Frank Lloyd Wright's Home and Studio: Inside the House That Started It All

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  • Опубліковано 25 січ 2024
  • Join Ken on a captivating journey inside Frank Lloyd Wright's Home and Studio, a place where architecture transcends mere buildings to become art. Discover the birthplace of ideas that reshaped American architecture. Explore the intimate spaces and innovative designs that marked the beginning of Wright's illustrious career. Witness how Wright's personal life, tragedies, and triumphs are intricately woven into the very walls of this architectural masterpiece.
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  • @ThisHouse
    @ThisHouse  6 місяців тому +2

    Check out our 24/7 Live stream on our 2nd channel: ua-cam.com/video/mK1CFhAor0c/v-deo.html

  • @MangoFlamingo
    @MangoFlamingo 6 місяців тому +20

    My man. You are finally in the video. Congrats to the success. It should be part of a TV show

  • @kimklashinsky3604
    @kimklashinsky3604 6 місяців тому +18

    I really like Frank Lloyd Wright and this house and studio does not disappoint. Thank you for the great content!

  • @andrewbrendan1579
    @andrewbrendan1579 6 місяців тому +11

    Truly a remarkable house, one designed and built according to a philosophy...and I'm so glad this one was saved. Thank you, Ken for the history and tour. --- Fun fact: actress Anne Baxter was the granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright.
    Ken, I saw you and Dalton in the recent "Hoarders" episode and I want to thank you even more for the huge amount of work you did for your friend Bob both inside his house for cleaning and clearing, and outside of his house serving as advocates and case workers, doing so much on his behalf. If that isn't true friendship and genuine concern for a fellow human being in need of help then I don't know what is. Many blessings to you and Dalton!

    • @ThisHouse
      @ThisHouse  6 місяців тому +5

      Thank you so much for your kind words! It was an honor to help him.

  • @barrya8981
    @barrya8981 6 місяців тому +8

    I used to give tours there, but haven’t been in years. Your video was a wonderful reminder.

  • @brucefrendahl4126
    @brucefrendahl4126 5 місяців тому +5

    I visited this home and studio years ago, while employed in the architectural business. I was greatly impressed by his meticulous attention to detail, right down to the napkins on the Dining Room table. His Oak Park home and Studio is nothing short of spectacular.

  • @robindavis432
    @robindavis432 5 місяців тому +4

    My Grand father had a FLR home in MN . My mom loved her childhood home.

  • @garryferrington811
    @garryferrington811 5 місяців тому +5

    It was nice to see you again, Ken. It's also nice to take a break from ostentation. Somehow this house has a graceful, quiet understatement.

  • @milliehicks7436
    @milliehicks7436 6 місяців тому +5

    I actually really loved this house. I wouldn't change much.

  • @kendranewton9071
    @kendranewton9071 5 місяців тому +2

    He was a genius in design. So simply beautiful.

  • @kenbarkdoll7252
    @kenbarkdoll7252 6 місяців тому +4

    Wright does not disappoint. Good job on the tour.

  • @lorriredmon8212
    @lorriredmon8212 5 місяців тому +3

    I grew up just up the block from this home in a house that was built in 1877. I walked past this Home and Studio every day to both grade and high schools. Living in Oak Park gave me a great appreciation for architecture and FLW Especially. I also love Sullivan's style! The FLW Home and Studio is a stunning building. I also love his Unity Temple there in OP. So many FLW homes in OP too. Thanks for this tour. It was nice to see it again after many years gone.

  • @peterlarsen7779
    @peterlarsen7779 6 місяців тому +5

    I found it very interesting to see his humble beginnings... Thank you so much.
    I'm quite smitten by his designs. I often wonder if it would be possible to build a replica of one of his houses, but modernize it insofar as insulation, double or triple glazed windows, floorheating etc....
    Perhaps even taking favourite design aspects from multiple houses, and incorporate them into _one_ ...
    I've been looking for a good book with all his houses - preferably with floorplans... but haven't found one yet.

  • @sdvinteriors_designstudio
    @sdvinteriors_designstudio 6 місяців тому +2

    Light, texture and space: all fused around nature 👏

  • @mileshigh1321
    @mileshigh1321 5 місяців тому +4

    On a high school art trip to New York, we saw a replica of Frank's studio or library at the MOMA I think it was! Impressive with so many amazing elements !

  • @caroleinwv
    @caroleinwv 6 місяців тому +3

    Thank you!So much departure from tradition with clear form following function.

  • @kimhall5863
    @kimhall5863 5 місяців тому +2

    Did I just complete a university course on architecture⁉️ For the layman like me this video was FASCINATING~thank you❣️

  • @Kyfordman1989
    @Kyfordman1989 5 місяців тому +4

    He was an architectural genius. His homes built a century go still look modern today.

  • @user-mt7bo4bm3x
    @user-mt7bo4bm3x 6 місяців тому +3

    💓I've just been mesmerized for many years with FLR vision of living spaces and his art of integrating the factors of influence on human sences into architecture - all those skylights, waterfalls, rythmical windows, open and close spaces, sun and shadows, lows and highs, magic and science. The most powerful feeling is that all these personal univerces are made by human mind and hands. This is a good feeling of beliefe in human genious.

  • @bowiearcangeli11
    @bowiearcangeli11 6 місяців тому +4

    Ken, always so nice to see you again. An informative and interesting video. Thanks for sharing 💜

  • @zovalentine7305
    @zovalentine7305 5 місяців тому +1

    Rest in peace 🙏
    Frank Lloyd Wright
    8 June 1867 ~
    9 April 1959⚘

  • @veronicaferguson8548
    @veronicaferguson8548 6 місяців тому +2

    Nice to see you in the video.
    My Dad revered Frank Lloyd Wright.I could never understand why an engineer would revere an archtect.After see what Frank Lloyd Wright created ,i now understand.

  • @albertawalters3731
    @albertawalters3731 6 місяців тому +3

    I love this...watching his genius flow is amazing..👏

  • @christopherkraft1327
    @christopherkraft1327 6 місяців тому +2

    Hey Ken, this home is spectacular!!! I'm a big fan of Frank Lloyd Wright & his work!! Thanks for sharing this informative video!!! 👍👍🙂

  • @Iconoplastt
    @Iconoplastt 6 місяців тому +3

    Hi Ken, great to see you, great channel!

  • @David-HPC1904
    @David-HPC1904 6 місяців тому +2

    Ken, your videos are always insightful & well reached. Bravo❗️Thank you sharing🎈

  • @keithschwartz7318
    @keithschwartz7318 5 місяців тому +2

    I enjoyed this video. We live 25 minutes away from both Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob. I’ve been to both several times.

  • @robertodalessandro871
    @robertodalessandro871 6 місяців тому +2

    Hy, hello! First of all: it's very Nice to meet you, not only your adorable voice. Once when i was a student i saw this house but not from the inside. Now you give us this opportunity. Hugs from Brasil.

  • @geraldineclarke5434
    @geraldineclarke5434 5 місяців тому +2

    The teacher who did the most for me was Philip B Welch, a protege of Wright's. Phil passed the legacy along.

  • @williamtyre523
    @williamtyre523 6 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for another great video. I've always been struck by how the facade of the original part of the house reminds me of the work of architect Bruce Price, especially his houses in Tuxedo Park.

  • @ML-xi2rt
    @ML-xi2rt 5 місяців тому +2

    Excellent as ALWAYS !😊

  • @jillatherton4660
    @jillatherton4660 6 місяців тому +2

    Wonderful stuff, well I would say that, I love Arts and Crafts. From UK 👍

  • @a1wend1l
    @a1wend1l 6 місяців тому +2

    Very cool seeing this sort of transitional design in his career.

  • @vachelle3413
    @vachelle3413 5 місяців тому +1

    I am a huge fan of his designs. Thank you.

  • @Steven-wm9vu
    @Steven-wm9vu 6 місяців тому +2

    Ken looking too good at the beginning. Great video. Thanks

  • @zovalentine7305
    @zovalentine7305 5 місяців тому +1

    Inspired by Frank and having tested for two days on career best suited for, I wanted to become an architect.... but simply worked for architects and engineers instead.
    I did visit Frank's Unity Temple building in Oak Park, Illinois

  • @sandrashevel2137
    @sandrashevel2137 5 місяців тому +2

    Beautiful home

  • @glenhammpnd8357
    @glenhammpnd8357 6 місяців тому +3

    THANKS

  • @stretch9952
    @stretch9952 5 місяців тому

    The house and studio are a marvelous composition taking maximum advantage of the corner site. You enter the house from one street, the studio from the other. The brick base and garden walls unite the beautifully scaled and diverse geometric solids of the various components. Quite a remarkable composition for it.'s time, and still exciting today.

  • @jetsons101
    @jetsons101 5 місяців тому +2

    We have many book on Frank Lloyd Wright. Quite the architect, to bad about losing his family. The image at 3:53 shows how original the house is, that is a "not up to code" ungrounded plug.... OUCH Great watch.

  • @user-bn8mj9no6f
    @user-bn8mj9no6f 5 місяців тому +2

    Beautiful!

  • @sherirunnels545
    @sherirunnels545 6 місяців тому +2

    Thank you. Ken, for another fascinating video. I love FLW's work, but I've never been able to see myself living in one of his homes. (As if....lol)

  • @laurielaurie8280
    @laurielaurie8280 6 місяців тому +3

    I'm not really nuts about this home. I like the outside of the home. The one feature I did like was in the window layout in the bathroom. I really like that it was placed so no one could see in.

  • @henrietta615
    @henrietta615 13 днів тому

    Love to walk through it. He was brilliant, for sure.

  • @daveg9000
    @daveg9000 13 днів тому

    Oak Park is worth a visit for anyone who is interested in architecture and design.

  • @Barb-bq8nj
    @Barb-bq8nj 5 місяців тому

    I have been In frank Lloyd wright rights home. I love His designs.

  • @larrystevens5786
    @larrystevens5786 5 місяців тому

    After visiting FLW’s Oak Park home/studio in 2019, I wondered if his children knew at the time, how fortunate they were to grow up in such a privileged environment.

  • @calvinsaxton9925
    @calvinsaxton9925 6 місяців тому +2

    great channel! sometime when you are in the midwest, look into harvey ellis's mansions etc in st joseph missouri.

  • @LaTericeallover
    @LaTericeallover 6 місяців тому +2

    Wow, wasn’t expecting a face reveal. Nice to put a face to the voice. 😊

  • @danielmorris7648
    @danielmorris7648 6 місяців тому +4

    The thing about architecture that sets it apart from other art is the combination of form and function. FLW imo wasn't an architect, he was an artist that used construction materials instead of paint or clay, but a FLW house has almost zero function they're a nightmare to live in.

  • @mikenixon2401
    @mikenixon2401 6 місяців тому +5

    My wife and I saw a Frank Lloyd Wright house in St. Louis. We both said we liked our own home better. Sorry, I'm not a FLW fan. Guess I don't have that level of culture. Nevertheless you offer a good report, Ken.

  • @vickiephilpitt7697
    @vickiephilpitt7697 5 місяців тому +2

    Built in 1889? If I hadn't heard that year, I would have thought thus was more 1920s and the Art Deco era. Even the dining room chairs strike me as Bauhaus design or modern Danish. The only room that I liked was the children's play room. Most of the house was just too dark for my taste, but the upper floor was brilliant (no pun intended) and warm. Funny how the bathroom only had the sink and tub, while the toilet would have been the actual novelty. And because the indoor bathroom would have been new for it's time, I bet there was only the one in that whole house.

  • @HORSEYANIME2024
    @HORSEYANIME2024 5 місяців тому +1

    Pls do a video on frank Lloyd wright designed apartment buildings that existed in Milwaukee Wisconsin

  • @heatherjones6647
    @heatherjones6647 6 місяців тому +4

    I don't think I could sit for 5 minutes in those dining chairs.

  • @Heritage367
    @Heritage367 6 місяців тому +3

    I grew up spending part of my childhood in Oak Park, including going to church in Unity Temple. I love his esthetic, but his furniture designs are not comfortable, and his flat roofs with skylights always end up leaking. 😂

  • @crazyhorse5163
    @crazyhorse5163 5 місяців тому +1

    You look nice and you have a wonderful voice.

  • @joeseeking3572
    @joeseeking3572 5 місяців тому

    Well worth a visit if you're in Chicago - and accessible by metro with a bit of a walk (through a very pleasant neighborhood, but the train travels though very rough patches before you get there). I've been to a fair number of his surviving homes while traveling (if there's one nearish - even an hour or two, I'll usually make time) But while I admire much (!) about his design, the more I've read about the man, the more I see him as - not just flawed, but highly egocentric and vaguely malevolent. A charming misanthrope.

  • @user-qt4qp6bj1q
    @user-qt4qp6bj1q 5 місяців тому

    Wright didn't have 'students' at this point. He had employees/apprentices. Marion Mahony Griffin, Walter Burley Griffin, Dwight S Perkins, Jon S Van Bergen, Frances Barry Byrne, etc. Students come later.

  • @garygloska7396
    @garygloska7396 6 місяців тому +4

    Victorian architecture all the way for me

  • @oltedders
    @oltedders 6 місяців тому +2

    I'm glad to see that the building is still standing. Unlike his masterpiece of 1904, the Larkin building. Destroyed in 1950, the site is still a wasteland.

  • @megfuchs9425
    @megfuchs9425 6 місяців тому +3

    I am a Victorian (especially Queene Anne) gal. I also like nooks and crannies- so not a fan of open floor plans. While this house was interesting it is just not for me.

  • @jec1ny
    @jec1ny 6 місяців тому +2

    At the risk of being burned at the stake for heresy, I've never been a huge FLW fan.

  • @g.v.hedgpeth2602
    @g.v.hedgpeth2602 6 місяців тому +2

    "Until he cheated on his wife, and quietly abandoned his family" 😆 Oh, well these things happen!

  • @philipbrown6685
    @philipbrown6685 5 місяців тому

    Like You! I don’t like Wright’s architecture at all. His rooms are dark and dingy. He liked filtering light out rather than welcoming it in.

  • @user-ei2lm6us2e
    @user-ei2lm6us2e 5 місяців тому

    ANNOYING MECHANICAL VOICE

  • @lauralei6963
    @lauralei6963 5 місяців тому

    Ugh. Can’t listen to this weird narrator😩

  • @jennyjatkola7094
    @jennyjatkola7094 6 місяців тому +2

    I loved this video! Again great job Ken! I personally love & am continually intrigued by FLW. Love the children's room. Simply fascinating things in that room! Thank you for doing this video!