Thank you, me too, he is my primary reference as an architect. He was a genius and I think that we have to learn from the masters to keep producing better architecture. Thank you for joining us!
It's a very beautiful house! I was in this house before the major renovation back in the late 80's. A friend of mine knew the director of the school of architecture in Buffalo. So I got a private tour. I was in love with it then. I need to go back to visit it after the major renovation. There was an apartment building built just behind it which they tore down, thankfully. It was just horrible. FLW was just an awesome architect!
I am glad you having your private tour. Are a marvelous house. Doing these series about wright houses, I learnt again and I saw his evolution to de details. Let me know your next tour! Maybe in the near future our Chanel members we can do specific visits on these houses.
I believe the Darwin Martin house was Frank Lloyd Wright's largest residential commission. What a beautifully detailed magnificent house. I read in a book about the Martin house that the beautiful machined fumed oak beams were fabricated in Milwaukee WI and shipped to Buffalo for construction. The mosaic tile on the dual sided fireplace was originally produced by the Giannini Co. of Chicago. The Tree of Life, the Wisteria and Chevron pier cluster art glass windows add so much beauty to the house. I read that Darwin Martin was a major bibliophile and that's why there are book storage cabinets in all the pier clusters throughout the house. The dual oak detailing around the ceiling perimeter of the unit room library, living room and dining room is a beautiful touch. I'm so pleased that they did such a beautiful job reconstructing the pergola and conservatory and restoring the house to its original beauty. I think it's Wright's finest home.
Read Jack Quinan's book on the Darwin Martin House and educate yourself up. Fuming is the process that exposes the wood to ammonia gas and gives it the dark brown finish.
@@ScottHughes-n4u I’ve talked extensively with Steve Oubre who was the restoration carpenter… and according to him, the wood was not fumed, it was stained… Fuming was a common way to treat oak at the time, but the Martin house was not fumed…moreover, while the fuming may work on Osk, it doesn’t work as well on the mahogany and cypress….
Thank you, soon I will prepare an analysis about composition, design and work evolution. We learn from the masters and I am still learning even being an architect since 2003.
Good job on this one! Just last week I watched an In-depth video about the life of DW Martin and his friendship with FLW. It was an excellent. I find the story about how the 2 of them became life long friends, and how Martin was perhaps just as responsible for FLW’s success as Louis Sullivan, if not more so. Wrights success on this design proves what can be achieved when the right vision is combined with the right client who can afford the best!
Totally agree! When I was architect student I used to criticize other projects about architects in my area. Once I became to work as a licensed architect, I saw how difficult is expand your creativity by clients opinion when many times they don’t understand all details that you are considering. But is a learning process as well. Now I did some projects that my client leave me freedom, and some other clients mentioned that has wright, mies and le Corbusier references, and I feel so proud due are my masters.
I think that we often forget that both Martin and Wright, were boys of the Prairie…, we forget that they were nearly the same age, and grew up maybe 300 miles across the prairie from each other in their early lives… lived in similar small towns, endured life in an amongst the Indian wars…-
I appreciate greatly all his works: but I believe his Usonians are perhaps the most interesting and compelling. Falling Water is justifiably his greatest achievement in residential design imo, for multiple reasons. However his Usonians were so futuristic to the point that 50 years latter, they still look just as compelling, and they still influence architecture the a world over.
@@mikehenson819Mike, Usonian that also he invented this word, was for the evolution both his works and the new needs for the American midis class families. At that time, families needed more functional houses, open spaces and better connections with nature, as always, but protected and private from the exterior. Soon I will be preparing these houses analysis and explanation.
I love it !! The architectural details including stained glass windows decorative elements, contribute to an overall sense of elegance and sophistication in every room. Thank you for sharing these projects with us ! They are truly captivating and hold a great deal of interest :)
I was a docent at the Martin house for 12 years and I have a theory that the Martin House was based on a building in Alexandria Egypt called the Sarapaeum… First Martin was an accounting wonderkind. And accounting was invented in Alexandria Egypt.. He was essentially a self-taught man who read encyclopedias , the first encyclopedia was written at the Serapaeum. Dillon Martin lived in Nebraska during the Indian wars of the 1870s and left in Basket at age 12 ( I suspect he may have been shunned from a Mormon community) The first encyclopedia was written by a Roman senator named Seneca …. The Native American tribe who settled the area that became buffalo where the Seneca Indians… There’s a lot more circumstantial evidence … For example, in Frank Lloyd Wright, home and studio there is a plaster frieze from the altar at Pergamon, which strangely made it into his house by the late 1890s, but was only discovered in 1892.. The Serapaeum was built by Cleopatra to replace the great library of Alexandria that was burned during the Roman Civil War. The money came from Mark Anthony and the books, roughly 200,000 came from Pergamon. .. Lastly, in 1878 which was when Derek Martin was 13 Egypt don’t need an obelisk known as Cleopatra‘s needle that was moved from Alexandria Egypt to New York City. It’s currently located behind the MoMA IN CENTRAL PARK… this was the moonshot of the 1870s and Darren Martin was there and has a souvenir from it If you’re interested in the project, let’s talk
Amazing! So much information provided and thank you! Let me be more informed about it to make a discussion. Thanks for watching and joining our Chanel!
I was using voice to text on that post… I didn’t realize that there were so many typos… I apologize… If you would like to collaborate on a UA-cam post… I’ve been working on a book for years, but with all the rest of life, I have not had a lot of time to devote to it… a few other things to consider…. The tree of life windows, may not be trees, they may be papyrus.. the historical references to a city like Alexandria may inform some or Wright’s use of things like Roman Bricks, Greek Statuary and Dentil Mouldings, as well as dimensions… for example, I believe that the primary design axis, the view from the main entrance, down the pergola, into the conservatory, and ending at the Nike statue, is 100 cubits… which was a standard measure in Egypt…also if you look at the floor plan of the Martin House and compare it to the layout of the acropolis, you will find many similarities…
Also if you look at the Johnson Wax building, as futuristic as it is, and compare it to Karnak…the structure is the same… Lastly there is the Larkin building itself… the one thing that always intrigued me about Larkin… was that there were 4 stair piers, but only 3 had actual stairs, the fourth had ramps, which were used by young children on roller skates to deliver mail within the building… Alexandria Egypt had a lighthouse that was the first of its kind… it also consisted of ramps, to allow for easier delivery of wood to fuel the fires at the top… I believe the 4 “ birdhouses” on the conservatory were a reference to that
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, despite the voice-to-text mishap. Your book project sounds intriguing, and I appreciate your interest in collaborating on a UA-cam post.
FLW has always been my favorite architect! I really want to see this masterpiece in person. Thank you for that wonderful talk on the house.
Thank you, me too, he is my primary reference as an architect. He was a genius and I think that we have to learn from the masters to keep producing better architecture. Thank you for joining us!
It's a very beautiful house! I was in this house before the major renovation back in the late 80's. A friend of mine knew the director of the school of architecture in Buffalo. So I got a private tour. I was in love with it then. I need to go back to visit it after the major renovation. There was an apartment building built just behind it which they tore down, thankfully. It was just horrible. FLW was just an awesome architect!
I am glad you having your private tour. Are a marvelous house. Doing these series about wright houses, I learnt again and I saw his evolution to de details. Let me know your next tour! Maybe in the near future our Chanel members we can do specific visits on these houses.
I believe the Darwin Martin house was Frank Lloyd Wright's largest residential commission. What a beautifully detailed magnificent house. I read in a book about the Martin house that the beautiful machined fumed oak beams were fabricated in Milwaukee WI and shipped to Buffalo for construction. The mosaic tile on the dual sided fireplace was originally produced by the Giannini Co. of Chicago. The Tree of Life, the Wisteria and Chevron pier cluster art glass windows add so much beauty to the house. I read that Darwin Martin was a major bibliophile and that's why there are book storage cabinets in all the pier clusters throughout the house. The dual oak detailing around the ceiling perimeter of the unit room library, living room and dining room is a beautiful touch. I'm so pleased that they did such a beautiful job reconstructing the pergola and conservatory and restoring the house to its original beauty. I think it's Wright's finest home.
Thank you so much for sharing. I agree that it’s one of the most beautiful homes designed by wright.
The oak was not fumed, it was stained !!!!
Read Jack Quinan's book on the Darwin Martin House and educate yourself up. Fuming is the process that exposes the wood to ammonia gas and gives it the dark brown finish.
@@ScottHughes-n4u
I’ve talked extensively with Steve Oubre who was the restoration carpenter… and according to him, the wood was not fumed, it was stained…
Fuming was a common way to treat oak at the time, but the Martin house was not fumed…moreover, while the fuming may work on Osk, it doesn’t work as well on the mahogany and cypress….
Really enjoying your videos and explanations. As a docent at the Martin House I especially liked this one.
Thank you, soon I will prepare an analysis about composition, design and work evolution. We learn from the masters and I am still learning even being an architect since 2003.
Good job on this one! Just last week I watched an In-depth video about the life of DW Martin and his friendship with FLW. It was an excellent. I find the story about how the 2 of them became life long friends, and how Martin was perhaps just as responsible for FLW’s success as Louis Sullivan, if not more so.
Wrights success on this design proves what can be achieved when the right vision is combined with the right client who can afford the best!
Totally agree! When I was architect student I used to criticize other projects about architects in my area. Once I became to work as a licensed architect, I saw how difficult is expand your creativity by clients opinion when many times they don’t understand all details that you are considering. But is a learning process as well.
Now I did some projects that my client leave me freedom, and some other clients mentioned that has wright, mies and le Corbusier references, and I feel so proud due are my masters.
I think that we often forget that both Martin and Wright, were boys of the Prairie…, we forget that they were nearly the same age, and grew up maybe 300 miles across the prairie from each other in their early lives… lived in similar small towns, endured life in an amongst the Indian wars…-
One of my favourite FLW works!!! 😍
Yes, it’s a great masterpiece
I appreciate greatly all his works: but I believe his Usonians are perhaps the most interesting and compelling. Falling Water is justifiably his greatest achievement in residential design imo, for multiple reasons. However his Usonians were so futuristic to the point that 50 years latter, they still look just as compelling, and they still influence architecture the a world over.
@@mikehenson819Mike, Usonian that also he invented this word, was for the evolution both his works and the new needs for the American midis class families. At that time, families needed more functional houses, open spaces and better connections with nature, as always, but protected and private from the exterior.
Soon I will be preparing these houses analysis and explanation.
I love it !! The architectural details including stained glass windows decorative elements, contribute to an overall sense of elegance and sophistication in every room. Thank you for sharing these projects with us ! They are truly captivating and hold a great deal of interest :)
Thank you very much! We try to show the key elements of the design and creation of each project.
I was a docent at the Martin house for 12 years and I have a theory that the Martin House was based on a building in Alexandria Egypt called the Sarapaeum…
First Martin was an accounting wonderkind. And accounting was invented in Alexandria Egypt..
He was essentially a self-taught man who read encyclopedias , the first encyclopedia was written at the Serapaeum.
Dillon Martin lived in Nebraska during the Indian wars of the 1870s and left in Basket at age 12 ( I suspect he may have been shunned from a Mormon community)
The first encyclopedia was written by a Roman senator named Seneca …. The Native American tribe who settled the area that became buffalo where the Seneca Indians…
There’s a lot more circumstantial evidence …
For example, in Frank Lloyd Wright, home and studio there is a plaster frieze from the altar at Pergamon, which strangely made it into his house by the late 1890s, but was only discovered in 1892..
The Serapaeum was built by Cleopatra to replace the great library of Alexandria that was burned during the Roman Civil War. The money came from Mark Anthony and the books, roughly 200,000 came from Pergamon. ..
Lastly, in 1878 which was when Derek Martin was 13 Egypt don’t need an obelisk known as Cleopatra‘s needle that was moved from Alexandria Egypt to New York City. It’s currently located behind the MoMA IN CENTRAL PARK… this was the moonshot of the 1870s and Darren Martin was there and has a souvenir from it
If you’re interested in the project, let’s talk
Amazing! So much information provided and thank you! Let me be more informed about it to make a discussion. Thanks for watching and joining our Chanel!
I was using voice to text on that post… I didn’t realize that there were so many typos… I apologize…
If you would like to collaborate on a UA-cam post… I’ve been working on a book for years, but with all the rest of life, I have not had a lot of time to devote to it… a few other things to consider…. The tree of life windows, may not be trees, they may be papyrus.. the historical references to a city like Alexandria may inform some or Wright’s use of things like Roman Bricks, Greek Statuary and Dentil Mouldings, as well as dimensions… for example, I believe that the primary design axis, the view from the main entrance, down the pergola, into the conservatory, and ending at the Nike statue, is 100 cubits… which was a standard measure in Egypt…also if you look at the floor plan of the Martin House and compare it to the layout of the acropolis, you will find many similarities…
Also if you look at the Johnson Wax building, as futuristic as it is, and compare it to Karnak…the structure is the same…
Lastly there is the Larkin building itself… the one thing that always intrigued me about Larkin… was that there were 4 stair piers, but only 3 had actual stairs, the fourth had ramps, which were used by young children on roller skates to deliver mail within the building… Alexandria Egypt had a lighthouse that was the first of its kind… it also consisted of ramps, to allow for easier delivery of wood to fuel the fires at the top… I believe the 4 “ birdhouses” on the conservatory were a reference to that
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, despite the voice-to-text mishap. Your book project sounds intriguing, and I appreciate your interest in collaborating on a UA-cam post.
Please make a review about Wiliiam E Martin House 🙏
Ok! Let me check it and we will do our best! Thank you for asking!