Good video, Greg. Thanks. The block house is the Ennis House, one of several block houses built in LA using concrete blocks and forms derived / inspired from Mayan and Aztec architecture. Kentuck Knob is a great example of how Wright makes the house feel as if it's grown out of the land. All the best from UK.
I'm from that area and it's not SE Pennsylvania it's Southwestern Pennsylvania. It just happens that Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob are both southeast of Pittsburgh. The Laurel Highlands and the Youghiogheny River Valley are absolutely gorgeous. I've been to both of these Frank Lloyd Wright masterpieces several times.
Having been to both Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob, witnessing those pieces of art first hand is BEYOND amazing...and at Knob, the added interest of the art surrounding the area is beyond compare. Of, that view in the backyard of Knob...OMG.
During my childhood, I had the opportunity to visit this house annually during our family trips to Pennsylvania, near Cherry Tree and Hershey. It was truly a delightful experience. I want to express my gratitude to you for sharing this video, as it brought back such cherished memories.
The Mayan looking house you asked about is the Ennis House in Los Angeles. Kentuck Knob cost over 1 million of today's dollars to build, and that's when there were quarries everywhere and stone was cheap. The 5,000 dollar houses, 100,000 in today's dollars, would cost far more than that to build today due to regulations and higher material prices. in fact the only house that was built for 5500 dollars, the Herbert Jacob's house, they supposedly cheated and used brick from the Johnson Wax project to keep the price down.
the Los Angeles mansion by Wright is currently for sale for 23 million. it's beautiful but I would never want to live in Cali. Here's the link-ruclips.net/video/t87mgS8HUKQ/видео.html
They used rejected 'burned" or culled bricks from Johnson Wax, which ironically gives the hiuse additional character. All Wright's houses were single-glazed and skimped in things like insulation. Current codes automatically make a house far more costly than they were 'back in the day'.
Hi Greg. Thanks for the quick, and beautiful, tour of this masterpiece. I'm an Illinois girl and grew up looking at FLW homes. My grandfather was an architect and builder during FLW days, and I was lucky enough to get in the business, too. What lovely and simple lines, clean and always fresh. FLW was really something!
E. Fay Jones has some beautiful homes, structures also. Mildred B Cooper Chapel, Thorncrown Chapel & a lot of homes around Arkansas. He brought outside indoors. Beautiful.
I find a shame that in recent years, several Frank Loyd Wright homes have been razed across the country. In most instances, the contractors did not know they were FLW designed homes.
Any community that has a FLW building in it - and they are often neglected and in bad shape - is sitting on a tourism gold mine. I think I read somewhere the Wright only got about 30% of his projects built, and of those the were, about 1/3 were demolished in his lifetime.
Some are in bad repair,Mr.Cartwright,as Mr.Epp explains.The FLW in Florence,Al.was in need of a great deal of restoration when it was willed,thru the only owner of the house,to the City of Florence.The architects in Florence set about restoring this beautiful home,sited overlooking "The Singing River"-The Tennessee River,on a bluff.They've done a masterful renovation,the house is stunning.It commanded all my attention as soon as I saw it from a distance, the larger-than- life presence of FLW being all-pervasive.I'm so grateful the family willed it to the city to be preserved as an historical landmark- it's the only FLW structure in the entire State.So,kudos to the architects that masterminded saving it for future generations to see,& preserve Mr.Wright's genius works of architecture
The block house you asked about is the Ennis House of LA, built just about a century ago when LA was not that much bigger than Knoxville. It was basically a 10,000 sq ft 2 bed 1 ba. Severely damaged in the 1994 Northridge temblor, a businessman named Ron Burke happened to have the kind of cash you need to blow in order to give the house a serious renovation. Today it looks like new and there are tons of tours you can watch on youtube like this one which includes some serious babelisciousness: ruclips.net/video/5oIh79V29sQ/видео.html
(Basements are where Midwesterners, people on and of the "Prairie", shelter from life threatening tornados. Wright was an architectural genius, but ask the engineers who were unfortunate enough to work with him, and whose wise warnings on poor structural design of these beautiful buildings he ignored, much to the dismay of later owners. An aesthetic genius, but not the most practical of men.)
To answer your question, I think that picture is of the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan. Opened in early 1923. The hotel was one of the only structures to survive undamaged in the 1923 earthquake on September 1, 1923 because of the innovative "floating foundation" on which it was built. When it was torn down in 1968 the lobby was carefully deconstructed and is still on display at the Meiji-mura Museum in Aichi Prefecture.
Great little video! That second house that you looked at I believe that house was moved there it was relocated because of t I’m not 100% sure of all the details
The house you asked about, is in Southern California around LA. It was built in a pre-Colombian style by the lady who had it built. In 1924 the Ennis House was built of interlocking cement blocks.
Hello from Knoxville! Wish these style homes would make a comeback. But we are stuck with mac-mansions although starting to see some craftman and farmhouse styles being built.
Every home and business should install a rain water collection and storage system along with solar panels. Even in areas where rain is infrequent it is crazy to waste the little rain that does fall and waste it. We need to stop planting green lawns and switch to local native plantings around homes. It is crazy to plant lawns and build golf courses in dry desert areas. We waste too much water and electricity.
I’ve looked at a bunch of houses that frank lloyd wright designed everyone seems to have to be rebuilt from bad concrete to wear beyond expectation,and at a huge expense as most are historic status adding another huge expense as you can’t correct the errors time has exposed
Like most reviews of FLW designs, this is also whitewashed. The owners fought with Wright over the engineering of the design even before construction began. They were so alarmed over the weight/span relationships that they hired an independent engineering company to validate the design and construction methods proposed. Results? They found the dimensions of the cantilevers were well beyond what the original engineering could support and that additional steel members, as well as more concrete, were needed to prevent collapse. After serious decay in the beams developed , and an interim repair was completed in the 1980’s, a final intervention was mounted in 2001 which cost over $10 million. So far as I know, the cantilevers could not be completely rebuilt and the defects still exist to this day. Fun fact : FLW never graduated from an architecture program. He bailed out after one year. Perhaps he missed the classes on architectural engineering? He was also fired from his first gig as an architect after the firm caught him siphoning off their clients and signing contracts with FLW.
The original owners, the Kaufman, who worked with Wright on the design had serious disagreements with him over the basic engineering of the home. So serious they actually hired an independent engineering company to review Wrights design. They concluded the cantilever design was structurally unsound and would need significant reinforcement to avoid collapse. In the end, larger reinforcement cables were installed in the roof and massive, additional quantities of cement were also added. None of this was sufficient to overcome the original design flaws which led to decades of sagging in the roof structure which was finally rectified in😊
“They’re noted for their vertical roof lines”, said the host. Did you perhaps mean, “noted for their horizontal roof lines”. FLW designed based on echoing the landscape, which is usually horizontal.
you have great taste. that other house is the ennis house in la. his apprentice john c howe and edgar tafel built a house in bethesda md. its bueatiful as well
@@electiondude sadly not Illinois. Mostly all the coastal states and the east coast. Fallingwater is very neat but I am a fan of all houses curved. A taliesin fellow something Green, not Aaron but cant think of his first name. Maybe it is Aaron. There were 2 Green's . One who built very angular homes in CA. The other Green built most of his houses in GA. If you look up his work there's only a little info, but one site has pictures of all his houses(Sampson, brown and paulk houses are amazing. I certainly hope yo one day travel to Illinois. There are so many areas that have extraordinary architectural homes. Highland park being a priority. I really appreciate you taking a minute to message me. If u get a chance research any of those houses ,let me know what you think. Cheers my friend
@@electiondude thanks for the video Greg. I have been to Falling Water and Oak Park and did the walking tours of the FLW houses. I also saw the Hollyhock House in Los Angeles a similar house to the Ennis house. Both "Mayan" style. I prefer the Usonia styles of all the ones I've seen.
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“They weren’t for poor ppl, just average middle class ppl”. First of all, the roof-lines of all Wrights designs were NEVER comprised of vertical lines. The whole point of the “Prairie Design” was to emphasize HORIZONTAL lines… like from a prairie??! Back to the point of Wright’s target audience: Falling Water was built for one of the wealthiest Pittsburgh families; the Kaufmans. Also, original owners of Kentuck Knob were owners of a regional dairy operation. So no, NOT common ppl.
I find it a bit off- putting that F.L.W. never designed houses for the average American, but rather for the upper classes .The real test of a talented architect is their ability to produce good design within limited budgetary constraints .
Amerikans don t want Wright houses 1. Kitchens too small 2. Maintenance too high 3. No storage 4. Not traditional enough 5. Not green enough 6. Loaded with white privilege and way too raysiss No, Paul , ppl in the USSA want MacMansions... plain and simple "Up from the ground, into the light" is lost on the unwashed massed
It’s not very hard to identify each and every one of FLW homes by name and date. The home you referred to in one photo is in Los Angeles and along with the Hollyhock House is one of his most famous projects. Maybe do a little homework before posting your shows? Putting the Fallingwater House next to the Guggenheim Museum next to one of his LA decorative cement block houses is a terrible mix. FLW worked in several different design styles and his projects should be seen in the right context.
Yup, FLW made gorgeous buildings. Look at every house in suburbia now. You might as well hang a sign out front that says: “Welcome to my garage.” Ugly, boring, and unwelcoming.
Good video, Greg. Thanks. The block house is the Ennis House, one of several block houses built in LA using concrete blocks and forms derived / inspired from Mayan and Aztec architecture. Kentuck Knob is a great example of how Wright makes the house feel as if it's grown out of the land. All the best from UK.
I'm from that area and it's not SE Pennsylvania it's Southwestern Pennsylvania. It just happens that Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob are both southeast of Pittsburgh. The Laurel Highlands and the Youghiogheny River Valley are absolutely gorgeous. I've been to both of these Frank Lloyd Wright masterpieces several times.
You are right. Not sure what I was thinking???
Having been to both Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob, witnessing those pieces of art first hand is BEYOND amazing...and at Knob, the added interest of the art surrounding the area is beyond compare. Of, that view in the backyard of Knob...OMG.
During my childhood, I had the opportunity to visit this house annually during our family trips to Pennsylvania, near Cherry Tree and Hershey. It was truly a delightful experience. I want to express my gratitude to you for sharing this video, as it brought back such cherished memories.
The Mayan looking house you asked about is the Ennis House in Los Angeles. Kentuck Knob cost over 1 million of today's dollars to build, and that's when there were quarries everywhere and stone was cheap. The 5,000 dollar houses, 100,000 in today's dollars, would cost far more than that to build today due to regulations and higher material prices. in fact the only house that was built for 5500 dollars, the Herbert Jacob's house, they supposedly cheated and used brick from the Johnson Wax project to keep the price down.
I think his "affordable" houses were rather expensive.
the Los Angeles mansion by Wright is currently for sale for 23 million. it's beautiful but I would never want to live in Cali. Here's the link-ruclips.net/video/t87mgS8HUKQ/видео.html
They used rejected 'burned" or culled bricks from Johnson Wax, which ironically gives the hiuse additional character. All Wright's houses were single-glazed and skimped in things like insulation. Current codes automatically make a house far more costly than they were 'back in the day'.
Mr Mackay: You mention that his houses are known for their vertical Roof Lines,, I think you meant Horizontal Roof lines, I think.
Good catch. I did have that wrong.
Glad you pointed it out. I was like "vertical roof lines?"
What a beautiful home! 😍
Thank you kindly for sharing.
Clerestory is an old English spelling with the first E long and the second E silent after the R. It's pronounced Clear-Story.
Thank you. I didn’t know that, obviously.
@@electiondude Cheers.
Hi Greg. Thanks for the quick, and beautiful, tour of this masterpiece. I'm an Illinois girl and grew up looking at FLW homes. My grandfather was an architect and builder during FLW days, and I was lucky enough to get in the business, too. What lovely and simple lines, clean and always fresh. FLW was really something!
Thank you.
actually went to both Falling Water & Kentuck Knob years ago with the family on our way back from Pittsburgh
Thank you! I enjoyed this.
Very nice summation of the Usonian ideal. Thank you.
Thank you
E. Fay Jones has some beautiful homes, structures also. Mildred B Cooper Chapel, Thorncrown Chapel & a lot of homes around Arkansas. He brought outside indoors. Beautiful.
The FLW home in question, is the Enos Brown House in Los Angeles. This exterior has been used in several Hollywood movie of the past.
Interesting. I didn't know that.
Watch the Vincent Price movie, " House On Haunted Hill ", is one of many..@@electiondude
I find a shame that in recent years, several Frank Loyd Wright homes have been razed across the country. In most instances, the contractors did not know they were FLW designed homes.
Any community that has a FLW building in it - and they are often neglected and in bad shape - is sitting on a tourism gold mine. I think I read somewhere the Wright only got about 30% of his projects built, and of those the were, about 1/3 were demolished in his lifetime.
Some are in bad repair,Mr.Cartwright,as Mr.Epp explains.The FLW in Florence,Al.was in need of a great deal of restoration when it was willed,thru the only owner of the house,to the City of Florence.The architects in Florence set about restoring this beautiful home,sited overlooking "The Singing River"-The Tennessee River,on a bluff.They've done a masterful renovation,the house is stunning.It commanded all my attention as soon as I saw it from a distance, the larger-than- life presence of FLW being all-pervasive.I'm so grateful the family willed it to the city to be preserved as an historical landmark- it's the only FLW structure in the entire State.So,kudos to the architects that masterminded saving it for future generations to see,& preserve Mr.Wright's genius works of architecture
@@michaelepp6212 Auldbrass has been restored.
The block house you asked about is the Ennis House of LA, built just about a century ago when LA was not that much bigger than Knoxville. It was basically a 10,000 sq ft 2 bed 1 ba. Severely damaged in the 1994 Northridge temblor, a businessman named Ron Burke happened to have the kind of cash you need to blow in order to give the house a serious renovation. Today it looks like new and there are tons of tours you can watch on youtube like this one which includes some serious babelisciousness: ruclips.net/video/5oIh79V29sQ/видео.html
Thank you.
Good commentary on FLW's houses.I've toured the FLW Usonian home in Florence,Al.Carried all the main points u mention in this very well done video.
(Basements are where Midwesterners, people on and of the "Prairie", shelter from life threatening tornados.
Wright was an architectural genius, but ask the engineers who were unfortunate enough to work with him, and whose wise warnings on poor structural design of these beautiful buildings he ignored, much to the dismay of later owners.
An aesthetic genius, but not the most practical of men.)
To answer your question, I think that picture is of the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan. Opened in early 1923. The hotel was one of the only structures to survive undamaged in the 1923 earthquake on September 1, 1923 because of the innovative "floating foundation" on which it was built. When it was torn down in 1968 the lobby was carefully deconstructed and is still on display at the Meiji-mura Museum in Aichi Prefecture.
That’s the Ennis house in LA that was used in Blade Runner.
Some architects can design fantastic buildings but l feel in this day and age they are almost a luxury which not many people can afford
Falling Water is in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Those are Horizontal roof lines - at that point I gave up
That is the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix
Great little video! That second house that you looked at I believe that house was moved there it was relocated because of t I’m not 100% sure of all the details
The house you asked about, is in Southern California around LA. It was built in a pre-Colombian style by the lady who had it built. In 1924 the Ennis House was built of interlocking cement blocks.
Interesting. Thank you.
Hello from Knoxville! Wish these style homes would make a comeback. But we are stuck with mac-mansions although starting to see some craftman and farmhouse styles being built.
Thanks. You may know this but I am in Knoxville too. Bearden area.
Thank you much enjoyed !
Every home and business should install a rain water collection and storage system along with solar panels.
Even in areas where rain is infrequent it is crazy to waste the little rain that does fall and waste it.
We need to stop planting green lawns and switch to local native plantings around homes.
It is crazy to plant lawns and build golf courses in dry desert areas. We waste too much water and electricity.
I’ve looked at a bunch of houses that frank lloyd wright designed everyone seems to have to be rebuilt from bad concrete to wear beyond expectation,and at a huge expense as most are historic status adding another huge expense as you can’t correct the errors time has exposed
Like most reviews of FLW designs, this is also whitewashed.
The owners fought with Wright over the engineering of the design even before construction began. They were so alarmed over the weight/span relationships that they hired an independent engineering company to validate the design and construction methods proposed.
Results? They found the dimensions of the cantilevers were well beyond what the original engineering could support and that additional steel members, as well as more concrete, were needed to prevent collapse. After serious decay in the beams developed , and an interim repair was completed in the 1980’s, a final intervention was mounted in 2001 which cost over $10 million.
So far as I know, the cantilevers could not be completely rebuilt and the defects still exist to this day. Fun fact : FLW never graduated from an architecture program. He bailed out after one year. Perhaps he missed the classes on architectural engineering? He was also fired from his first gig as an architect after the firm caught him siphoning off their clients and signing contracts with FLW.
P.S I believe that the Falling Water house has problems with the cantilevered concrete slab sinking and FLW,s flat roofs are prone to leak,just saying
My back hurts when I get up in the morning and I’m 20 younger than the house. Just saying.
The original owners, the Kaufman, who worked with Wright on the design had serious disagreements with him over the basic engineering of the home. So serious they actually hired an independent engineering company to review Wrights design. They concluded the cantilever design was structurally unsound and would need significant reinforcement to avoid collapse. In the end, larger reinforcement cables were installed in the roof and massive, additional quantities of cement were also added.
None of this was sufficient to overcome the original design flaws which led to decades of sagging in the roof structure which was finally rectified in😊
Loved the video and info
The roof looks like it has horizontal lines, not vertical.
Ha! Agreed. I got a little mixed up!
“They’re noted for their vertical roof lines”, said the host. Did you perhaps mean, “noted for their horizontal roof lines”. FLW designed based on echoing the landscape, which is usually horizontal.
Yes, of course. I made a mistake. Thank you for pointing that out.
you have great taste. that other house is the ennis house in la. his apprentice john c howe and edgar tafel built a house in bethesda md. its bueatiful as well
Have you been to Oak Park, Illinois ?
@@electiondude sadly not Illinois. Mostly all the coastal states and the east coast. Fallingwater is very neat but I am a fan of all houses curved. A taliesin fellow something Green, not Aaron but cant think of his first name. Maybe it is Aaron. There were 2 Green's . One who built very angular homes in CA. The other Green built most of his houses in GA. If you look up his work there's only a little info, but one site has pictures of all his houses(Sampson, brown and paulk houses are amazing. I certainly hope yo one day travel to Illinois. There are so many areas that have extraordinary architectural homes. Highland park being a priority. I really appreciate you taking a minute to message me. If u get a chance research any of those houses ,let me know what you think. Cheers my friend
@@electiondude thanks for the video Greg. I have been to Falling Water and Oak Park and did the walking tours of the FLW houses. I also saw the Hollyhock House in Los Angeles a similar house to the Ennis house. Both "Mayan" style. I prefer the Usonia styles of all the ones I've seen.
@@danielvivian3282 I'm glad see there are still so many of his buildings around.
Vertical roof lines? I think you're confused. It looks very horizontal.
Yes. I was. Thank you.
How is the market there?
Southwestern PA sir.
thank
An energy efficient home or business is more comfortable and saves money in the long run.
Solar energy on your roof combined with battery storage can make people more independent from the grid and natural gas supplies. Add solar and supplemental electric heating or a heat pump for home heating..
Added insulation, triple glaze windows, energy efficient doors, energy efficient heating and cooling systems, energy efficient appliances, LED lighting, smart thermostats, solar panels combined with battery storage and a electric vehicle charger in the garage or car park. People are too focused on the short term costs and miss out on long term savings and comfort. Blower door testing and air sealing are under appreciated tools.Even if you have money to burn you should not waste it. Climate Change will impact everyone. Leave a better future for your children and grandchildren. Join in and speak up for the future of the planet.
Dude...next time you come this way, check out Polymath Park!
There are 4 homes 🏡
Plus, a very good restaurant!
You will not be disappointed!
“They weren’t for poor ppl, just average middle class ppl”.
First of all, the roof-lines of all Wrights designs were NEVER comprised of vertical lines. The whole point of the “Prairie Design” was to emphasize HORIZONTAL lines… like from a prairie??!
Back to the point of Wright’s target audience: Falling Water was built for one of the wealthiest Pittsburgh families; the Kaufmans. Also, original owners of Kentuck Knob were owners of a regional dairy operation. So no, NOT common ppl.
at 1:26 : I think you mean "clerestory" windows. (pronounced Clear-Story)
Thank you. Now I know.
I think you mean, "horizontal" roof lines.
Yes. Good catch.
Horizontal roof lines.
Yea, I got that backwards, didn't I.
@@electiondude LOL Half of backwards. What a masterpiece of a house.
Would be great to have a community of these houses and not the kind they just throw up now.
Look up Norris, TN. I
I find it a bit off- putting that F.L.W. never designed houses for the average American, but rather for the upper classes .The real test of a talented architect is their ability to produce good design within limited budgetary constraints .
You don't know what you're talking about. The whole idea behind his Usonian houses was a house for the average family.
He tried. That was the plan for the Usonian homes.
Amerikans don t want Wright houses
1. Kitchens too small
2. Maintenance too high
3. No storage
4. Not traditional enough
5. Not green enough
6. Loaded with white privilege and way too raysiss
No, Paul , ppl in the USSA want MacMansions... plain and simple
"Up from the ground, into the light" is lost on the unwashed massed
I hate VRBO ads
It’s not very hard to identify each and every one of FLW homes by name and date. The home you referred to in one photo is in Los Angeles and along with the Hollyhock House is one of his most famous projects. Maybe do a little homework before posting your shows? Putting the Fallingwater House next to the Guggenheim Museum next to one of his LA decorative cement block houses is a terrible mix. FLW worked in several different design styles and his projects should be seen in the right context.
Thank you for your comments. I look forward to seeing some of your videos.
Not sure I’d want a “real estate advisor” who knows so little about the subjects of his own video and is confused over how to read a compass.
Disappointed Wanted to see the inside
i dont need to read
Ok
Yup, FLW made gorgeous buildings. Look at every house in suburbia now. You might as well hang a sign out front that says: “Welcome to my garage.” Ugly, boring, and unwelcoming.
Horizontal roof lines
Yes. Good catch.