much of a house snob or architecture fan, but there is just something with the FLW homes that move me. I'm not sure how comfortable some of the long hard seatings along the wall or bed coveys that could be on a Navy ship are, but I just get a feeling similar to being in a museum with great works. I would love to own one.
FLW houses always seem very dramatic and chic when properly photographed, but livability might be an issue. For example, I read somewhere that Falling Water was high maintenance, partly due to water leaking in to the house given its site. The Fawcett House is being sold with most of the furniture, as much were designed by FLW for the house also.
As cool as Falling Water is, I could never live in that house. The ceilings are so low, which was intentional as Mr Wright was diminutive, so he did that on purpose. It's very stark inside. The outside is spectacular however.
Crystal Bridges and the Bachman-Wilson House are well worth the time for a visit if traveling in the area. FWIW, Alice Walton has also built her own medical school on the same campus as Crystal Bridges. I guess if your are the second richest woman on the Planet, anything is possible.
it is such a really cool place. I made myself the fool, I didn't realize it was an "American artist" museum, so they scoffed at me when I asked if any Dali's. Image Unavailable, Please Login
As a former architect, I always admired FLW for his revolutionary advancements in spatial relationships - interior and exterior - and pushing building technology. Unfortunately, he was writing design checks that the then-current technology couldn't cash. Fallingwater is a perfect example - butt-glazed corners weren't a thing in 1935 - there were no high-performance silicone products to make such a thing possible in a way that wouldn't leak like a sieve. Same with his use of concrete; there were no plasticizers, high-early additives, etc. The concrete at Fallingwater was failing within a few years of completion; no epoxy-coated rebar back then, no sophisticated sealers, etc.. I don't look at FLW's work for great detailing thru modern lenses, but for his vision and how he tried to make great architecture given the limitation he had to work with.
I just watched this video on a home that was set to be demolished.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_and_Gladys_Wright_House
Dale, I have a great shot I took about 20 years ago of my father, 6'-1", standing in the covered porch of the guest house at Fallingwater, up the hill from the main house. Top of his head appears to be only about an inch below the ceiling . . . .
To be fair, modern visitors weren't his customers. So if Edgar J. Kaufmann was also a shorter man, then the "customer" might well have been satisfied.
As a former builder, I have a bias against architects who wanted to spend my money to create their art.
