Frank Lloyd Wright's Samara | The Weekly Special
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2011
- Discover Frank Lloyd Wright's Samara, a Usonian house located in West Lafayette that was commissioned by homeowner John Christian over 50 years ago.
To learn more about how you can arrange a tour of Samara house, visit their website: samara-house.org.
I'm not sure which is more charming, this house or this old man? Lots of character in both.
Thanks to Mr. Christian for building this beautiful house and ensuring that it will be maintained and shared with the world in perpetuity. What a nice man and a wonderful legacy.
What a dear man. He passed away in 2015 at age 98. He and his wife obviously took great care of their home (it's as old as me).
Proving that it is good for life and one’s soul to live in a FLW designed space living until 98 years of age.
FLW may have been “The Greatest Architect in the World” but to my mind the Christian’s exceptional stewardship of this structure is the truly remarkable story in this mini-documentary. Great architects need great clients and FLW was in a way very fortunate to have been pursued by these people.
How true
I agree. I haven't seen too many tours yet (YT is recommending them now) but some I see the owners wanted to maintain FLW's vision, except they added this and changed that and . . . and . . . and.
They maintained this home beautifully. Remarkable.
Agreed.
It depends on what you want, he was a great great architect but too busy with fussy details for some.
I’ve been to Samara and throughly enjoyed my visit. Mr. Christian was at the home but elderly and didn’t leave his room. The attention to detail everywhere was astounding. I’ve been to many FLW designed homes and buildings but this was one of my favorites. I highly recommend making the trip to West Lafayette.
My favorite feature on this home is the copper covered facia all the way around the home. What a beautiful material to use in areas exposed to the elements where it takes on the Green hue.
"Open Sesame"....I'm dying, that music is killing it.
Living in one of Mr. wrights homes for almost 3 years now I can truly tell you everyday the home changes throughout the day ,with the way he anticipated the sun movements and the way it would affect the wood stone and glass which the home is only made of.
Built in 1953 ,oh gotta wife's home
I'm jealous. Which house of his do you live in?
Which home do you reside in?
Frankie C, can I come live with you?
On a road trip I came unexpectedly upon the Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. I had never heard of it. It was already after dark, but, on impulse, I parked on the street in front of the building. There I discovered that part of the building is in use as an inn. On impulse, I phoned (even though I was sitting out front in the street) and was told that there were vacancies. I jumped at the chance to stay overnight there. (The desk clerk seemed surprised at how quickly I showed up in the lobby after hanging up.)
I can confirm what Frankie C says about the movement of light through the room, at night (the street lights) as well as the next morning. There is an ineffable quality about the space so brilliantly designed for living in that simply can't be communicated in words, and must be experienced.
The next day I followed along in the guided tour of the top floor office and living spaces. This chance encounter turned out to be the high point of my road trip.
Ah yes!...Mr. Frank Lloyd Wright had many wives and lost loves, of romantic opulence & beautiful design, from whom he ultimateley had to depart when their love for him begin to decline. I guess, He was lavish & lucky in Architechtural life,but unlucky in the Love that makes for a happy wife. I mean,.. After all,..profession and love were never meant to be & so they began to depart as was always their destiny ..In any case, no one knows whether or not it was by Architectural design to be that way,but Frank Lloyd Wright left a majestic collection and an artistic expression, that remains with us till this very day,,He left a geometric masterpiece of Falling Water and of crystal snowflakes. I can still see his patterns & designs floating like spiraling flowers leaving behind only a pleasant fragrance of his undying Love for the Art of his rise & descent, falling above like rain the eternal passion for his own magnificent blueprints!😉🤫🤐
This house is a jewel. Everything belongs on the historic register, such a compleat F. L. Wright house. He had a team of designers working under he to do the fabrics, plates, rugs, and what an amazing job done by the whole crew. Aren't we glad it's still here and in one piece?!?
Natasha--search for a Wright house in Jackson, MS. The home is now owned by an architect named Bob Adams who had to do extensive fixer-upper work on it. It's another jewel with an interesting history. --Hank Eason, on a borrowed site.
Fascinating Frank Lloyd Wright (my FAVORITE architect of all time) fact: "Falling Water," at one point in the planning stage, was proposed to be sheathed in GOLD LEAF. Imagine how THAT would look 🤩
Frank Lloyd Wright: An aesthetic, cultured AND technological GENIUS
How have they maintained everything so meticulously over so many years??? That’s a story in itself!
That is a great piece. Its great that the Owners of Samara created a program to teach and reach out to young people. That is a gift - and I am sure it will bring rewards for many more to come. Well done, beautiful.
Lack of respect for this man calling him old.You will be this age someday.He is very Knowledgable
I wonder how much Wright charged for his services, and how much the actual cost of the house was when completed. Priceless by today's standards for sure.
I can imagine having your home as a work of art would inspire you to live an amazing life.
I love the fact that underfloor heating was considered an innovation in 1950s America.
"What have the Romans ever done for us??" :D
Yep. The romans used underfloor heating in bath houses. Built big fires underneath somehow.
I lived in a house that was built in the mid 50's it and the entire neighbor had that type of in floor heating. It turned into a night mare for the people who originally owned the houses. Copper and concrete don't get along at all, the concrete corrodes the copper. Numerous leaks would develop in about 10 years. Thankfully when I bought the house in the 80's previous owners had installed hotwater base boards so I didn't have to deal with it. Cant imagine this guy didn't have to deal with it either. Actually a fair critique of Wright is that a lot of his houses had/have problems.
@@stuglenn1112what were the major problems?
@@asanta2023 It's a running joke that a FLW house the roof will leak. When clients would complain about it Wright would tell them to move the chair and put a bucket under the leak. Also Wrights engineering was dicey look up the post tension anchor repairs that had to be done at Falling Waters to keep it from falling into the water. There are other examples.
Mr.Christian's stories,memories of Mr.Wright are wonderful & I learned so much.
I had the great honor of attending a tour of the house given by Mr. Christiandens's daughter in 2004, most residents of Lafayette don't know that it is there , near the corner of Northwestern and Cherry Lane. The tour was given by Mr. Christianden's daughter. She was very knowledgeable and entertaining.
6:29 That is FASHIONABLE. That made my day. Chic!
he was not egotistical, he simply recognized the objective fact that he was the worlds greatest architect
He knew his own worth....
Honest confidence is merited.
Great to see a FLW house and more importantly to hear the story of the most important person in the project. I must come see it as part of my lifelong goals.
Glorious!
I wish the video showed more detail and longer cuts. What an experience for the owners and their foresight to ensure the legacy of their home and FLW. Thanks!
I will be seeing this beautiful home next month through a local bus trip that also includes the Bradley House in Kankakee, IL (which I have previously seen). Can't wait for the trip and glad I found this video for some background. And so glad that the Christians' have made arrangements for the house to bejoyed by the public long into the future.
This is a wonderful episode. Thank you very much.
As a boy in junior high school back in the early 1980's I took an elective course in architecture. Falling Water figured prominently at the end of our text book. I instantly fell in love with that house. Of course I could never afford anything like that but over 40 years later Falling Water still appeals to me. How I wish I could have afforded something even remotely resembling that sort of home.
amazing people doing amazing things. This was quite enjoyable to watch.
THANK YOU for posting!
Beautiful home, owner, and video. Thank you!
Wow! What a gem. Stewardship at its finest. Wright was a true master. I fondly remember the feelings when I first set foot inside Falling Water. Standing in the middle of the living room gave me goose bumps. It was awesome. I can't imagine living in one of these treasures.
Still hope for humanity.
I Love It! AWESOME!
Glorious.
Wonderful. Thank you.
Cada estancia tiene su magia✨✨🥰 . Me encantan sus detalles, me detengo en cada uno de ellos. Tambien aprecio el feng shui que fue aplicado con hermosos y sutiles detalles . 😍👍💐
Loved this. I am definitely going to get to Indiana to see it.
That is a beautiful home.
What's up Gregory? You have good taste in houses.
It is very unassuming in its place in what now is an established subdivision. One has ot search for it.
Stunning!
Masterpiece
This one is my Favorite
Glorious2.
GENIUS
Now that’s cool!
1:36 John apparently has not ever been in ANY hurry for ANYTHING 🤣
Very true. The rug he mentioned and was pictured in the video was one of the last items they were able to place in the house. He commissioned it to be produced to the architect's exact specifications.
They maintained their home beautifully. So far this is the most appealing home I’ve seen by Wright. It seems to have gotten just right the inside outside balance. The green upholstery is exquisite. Would you call that avocado?
No.
I'd call it Harold...
@@klyvemurray lol
It looks like a chartreuse green.
@@RAREFORMDESIGNS
Its not even the same spectrum as chartreuse
During the construction of Darwin D Martin's extraordinary house in Buffalo in 1904, probably the most expensive house Wright ever built, Martin got many letters in response to his request for changes or for his numerous requests for construction documents long overdue got responses in the manner of the telegram Mr Christian received regarding his proposal to shortened the living room by 4 feet.
Wright was mostly very accommodating and clients generally took these general refusals in a good-natured give and take. Those that couldn't are, I suspect, those very small number of clients who came to despise Wright and gave him the largely undeserved reputation for being imperious and unyielding.
Awesomeness
Interesting !!!
Rest in peace Mr Christian.
8:34 "Never yet have seen one too large." I KNOW that's right, Frank!
Geez.
The balance blow me away
FLW's designs are STILL ahead of their time.
Lol, "You'd better look it up," instead of just telling them outright. I had a teacher once who would give questions to the class, sometimes individual questions. Once he gave me a question that I couldn't figure out the answer to, so I asked him for the answer. He refused to answer, saying "It will be much more valuable to you if you figure it out yourself." Eventually I figured it out.
A “classy” guy, (that teller of this story!)
Love it so much that the narrator uses the word house properly. The current fad of calling anything a "home" is pretentious as in "I went to their home" or "...the windows in the home." It sounds stupid. Nice job here--a lifelong FLW fan. I wish there was alot more pictures of the house and less of the nice owner--like exterior shots, etc.
Homely comment.
thith wath a very informative video on thamara
Lovely home. I love the Frank Lloyd Wright legacy, but I don't like heated floors, which actually date back thousands of years in Korea and Japan. However, it doesn't warm the air, so it still feels cold. So, I'm a spoiled American who wants warm air. As for the floor, we have house shoes or socks.
You are just a spoiled person and a narcissist combined with being unbelievably dumb and out of touch with reality. Most Americans could only wish in their wildest dreams to have a heated floor. You are stupid and ungrateful. It would be terrible for you to have to suffer a delightfully warm floor in a cool room, we could never have that, it would be intolerable. It appears the heated floor is more intelligent than you. Have a nice day.
Remarkable! And somehow they probably had to build it without a FHA insured 30 year mortgage. Or did they manage to get one?
Are you serious?
Is he still alive? He must be over 100 if so. And yes, he is/was very charming.
the rug was actually designed by an apprentice
"I'm the greatest, just ask me." - FLW
I live not too far from Fallingwater. It’s nice to look at pleasantly designed but unbelievably expensive to maintain. The Kaufmans gave this thing to the western Pennsylvania conservancy because they didn’t want to maintain it anymore. There’s plenty of information about the failure of the design of this house and how the actual builder Strengthened certain parts supporting the overhangs beyond what Frank Loyd Wright designed. This house has had millions of dollars worth of restoration and is the type of thing that you could not build today because you could not interrupt the flow of the streams it is built on. I’ve been there, I’ve photographed it and in the end it probably should’ve been knocked down before all of the restoration work was done and much more will be needed in the future. Sorry to say that. Ecologically it’s a nightmare but he’s famous and so we will go on spending.
Why are you mad at this house? You're not sorry to say that, seemed like you were quite enjoying yourself.
Linda Greene
I just checked my iPad before I retired for the evening and saw your comments. I’m not mad at the house I’m fairly unhappy about what it cost to maintain this home and to repair the Inadequacies that show up in the design. Notice the very large overhanging porches, they need an equal amount of weight In the way of steel beams back under the house to support that overhang. Unfortunately that overhang over the decades has sagged. (Not enough support in the design) Even though the actual contractor built extra support underneath it still wasn’t enough. If you look at the windows in the corners of the house, I suppose they’re interesting but they don’t support anything and there is considerable weight above them all of this has to be taken into consideration because from the foundation up it must be strong enough to support this concrete structure and that’s where the problem comes in. Unless you are familiar with construction, stonework steel beams etc. I could go on for an hour and you still may not understand what the problems are with that home. Millions have been spent on it in the past and million will be spent in the future.
The vision of the home is spectacular the actual construction and physical characteristics that can’t be seen are not good hence the high cost of maintenance.
I've commented this before, so I'll expect a lot of feedback, both positive and negative. The way Wright designs everything in the house, is it really the owners house or Wright's house ? I know a lot of people are happy with the outcome and I d id hear the owner say that FLW listened to their ideas but I wonder ?
One didn't "buy into" a Wright home on a whim, one was already indoctrinated into the philosophy he was as an architect.
The issue basically often was cost.
If you wanted to tell an architect your concepts, then Wright wasn't your best avenue. He knew more about architecture than you did. However, if you told HOW you intended to live in your house, he would incorporate those ideas in his design vocabulary. Which, of course, is why you wanted one of his houses.
I find it ironic that you use indoctrinated
I have friends who had a FLW home built by one of his students/ interns. Much of the house is very much like this one; kitchen, floor-ceiling windows, hidden tv council, hallway style. They too spent years with the architect and still continue a relationship with him decades later.
That being said, the Mrs. Of the house refers to the home as HER little cottage in the woods. They enjoy all the lovely views f l w gave them as well as the beautiful combination of slate wood and glass.and also The oddities, like no room for anything but a bed in the bedrooms, all furniture built in and quite small rooms that. As life is a given take, so is living in a Frank Lloyd wright home, just like any home.
Yep, commissioned works for composers, artists, chefs etc. are subject to the initiator's reactions will.
History tells us benefactors do influence the creation as it develops.
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Mr. Basso,
Predetermined by his portfolio and discriminating patrons who were open to his style.
I literally send/show people this video to tell people how to pronounce my name
Frank was the Man. 06:24 I'm done!
oh my god i thought the thumbnail was bernie 😭
how does the TV come up!! they just blow past the point the voice activation did exist 110 year ago. so how did the TV rise up like that?????? and why the FVCK wouldn't they address it?
5 years haha
Spectacular ...and these folks claim to have modest amounts of income?
moviedude22 I visited this home as a child. It is spectacular and beautiful and inspired me to become an architect, but it was nowhere near the size of a mansion or even a big house. An average to slightly larger than average sized home for the suburbs of Indiana.
Dr. Christian was on the faculty at Purdue University, and the house was designed and built when he was at the beginning of his career. An assistant professor's salary wouldn't have gone terribly far.
With FLW you are not the client. Seems you`re the passenger on a journey with a vague destination and a taciturn driver.
Poor people don't hire famous architects to build custom homes with custom furniture, custom interiors and landscaping. Why does this guy continually want us to believe he had no money when he commissioned the house?
The Usonian houses were designed to be affordable for any prospective homeowner, not just rich people. That having been said, customizations frequently brought Wright's houses over budget. This is not a criticism.
I was just commenting this video.
And I was trying to answer your question. Mr. and Mrs. Christian may not have been poor, but that doesn't mean they were rich, either.
My take on his reference to, "not wealthy", is one, this generation bought everything in cash, no credit. The 2nd is in connection with my father-in-law. As I would listen to him describe raising the nine children they had, moving every three years and sending them all to Catholic schools and saying "how poor they were", I would have thought they lived very meager. I was shocked when I later saw pictures of their homes, cars and the way the children were dressed. In no way would anyone had considered this family anything but upper-middle-class or well to do. I conclude that I believe my father-in-law is very humble. And is also connected to many families who's income is twice or four times his. I believe it was a way in which that generation, when speaking to their peers, spoke as not to come across as one of the "upper crust".
My parents built their home in the 50s my father had a very good salary job with General Motors and in no way could they afford a Frank Lloyd Wright's home. I understand your confusion in his speech.
He lives just beyond the pearly gates now.
I'm surprised Mr. Wright didn't design appliances. The kitchens in his houses aren't attractive at all because of the blah appliances and colors of the counters. They seem cheap looking IMHO.
Kitchen appliances of the times!
Now they're an historical artifact, to be experienced and enjoyed as they way people lived their dayly lives.
They were stock appliances of the time. He seemed not to care what the kitchen looked like because the focal points of gathering were the great/large rooms. @@chrisk8187
if you ever visit a Frank Lloyd Wright house, you will be humbled. The atmosphere is extraordinary.
Go back to ikea.
@@sharksport01 HAHAHA
....A hundred years?...Mabey yes...Mabey no...IT will most likely be lost in the sands of the hour glass of time after it has been poured out into the oblivion of forgettfulness & decay...As such was the fate of many of the fortresses and temples of Ancient Egypt.😉
But not the pyramids.
dhur magi
By the time John finishes getting his words out, I'll be as old as he is
TIME TELLS...CORRUPT!
He sucked shit. Falling water needs repeated repairs to keep it from crumbling. Far from being gracious and accommodating, the ceilings in his buildings are so low that tall people need to bend over to walk through the structures, his revenge since he was so short. He also built the furniture in, so it couldn't be moved. A resident in his buildings could not arrange them to fit their comfort, but rather, the building forced them to conform to the building.
WoW...EXEMPTED STATUS...CORRUPTION AS IT GETS!