Fallingwater is Wright’s crowning achievement in organic architecture and the American Institute of Architects’ "best all-time work of American architecture.” Its owners, Edgar and Liliane Kaufmann, were a prominent Pittsburgh couple, reputed for their distinctive sense of style and taste.
Melvyn Maxwell and Sara Stein Smith dreamed of living in a Frank Lloyd Wright house. Here’s how they made it happen on a modest teacher’s salary. By Susan Peck Photography by Brett Mountain If you keep on believing, the dream you wish will come true. If that sounds like a line from a fairy tale, it is. It was also the philosophy that helped Melvyn Maxwell and Sara Stein Smith build their historic Frank Lloyd Wright house in Bloomfield Hills in 1949. The dream began for Melvyn Maxwell (known as Smithy) in 1939, while teaching at a Detroit public school. Mesmerized by a slide presentation of Wright’s Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania, he made a grandiose vow to his fiance, Sara — also a teacher with a modest salary — “One day we will own a home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.” According to an excerpt from “Frank Lloyd Wright Remembered,” after a chance meeting with Wright at his home, Taliesin, the Smiths spent hours in the architect’s studio sharing their vision of building one of his homes in Michigan. They wanted it to become a mecca for artists and musicians — hosting small concerts and art exhibitions yearlong. Wright was […]
Architectural historian Mark Anthony Wilson creates a striking compendium of Frank Lloyd Wright’s West Coast projects
The Sondern-Adler house in Kansas City, Missouri, is an early Usonian design by Frank Lloyd Wright, meant to be lower-cost.
For four decades AD has shown a spotlight on the creations of one of America's most innovative and iconic architects. Here are just a few of the highlights
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1959, New York, NY.
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So far, David Romero has digitally reconstructed more than 20 of the famous architect's unrealized projects
A home designed by one of Frank Lloyd Wright's protégés is now on the market in Clearwater.
Ezra Stoller, the architect's photographer of choice, captured nearly all of his iconic works
You can book an overnight stay at six of these iconic homes.
Take a photo tour of the incredible Laurent House in Rockford Illinois - A Usonian home that Frank Lloyd Wright called his Little Gem.
“A breathtaking sweeping entry comprised of curved aggregate concrete, copper-accented balustrade and slanted skylights creates a complex, emotional realization of the experience of Wright’s uncommon design.” Photo 5 of 21 in A Standout Home by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Grandson Lists for $2.9M in La...
Of all Frank Lloyd Wright's unbuilt designs, a snub from Wright's adopted home state of 25 years for its Capitol building still reverberates with this resident's commentary: "What could be more ridiculous than for Arizona to go on record before the world and our own descendants as having rejected Frank Lloyd Wright as an architect?” Find out why Arizona never got its Capitol from America's most famous architect.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, founded by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. heiress Alice Walton, announced today it had acquired the Bachman Wilson House in Somerset County, N.J.
Image 31 of 33 from gallery of 8 Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings Given UNESCO World Heritage Status. Solomon R Guggenheim Museum. Image © David Heald (c) Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
The late architect’s trust is stepping up its suite of domestic and overseas excursions through its Travel Wright program
Take a photo tour of the incredible Laurent House in Rockford Illinois - A Usonian home that Frank Lloyd Wright called his Little Gem.
How influential was Frank Lloyd Wright? UNESCO inscribed eight of his sites to the World Heritage List. See why his work is worthy of this global recognition.
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The legendary American architect Frank Lloyd Wright never wore his heart on his sleeve. For better or for worse, he dressed up his blueprints in his feelings, and nowhere is that reflex so painfully clear than in his handful of mysterious, pre-Colombian-inspired houses built in California in the early 1920s. You could call them “the…
Frank Lloyd Wright's signature style and ongoing influence have long inspired architecture around the globe, and continues to today. In the current issue of the Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly magazine, "UNESCO World Heritage: The 20th Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright," Foundation President & CEO, Stuart Graff, shares more about this influence.
Tour eight Frank Lloyd Wright homes not usually open to the public during this weekend's Wright Plus 2012. The tours focus on the architect's famous buildings, including his home and studio, Unity Temple, and the Robie House.
The four-bedroom modified Usonian home is only 35 minutes from Manhattan
Officials doubted that the famed architect's Johnson Wax headquarters in Racine, Wis., was structurally sound. But no one questions the master. CNET Road Trip 2013 checked out the stunning building.
Three unbuilt projects by Frank Lloyd Wright have been recreated in 3D renderings by Spanish architect David Romero. Images of the high-rise schemes, located in Chicago and Washington D.C., have been published in the latest edition of the Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly, a hard-copy magazine of the...
Frank Lloyd Wright, Samuel-Novarro House, Los Angeles, California, 1920
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of his birth on June 8, the architect's foundation recommended this selection of Wright's top homes open for tours.
Beyond the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Administration Building that put our company on the map, third-generation leader H.F. Johnson, Jr. had a personal project underway with Wright too – a new home for his family. Completed in 1939, the home was named Wingspread.
The noted architect designed the house and nearly all the furniture and accessories inside it.
The four-bedroom modified Usonian home is only 35 minutes from Manhattan
Wondering how to give your home a refresh? Look no further than guidance from one of the greatest American architects.
my brother the architect (mentioned in this post) has 444 folders with 5,700 pictures on his computer sorted by name & date of rad architects, houses & buildings. i forced him to give me a copy (not…
A MoMA retrospective of his works from the 1890s to the 1950s includes some works that have never been displayed publicly.
Image 7 of 7 from gallery of Frank Lloyd Wright's Civic Center Captured on Film by Skyler Dahan. Courtesy of Skyler Dahan
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of his birth on June 8, the architect's foundation recommended this selection of Wright's top homes open for tours.
As we combine our unique style with modern technologies, we create architectural designs of both urban houses and country residences. Studia-54 presents 5 unique architecture projects in the prairie…
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