Norman Lykes. The Final House by Frank Lloyd Wright. Complete overview and walkthrough
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This is the last house that Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed and it's one of my favorite homes by him. Organic, futuristic and full of circular shapes, made in the colours of the desert. Very similar with the works by John Lautner. Based on my own drawings and photos found on the internet I made a complete walkthrough. To preserve the legacy by FLW and J. Lautner. And to enjoy the beauty of their work!
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The mapping done on this vid is really helpful to get situated
Yes most of videos have maps that illustrate how the houses are placed in the landscape. In the organic architecture by Lautner and Wright the interaction of a house with the landscape is important
I never really realized the Guggenheim was built at the same time as this house. This is the only kitchen of FLW's that I consider to match the beauty of the rest of the home. This house makes people look good simply because they're strolling through. I think more elderly people should receive respect, as this place is an amazing reflection of what a 91-year-old's mind can look like. Footnote: I absolutely adored those deep purple cushions on the long couch along the window. Thanks again for taking us on a beautiful vacation.
A beautiful vacation is indeed what I want to achieve with this videos haha! Really grea to read that you liked the video so much and yes this house has one of the best kitchen of all FLW designs, personally the house is one of my favorites.
A Japanese and new to fandom of mid-century modern architecture, I was first attracted to case study houses. Then, thanks to your channel, John Lautner and Richard Neutra appeal. Today, I'm in love with Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian homes!
Oh great to read that the videos inspired you to look into the amazing works of these architects. If you love the Usonian style you should check out the Schaffer House, here is the video link to it. Greetings from the Netherlands.
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Look up new “Desert School” architects like Will Bruder, Rich Fairborne and Wendall Burdette. Amazing things happening here in Phoenix.
A part of FLW folklore is that his strong geometric sense resulted from playing with Froebel Blocks. His mother and aunts were into progressive educational ideas so these blocks and a set of colored engravings of landmarks of architecture were a part of Wright's early education.
Oh really itneresting. I did n't knew that. I never heard of that story. Thanks!
Well, I can see how Lautner continued the concepts. Excellent Video!
thanks! Good to hear that you liked the video. more videos about FL Wright, Lautner and Neutra will come up.
Your shows are always comfortable and easy to watch.
Thank you! Great to hear that everyone loves the videos.
Always amazing architecture, I always excited when I see the notifications of this channel.
Thanks! More videos will come up. :)
Thank you for another great tour. It is difficult to sum up the superlatives demonstrated here by Wright. I can say that your videos just keep improving as your catalog grows. Keep up the great work.
I will keep up the great work. Good to hear that you think my videos are improving, because I work hard to make them better every time. Indeed the house is full interesting detials and inventions done by Wright: each of his houses is full of great design choices.
A beautiful design. I love how FLW designed this home to blend harmoniously into the landscape, which it does extremely well.
Yes, almost all the designs by Wright are great but this is one of his better ones. I also like the futuristic shapes of the design.
Spectacular . My new favorite FLW home .
Love from Ottawa Canada and Thank You for the Tulips
Hahah... Thanks for the tulips! yes I'm from the Netherlands. This is indeed one of the better designs by FLW. You thanks for the Maple syrup!
My god I am so more educated. Thank you so much. Don’t stop.
Really wonderfull to rad your comments. This friday or saturday a new video of the Schwimmer House by Lautner will be uploaded.
I love all of his creations. I look at them as if they were pieces of art with their beauty, design and function and of course I dream that any one of them was mine.
I also look at them as works of art. Unfortunately I can only dream that such would be mine someday.
I had never seen this one before. Another bloody masterpiece by a genius! Love it
You're welcome! More videos about bloody masterpieces will come up!
So beautiful how your videos explain geometry and reveal the inspirations of the Architects. I feel happier and a bit smarter every video.
Thank you! Really nice to read your comments. It stimulates me to make more videos. More content about Lautner and F.L Wright will come up. There's indeed a lot of beautiful geometry in their works.
It looks like the fireplace is equipped with energy recovery system (spiral metal pipe). Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Good job and thank you.
Great that you liked the video so much. More videos will come up... I didn't saw the e nu energy recovery system in the fireplace, but now that you mentioned it: yes I get it!
Exceptionally well done tour. Frequently referring to the drawing and highlighting the talking points in the pictures made it much easier to feel the 3 dimensions of the house in 2d pictures.
Thank you. I started this youtube because it was difficult to get an overview of the magnicifent houses. With these videos, with pictures and drawings, I hope to get a complete feeling lay out of the designs. So what you're saying is eactly what I wanted to achieve. This stimulates me to make more content. thank you! :)
I totally agree.
Thank you for what you do for us here. It is much appreciated. 🙏
You're welcome. Thanks for your comment. I like to makes this videos. More content will come up.
I think I've just seen my favourite FLW house as well. Thank you my friend for putting this one together, I hadn't seen this one prior. Kind of reminds me of the house (now demolished) in the first FnF movie. Yet another brilliant and informative piece and your passion is contagious. Thank you for your sharing your passion. G
I don't know what the FNF movie is and which house yo mean. Really great to read that this is your favorite house by Wright and that you were unfamilliair with it. I like sharing my passion and showing the beauty by Wright and Lautner to other people. more content will come up.
Sorry the first Fast and Furious (FnF) of the franchise movies. In the movie, the FBI headquarters was a circular house with a bridge over the pool. It had roof edge treatment similar to Silverback but on a smaller scale. I believe IRL it was called the "Ridgetop House" in LA and was built in 1963 designed by David Fowler, and was demolished some 10yrs plus ago for a 50k sqft macmansion monstrosity. Glad I could give you some new architectural information, in return for all the amazing info you've given me! :) G
@@grantwatson9232 Thanks for your information. I saw the first Fast and the Furious movie many years ago so I couldn't remember the circular house in that movie. But I have googled the ''ridgetop house'' by David Fowler and it looks really great! So sad it's been demolished..... I always love to learn more about extra architectural information. :)
Thanks for this video. I’m starting to think his late period is my favourite.
The late period is also my favorite. Although all other periods by Wright have brilliant designs.
Architecture to be impressed by from a master. Thanks for your efforts
You're welcome. More videos about houses by the master come up.
What a great video! I love this house!!! He was a master for sure!!!
Thank you, great to readthat you liked the video. This house is indeed a masterpiece in every way.
Your video reminds us what a genius FLW was. We take so much for granted nowadays,, we forget what attention to detail means, not in the superficial sense but in the holistic view of what living requires; his designs are the proverbial _dwellings._ Of course this was for the elite few, but you see basic concepts in his thinking we should all apply when thinking about applying a home design to the needs of its inhabitants. He was a master at that, of course also being a great designer and architect. His furniture is breathtaking as well. A long time favorite and example, for many, and certainly for me! Thank you for this excellent video! Liked and subscribed!
Thank you. Great that you liked the video. Indeed FLW was a genius and I think he's the most important archtitect from the 20th century. Although Lautner is my personal favorite, FLW had a greated influence. Indeed making many inventions that are considered now for granted today and indeed designing amazing furniture. todays architecture is more formulaic and Wright's designs are all unique and different: full with details and clever inventions. First I'm gonna finish all the videos about all the important Lautner homes, than I'm gonna make a serie of videos about Wright's houses.
@@SuperJobbel Great to hear there is more still coming!
Thank you, Jop! Another true poem, but this time in concrete and wood, not glass and wood, like the Schaffer House. It's incredible to me how two such different seeming, yet equally beautiful designs can have sprung from the same mind. Fantastic!
Yes a poem in concrete and wood is a again a good way to describe this house. Lautner and Wright were both master in design.
@@SuperJobbel Now, were can I hide my face?!;) In my defense, I was very tired when I wrote that post... but, I must also admit Lautner and Wright are almost inextricably linked in my brain. I'll see myself out.;)
@@ghostbeetle2950 I already understood that you knew that Wright and Lautner were two different architects and yes Wright and Lautner are very linked together, so no big deal for me that you confused them. They are both equally brilliant for sure!
@@SuperJobbel No worries, Jop!;) Once more, thank you for the incredible work you do!
@@ghostbeetle2950 You're welcome! more videos will come up.
FLLW went ever more circular towards the end of his life. I knew his grandson Eric who died this month. He also used much circular designs.
Great, honestly I have never heard of his grandson Eric. I will check him out.
Great video, thank you.
You're welcome! More videos will come up.
This was the start of our US tour. I would on occasion get remakes such as "You are with them, you have it so easy." "We know what you will turn out like."
I've been to most countries. I could appreciate the scenery and the views and places I visited in these videos as they look scenic and I can now appreciate the art in them.
I did not feel that at all when I was there. It was violence against me and others all the time. I was both tortured and relied on, trusted and untrusted to do things people requested me to do because of the types of talents I excelled at.
There was not a time I didn't have some fucked up injury. I was medicated in my sleep, unfeed and most of the time they took away my shoes.
I was not given an allowance at all and had no ids or money of any kind to do anything.
Friends were asked to turn against me and often did and were scared of interacting with me at all even when they loved/liked me.
People hated who I was connected with and hated me because they feared I would carry on that direction.
When they saw my direction, and admit they liked it they would be attacked if they didnt act even within.
It always seemed easy to fix at the time because a lot of the poeple I saw doing horrible things would get easily frazled and scared of others. A lot of them including finance are easily replaced as they are just inbetweens and a lot of the directors are not fit to be there because they are unskilled as the system has prevented a lot of growth and new thinking. Most of the problem makers are only focused on keeping those things and creating fear for that and have no other talents.
I know more talented people for creating fear anyway.
Wow that was amazing
Thanks! More amazing videos about amazing houses will come up.
I love your narration so much.
Thank you, I do my best. I sometimes do struggle with the English language, so it's great to read that you like my narration. :)
@@SuperJobbel You speak English extremely well - and I agree with the others that this is an exceptionally well-done tour. I'll be subscribing.
really great to hear that you considere my english language skills very well. I'm sometimes insecure about my English because I'm sometimes struggle a bit with translation. (Dutch ins my native tongue) More tours will come up!@@wendyannh
@@SuperJobbel I think everyone who is not fully bilingual struggles at times with foreign languages; I know I certainly do! You do make some errors, but nothing really major, and nothing that interferes with easily understanding everything you say. I think it’s quite brave to put out videos you’ve recorded in any language other than your native one!
Thank you! I try to improve my english with every new video. english is my third language after Dutch and German. Kind that you call me ''brave'', more videos will come up! @@wendyannh
A sculpture more than anything else…
Good description: a mix between architecture and sculpture.
Just discovered your videos. You do an excellent job! Subscribed!
Thank you for your comment. I love to read all the positive reactions! More videos will come up, my next video about John Lautner's Schwimmer House will be uploaded this weekend. :)
Wow, I was unfamiliar with this one, thank you !
You're welcome! I want to make a new serie of videos about most of Fank Lloyd Wright's homes, also the more unfamilliair ones! Still I'm gonna upload some overviews of the houses by John Lautner though. So more content wil come up!
His 'Falling [into the] Water' (a.k.a. 'Rising Damp') needed tens of millions of repairs. Prize for last place is a FLW house.
His sketch of two converging lines, 'The Illinois' at "1 mile", was the tallest building 'design' (sic), until someone scrawled an extra zero making it "10 mile".
He reportedly forget to leave room for elevators between his two converging lines, 'The Illinois', exposing it for what it is.
I could go on...
Yes yes yes, no house is perfect let alone a Wright one … he was a brilliant architect but a human as well … I do not admire his personality, he was an adulterer and a scoundrel and a narcissist , but he did wonderful things with architecture and gave us many interesting disciples who, in some ways, surpassed the Master: Lautner, Schindler, Neutra, Harris, Drake, etc.
I agree with most things you saying.
Yes some of his house have flaws, still they are so interesting and beautifull, so full mavellous details, that's why I like to make videos about them. I heard that story about his1 mile high skycraper that never got built. Its interesting to dream about it.
@@aeropilot4419 His body of work is all the more amazing when one realizes he had zero formal training. He was self-taught, and learned as an apprentice.
Avery nice house. I enjoyed this video.
Jeff
Thank you for your comment!
Would you happen to know about the house featured in the movie Lost Highway? It has a crazy surreal interior/exterior design similar to John Lautner's style.
I know that the house from Lost Highway was David Lynch his own house. But there's little information about the exact lay out and design of that house. Its a really interesting home: very strange design....
The chill song is called "sunshine on sand" by Unicorn Heads
Excellent choice by the (more recent) owners to switch the driveway and parking area to dirt and add the large shade trees. That's definitely an improvement.
That's probably the nicest FLW kitchen I have seen. I've never liked FLW kitchens (and Lautner was never great at them either), as they tend to look like glorified closets. But this one is properly pretty.
I love the media room. Obviously, FLW never realized TVs would be a fixture in homes until his last years, but it's to his credit that once he knew about them, he immediately started designing for them. (I remember a built-in TV storage cabinet in another FLW house, but never a "den" like this.) Strange, now that I think about it: I don't think I've ever seen a TV-focused room or area in a Lautner house.
Finally, I wonder how much Lautner influenced FLW versus the other way around. I can see a lot of overlap between the two in this final era of FLW's career. It would make an interesting study of "who did it first?" for various architectural motifs between the two, to see if any of the influence went in the other direction.
As always, great video Jop.
Hey nice to read your comment and interesting what you saw in the house: - yes it's a major improvement that they created a sandy driveway that integrated very well in the desert. - this house has one of the best kitchens of all Wright houses. Wright is indeed notorious for his small kitchens and bathrooms. - The den was originally intended as a space for small and intimate conversations. Wright could not for see the invention of TV back then. But the room is very suitable for watching TV , John Lautner did design a few houses with media rooms : The Garcia House has a small room for sitting and watching TV, the 2nd Harpel House in Alaska also has a TV room. But yes the number of house by Lautner who have a TV Room is indeed low.
Frank Lloyd Wright influenced Lautner more than Lautner did Wright. Most inventions were did by Wright and than used by Lautner in a more daring and extreme way. The main difference between Wright and Lautner is that Lautner went further than Wright in being organic and futuristic.
I think the only point I would contend is that "Wright could not foresee the invention of TV back then." Televisions were very common in American homes by the late 1950s when this particular house was designed. (I Love Lucy's first season was in 1951; Elvis was on Ed Sullivan in 1956.) I even found a quote by FLW calling television "chewing gum for the eyes."
I am confident that FLW knew that house would have a television in it, and probably designed that room with a television in mind as a central feature. I don't know if the built-ins along the wall in the den are original FLW work, but they are what is driving my thinking.
Also, I seem to remember one of his homes (one of the Usonian houses out in the Midwest, I think) had a television that rose up on hydraulics out of a wooden cabinet between the dining area and living room area. It wasn't a particularly pretty thing, but I have the image in my mind. I could be wrong.
@@billwrinkle9662 Okay really interesting to read! I didn't knew that TV's were so common in the 1950's in the US! Were I come from, the Netherlands, nobody had a TV in 1950's. I never heard of the Usonian House that had a TV rose up from the cabinets, so also interesting.... Thank you! :)
Wow! What would he think of the “no character” houses they “mostly” build now? I need to watch again. 👍🏻
If FLW would have lived today he would be disappointed in the many taste less designs these days, yet he would have felt honored about the enormous influence on at architecture he still has today.
The more I learn on FLW, the more I think he was a member of some kind of cosmic group.
Sorry, had to shut the sound off!!! Just took the "tour".
Okay that's your opinion. Some other people like the explanation. Unfortunately I speak with a strong Dutch dialect, but other people like it. Over the parts that don't have a narration I put music, but It might be that you don't like that music, it's okay. :)
Looks great, although I find myself wanting to repurpose the tower, and add more in the way of garden, rather than just paving. Certainly one of his most welcoming houses, though.
Also, I'm amazed at those rock formations sitting right in the middle of an urban expanse.
This is definitely one of the most welcoming Houses by Wright. How would you repurpose the tower then? A garden would be great but in the desert its very hot and dry, so pavement might be the only possible solution.
I noticed there are two study spaces, even more if you count how bedrooms sometimes have a desk, so was thinking one of those spaces could be more recreational and communal - an arts-and-crafts nook maybe.
Yeah, gardens would be hard, except for more cacti, unless they had something indoors like those 'Earthship' house designs.
Hello, I am an interior design student. Thank you for your wonderful explanation in the video. I chose this house as the subject of a presentation for a lesson during my school years. But I cannot access the architectural sections of the house. Is there anything you can help with in this regard?
Great that you liked the video. Do you mean you want a vertical cut out of the house? I don't have them either. I do have the complete floorplan however.
@@SuperJobbel Yes. What I need are architectural vertical sections. Thank you anyway. Do you have any information on where I can find it?
@@BaharToktas-wv8sb Honestly I don't know. You can check out the Wright Archives, otherwise you can make the vertical cross sections by yourself. Based on the floorplans in my video and the photos, you can draw the vertical section yourself. Only under the livingroom is a cellar and above is the office, the rest of the house is single floor.
@@SuperJobbel I get ıt. Thanks for your helpfulness.
@@BaharToktas-wv8sb Yes, I know the problems you face: I desperately wanted the drawings for these videos too but couln't find them anywhere, so I made my own drawings and did my owns research based on the photos. It's so sad there's so little information available about these beautiful houses. That's why I started this channel: to share information with other fans like you. Ufortunately I never made a vertical cross section drawing. I can help with other houses by J.Lautner and F.L Wright.
And it’s for sale!
Can you buy it? I would if I could!
Interesting design, but it lacks a dining room? I would have liked to see what FLW would have done to incorporate solar power into his designs since he always made a point to add natural light into many of his designs.
It has indeed no dining room, but you can make a dining room out of the Den which is separated from the livingroom. Yes, I'm always wondering what FLW would have done if he lived in our times.... What kind of changes he would have made? and what kind of decission with modern techniques? It's always fun to speculate about that.
Also research Kendrick Bangs Kellogg and James Hubbell, organic architects influenced by FLLW.
…and they were my friends along with Eric.
And check out Lloyd Wright, FLLW’s son.
I really would love to make a video about Kendrick Bangs Kellog "High Desert House" in Joshua Tree. But it is difficult to get floorplans of it, if you have any drawings please send it to me! Thanks :)
Yes he was also a great architect.
Wonder how that house is to own and live in.. Its for sale @ 9 million USD right now.. though you'd have to deal with architect nerds trespassing a lot i'd imagine.
Yes, Nerds like me! That's why I made this video so that other nerds dont have to bother the new owners....haha. I dont have 9 million otherwise I would have lived there
Ergonomic curvature =:human motion trajectories ?
I guess it's Ergonomic Curvature with all the rooms pointed towards the landscape and access to sunlight.
Your map Is wrong. That is Camelback mountain and is the wrong spot.The second map is correct but on a different mountain a few miles away. My friend use to live in this house when I was a kid. It was pretty cool.
Okay thank you for your feedback. I made a mistake then, other than that I hope and think everything is correctly. I've seen many other Wright house in reality: but I had never seen this one. Great that you had the privilege to actually visit the house. It's indeed a cool home.
@@SuperJobbel Sorry for the correction. I just know every square inch of that area. Would ride my bike to Arizona Biltmore, which is a fantastic Wright design a few miles below your featured house. Would also ride out to Taliesen West for the day to hang out. Great job on your videos. Really fun to learn about these projects.
@@rdpatterson2682 Great that you liked the video. I learn from the corrections so no sorry is neccessary. I'm gonna make a video about Taliesin West some day.
Fascinating ✨✨
I totally agree that kitchens are workspaces. Kitchens are way too big in more contemporary luxurious homes these days. They're completely useless. Everything has to be within reach, otherwise it's completely pointless. But we waste a lot of energy and resources more than ever these days. A complete waste and completely unsustainable.
Yes you're right in some points. But at the same time: you can cook with a large group of friends when you have a large kitchen.
All Frank Lloyd Wright houses are unique but unfortunately when somebody buys one of his houses like the Norman Lykes people start changing the interior originally there was no second floor that was added on after his death during the construction and so was the many other bedrooms there were supposed to be in bathrooms everything was altered to me it's not a Frank Lloyd Wright house anymore would somebody alter the frame or the painting of a Rembrandt or Picasso of course not so why would you do that to a house I can rest and updating the plumbing in the electrical work but changing the individual rooms now
I didn't knew that there was no 2nd floor originally. However I did knew there were originally 2 more bedrooms. They made the contemporary bedrooms larger by removing some walls. Aside from those changes this house isn't much changed: its still very close to Wright's original design, especially compared to some other house by Wright who are entirely ruined by the new owners.
@@SuperJobbel you are so cool and apparently if you want a Frank Lloyd Wright House you are allowed to alter the back-end but not the front changing electrical outlets or Plumbing this that's a no-brainer that has to be fixed in my house I still have the original plumbing and electrical lines that's only because I can't afford it to change them but thank you very much for getting back to me it's always a pleasure I've been in so many Frank Lloyd Wright homes and other buildings there just amazing and when people say that he had leaky roofs what's the say that the material that he had of the time to use can cause leaky roofs or the people who worked on them being care for his work and made them leak because they didn't like his architecture or him personally I always wanted to win the lottery and I would buy out every house that's in Riverside for the coonley estate and then turn it back to square one live there occasionally and turn it into a museum for all eternity unfortunately the beautiful gardens are gone in somebody built the house that's not a wright house on that lot. The man house has been divided into two residents then you have the Stables is another residence and the garden Cottage is another residence if I had the money they would all be as one the way it was meant to be originally here's a interesting story, I took my mom to Fallingwater in Pennsylvania because she's handicapped and whatnots we drove down the main driveway while everyone crosses the bridge. then we got inside they told her she could sit on the cantilever furniture so I said out loud to her I said boy I can't wait to get handicap myself so I can do the same thing so they heard that and said that's your mom I said yes well you can sit with her on the cantilever couch I felt like I was a king to be able to sit on a piece of original Frank Lloyd Wright furniture I loved it in fact down the road when I used to work for Butterfield Country Club I recreated falling water with the real working waterfall using a materials of two watermelons covered with pineapple rinds to give it the stone effect I use cinnamon sticks for steel the glass was just clear plastic and the concrete was jicama plus I had a working waterfall directly underneath the overhang balacany..I did it for Mother's Day in 1997 I believe it took me 12 hours but it was a piece of work in fact one of the members had me come out and talk to me cuz she used to work with Frank Lloyd Wright and told me that if he was here today he would have gave you two thumbs up and when I heard that from her I got Goose pimples running all over my body to know that she worked with Frank Lloyd Wright... so thank you very much for texting back you have a good rest of the day and maybe we'll have another chat on other architectural gems from other great architecture architects like House on the Rock in Spring Green Wisconsin
@@paulrand4038 Hey thank you for you long email. Really interesting to read. However I saw only today, 9 month after you responded, apologies for my late reaction. I shall check out the House on the Rock in Spring Green Wisconsin. We stay in touch, Good luck
Interesting shape, pass on functionality
It's an artwork to live in. Maybe not the most functional house nut a masterpiece sure it is.
MR. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S last building was again altered, so it's quite a true 100% FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT house...so sad that people think its ok to alter a work of art and add to a original masterpiece..ao why don't these people alter their PABLO PICASSOS and other great works of art as well
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i forgot the word(not), just before the word quite
100% agree with you: don't mess with the artworks of the master!
Hey like can you not clog youtube up with garbatge? Lets let people who are there give tours we all have access to google maps
That's your opinion. Other people like these videos.