OT – Falling Water and other house museums

[LeaSD]

Shangri La – just outside of Honolulu

It is Doris Duke’s estate – she had an interest in Islamic art – the architecture – furnishings – art are all influenced by her travels and study of Islamic art – plus you learn about her and her travels/life. It located in a regular residential neighborhood so you need to make reservations and they only take out small groups at a time (two groups of about 12 if I remember correctly). I highly recommend it.

[sdduuuude]

Recently did some architecture tours in LA.

Hollyhock House – tour.

Ennis Brown – walked around and snooped.

Gamble House in Pasadena – tour.

Also snooped around a couple other houses in LA.

All good stuff. Hollyhock seems a bit of an architectural disaster to me but it is FLW so you are supposed to like it. Worth seeing.

[sdduuuude]

Recently did some architecture tours in LA.

Hollyhock House – tour.

Ennis Brown – walked around and snooped.

Gamble House in Pasadena – tour.

Also snooped around a couple other houses in LA.

All good stuff. Hollyhock seems a bit of an architectural disaster to me but it is FLW so you are supposed to like it. Worth seeing.

[sdduuuude]

Recently did some architecture tours in LA.

Hollyhock House – tour.

Ennis Brown – walked around and snooped.

Gamble House in Pasadena – tour.

Also snooped around a couple other houses in LA.

All good stuff. Hollyhock seems a bit of an architectural disaster to me but it is FLW so you are supposed to like it. Worth seeing.

[sdduuuude]

Recently did some architecture tours in LA.

Hollyhock House – tour.

Ennis Brown – walked around and snooped.

Gamble House in Pasadena – tour.

Also snooped around a couple other houses in LA.

All good stuff. Hollyhock seems a bit of an architectural disaster to me but it is FLW so you are supposed to like it. Worth seeing.

[sdduuuude]

Recently did some architecture tours in LA.

Hollyhock House – tour.

Ennis Brown – walked around and snooped.

Gamble House in Pasadena – tour.

Also snooped around a couple other houses in LA.

All good stuff. Hollyhock seems a bit of an architectural disaster to me but it is FLW so you are supposed to like it. Worth seeing.

[EconProf]

Some trivia about Frank Lloyd Wright:
He was a creative genius, but a lousy engineer. He often sacrificed durability for style and flair. His roofs leaked, the Falling Water house was structually unsound and it is a tragedy it was not built to last longer. He was also very short, and often built with low ceilings and low doorways, giving his structures a cramped feeling.
Nonetheless, the way he integrated nature into his designs was truly inspirational.
A closer way to see his work is to go to Talisman West (sp?), just east of Scottsdale, where he spent his last decades designing and working (with unpaid volunteers). Great museum with tours.

[EconProf]

Some trivia about Frank Lloyd Wright:
He was a creative genius, but a lousy engineer. He often sacrificed durability for style and flair. His roofs leaked, the Falling Water house was structually unsound and it is a tragedy it was not built to last longer. He was also very short, and often built with low ceilings and low doorways, giving his structures a cramped feeling.
Nonetheless, the way he integrated nature into his designs was truly inspirational.
A closer way to see his work is to go to Talisman West (sp?), just east of Scottsdale, where he spent his last decades designing and working (with unpaid volunteers). Great museum with tours.

[EconProf]

Some trivia about Frank Lloyd Wright:
He was a creative genius, but a lousy engineer. He often sacrificed durability for style and flair. His roofs leaked, the Falling Water house was structually unsound and it is a tragedy it was not built to last longer. He was also very short, and often built with low ceilings and low doorways, giving his structures a cramped feeling.
Nonetheless, the way he integrated nature into his designs was truly inspirational.
A closer way to see his work is to go to Talisman West (sp?), just east of Scottsdale, where he spent his last decades designing and working (with unpaid volunteers). Great museum with tours.

[EconProf]

Some trivia about Frank Lloyd Wright:
He was a creative genius, but a lousy engineer. He often sacrificed durability for style and flair. His roofs leaked, the Falling Water house was structually unsound and it is a tragedy it was not built to last longer. He was also very short, and often built with low ceilings and low doorways, giving his structures a cramped feeling.
Nonetheless, the way he integrated nature into his designs was truly inspirational.
A closer way to see his work is to go to Talisman West (sp?), just east of Scottsdale, where he spent his last decades designing and working (with unpaid volunteers). Great museum with tours.

[EconProf]

Some trivia about Frank Lloyd Wright:
He was a creative genius, but a lousy engineer. He often sacrificed durability for style and flair. His roofs leaked, the Falling Water house was structually unsound and it is a tragedy it was not built to last longer. He was also very short, and often built with low ceilings and low doorways, giving his structures a cramped feeling.
Nonetheless, the way he integrated nature into his designs was truly inspirational.
A closer way to see his work is to go to Talisman West (sp?), just east of Scottsdale, where he spent his last decades designing and working (with unpaid volunteers). Great museum with tours.

[svelte]

Love FLW’s prairie style, I think he has had the biggest influence on what I like in a home than any other designer.

Have never toured one, but studied his homes in detail back in my 20s.

I guess they are just borderline homes, but two of my favorite places that were actually residences at one point are:

San Simeon: it is very ornate which is typically not my style, but it really works here. And the vistas and surrounding countryside just set it off spectacularly. We love this place.

Versailles: I had expected to like the chateau (which I did), but what surprised me is how much of an impression the surrounding gardens left on me. Another thing that I think about often: the king’s bedroom was right off the grand hall which struck me as odd, except that he was bedridden alot so this facilitated conducting business when dignitaries visited. Additionally, he could get out of bed, walk across the grand hall, and look out the huge windows at the sweeping vistas across his kingdom. Standing there in person, I was taken back 300 years and was king if but for a second.

[svelte]

Love FLW’s prairie style, I think he has had the biggest influence on what I like in a home than any other designer.

Have never toured one, but studied his homes in detail back in my 20s.

I guess they are just borderline homes, but two of my favorite places that were actually residences at one point are:

San Simeon: it is very ornate which is typically not my style, but it really works here. And the vistas and surrounding countryside just set it off spectacularly. We love this place.

Versailles: I had expected to like the chateau (which I did), but what surprised me is how much of an impression the surrounding gardens left on me. Another thing that I think about often: the king’s bedroom was right off the grand hall which struck me as odd, except that he was bedridden alot so this facilitated conducting business when dignitaries visited. Additionally, he could get out of bed, walk across the grand hall, and look out the huge windows at the sweeping vistas across his kingdom. Standing there in person, I was taken back 300 years and was king if but for a second.

[svelte]

Love FLW’s prairie style, I think he has had the biggest influence on what I like in a home than any other designer.

Have never toured one, but studied his homes in detail back in my 20s.

I guess they are just borderline homes, but two of my favorite places that were actually residences at one point are:

San Simeon: it is very ornate which is typically not my style, but it really works here. And the vistas and surrounding countryside just set it off spectacularly. We love this place.

Versailles: I had expected to like the chateau (which I did), but what surprised me is how much of an impression the surrounding gardens left on me. Another thing that I think about often: the king’s bedroom was right off the grand hall which struck me as odd, except that he was bedridden alot so this facilitated conducting business when dignitaries visited. Additionally, he could get out of bed, walk across the grand hall, and look out the huge windows at the sweeping vistas across his kingdom. Standing there in person, I was taken back 300 years and was king if but for a second.

[svelte]

Love FLW’s prairie style, I think he has had the biggest influence on what I like in a home than any other designer.

Have never toured one, but studied his homes in detail back in my 20s.

I guess they are just borderline homes, but two of my favorite places that were actually residences at one point are:

San Simeon: it is very ornate which is typically not my style, but it really works here. And the vistas and surrounding countryside just set it off spectacularly. We love this place.

Versailles: I had expected to like the chateau (which I did), but what surprised me is how much of an impression the surrounding gardens left on me. Another thing that I think about often: the king’s bedroom was right off the grand hall which struck me as odd, except that he was bedridden alot so this facilitated conducting business when dignitaries visited. Additionally, he could get out of bed, walk across the grand hall, and look out the huge windows at the sweeping vistas across his kingdom. Standing there in person, I was taken back 300 years and was king if but for a second.

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