Inside a Rare Period Correct Frank Lloyd Wright Home | Home Tour
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- The Ablin Residence by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1958-61. In 1958 Millie Ablin wrote a letter to Frank Lloyd Wright expressing her desire for him to design/build her and her family a home in a little town called Bakersfield. At the time and to this day the Ablin residence is the only Frank Lloyd Wright home in Bakersfield. David Coffey (@davidacoffey), the homes care-taker shares with us the story of the Ablin Family and how they were able to get the prolific Architect to agree to designing and building their home for a family of 8. The Ablin family is the original family of the home and currently the only family that has ever lived in the home full-time essentially making this remarkable home a one family residence. The current owner alongside David Coffey plan to create a foundation for the home to maintain, preserve and educate the community for decades to come.
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Yes! Can't hear the narration
Fix your audio. He's getting drowned out by annoying music in the background
Please do not put music over someone speaking.
Hey! What were you thinking when you mixed the music with that audio track? The music is louder than the man's voice! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? The voice should be at least twice to three times as loud as the voice over. I would love to revisit this video sometime and actually hear what he was saying...
being a highschool student with an inspiration for architecture I would give anything to walk through this house
I've been talking with the guy in charge, the owner wants money for tours. :( Frank Lloyd Wright would be upset....he would want students to visit free of charge.
There are FLW buildings all around the country. If you can find one near you, it's absolutely worth the trip.
This is not true. Unless it is an organized tour for charity there has never been a charge to see the home. Who have you been speaking with?
@@davidcoffey3617 Hi David nice to hear from you sir, I had requested to take engagement portraits a little over a month ago, the home is sure beauty. It was only a party of 4, myself, my fiancé and 1 professional photographer and assistant... I believe Mr. Miner said the owner was seeking $2,500 and proof of insurance for this request....
if your are in the central Valley, FLW designed a mortuary in DELANO. its really cool but also sad because its neglected and people don't know what it is
No mention of Thos.Olson, who was the supevising apprentice on site during the construction. He and his partner Merle Sykora were friends of the Ablins, and, they did consult work on the later additions to the house. Tom is a close friend, he is now 92, and, failing eyesight limits his ability to draw. The apprentices who worked on site with the builders, were an important part of the sucess of many of these projects, and, they deserve some recognition.
Me and you bro
So do all those mexicans who put the bricks together right?
@@tombutc Why? They were replaceable, no?
The music is too loud in this video.
Interesting piece but much of the dialogue obscured by the unnecessary music.
Big annoyance these days. Turning the sound off and the CC on helps a lot.
I'm from Bakersfield, I had no idea there was a frank lloyd wright building here! I had to double check and make sure.
Classic example of “ if it’s good, it’s good “ . timeless. beautiful in 1960 even more so in 2020 .
Beautiful but the sound mix was "unfortunate".
that's to put it politely: I hope they can lower the volume on it.
Beautiful design, beautiful house. But there's a certain aura of sadness in it. Also, only a very small portion of the house is shown.
the sadness might be because of the darkness
Everything about this house makes me feel calm and complete tbh
@@kepalaxsthats the filmmaking
I estimate that half of the run-time of this video consists of David Coffey sitting in a FLW chair talking about the client. Surely there is much more interesting visual material that could have been developed along with a discussion of the Architecture and how the forms accommodate lifestyle (or don't).
Amazing amazing..!! finally something about Ablin. Could you make a video like this about the recently restored Louis Fredrick house..??!! please....Thanks for sharing this
The guy says he wants the place to be better known and he gives us NO TOUR of the house. Just blah-blah-blah with bad music.
Probably because there is just not much to it. Very simple architecture and materials .. a lot of concrete blocks.
The video shows multiple views of both the exterior and interior of the house.
@@deezynar Literally. Seems like some people just can't help but bitch & moan. I loved the moving shots & lighting. It was well done.
I have always wondered how Wright produced these tinted concrete floors. Since the concrete must have been poured in many batches, it seems like he must have figured a way to very accurately measure the color he added to tint the grey concrete.
The house's origin and development story is just as intriguing as the property itself. It was nice to know the ongoing developments and generational history of it as well and its future plans.
The background music overpowers the speech.
Beautiful house. Thank you for sharing. Open floor plan, triangular planning grid, concrete block walls, wood framed windows, floor to ceiling glass, mitered glass corners, patterned glass blocks, concrete floors, plywood faced interior walls - all Classic FLW. Would have been nice to see the floor plans as well.
Why background music very distracting. : - (( Bye
would've been nice to have drone footage
Nothing sadder than a house not lived in
I want someone to make a movie with this house as the set
I was very blessed to have been invited into their home circa 1994. My high school academic decathlon team was studying FLW, and long story short we got a private tour of the Ablin House. Mildred was an amazing hostess and even had a tray of cookies waiting for us. I haven't seen any photos online or in the above video of their bedroom, but their bedroom had *incredible* custom built-ins. Stunning architecture throughout. Like I said, I was very blessed to have had the opportunity and very grateful to this day.
Very good information and photography. Enjoyed everything except the annoying music. Not necessary!
Would love to watch the video but the music is competing with the speaker. There's no need for the volume to be so loud.
Too many minutes used up watching you sitting on the chair in the same location and not speaking very clearly! On top of that, the music was so intrusive. That is a truly beautiful Wright home, and I wish you would make another video walking around the home itself. Thank you and best wishes
Exactly. Videos like this don’t need background music at all
Frank Lloyd Wright, John Lautner and Harry Gesner ... USA's greatest architects !!!
Richard Morris Hunt
Philip Johnson?
Iwould add Eames and Saarinen to the list
Aaron Green was another Wright student who did excellent work. He is very under-appreciated.
Music is mixed way too loud makes it an annoying watch/can’t hear the host
Wonderful imagery I am glad I could experience. The music track however is too loud and competes with the narration: I hope you can lower that.
Agree, I turned subtitles on as I couldn't hear what he was saying clearly.
A properly sloped roof that can deal with rain and snow!
Mr Wright is a brilliant architect but I never really like his chunky furniture, but this one is rather nice. Imagine spending money building a house but no leftover to buy nice furnishings and ID for comfort
❤ FLW architecture.
Lovely home. I think it's great that they want to preserve it and use it as a resource for students. That's awesome.
Music Too LOUD
What an amazing house/home!
Reminds you of Horizons at Epcot Center
Excellent. We must preserve these iconic examoles of Wright's majestic work. Too many great period houses have been destroyed by developer vandals
Well said!
how can i contact David Coffey? or this foundation for a tour.?
Hey mr open space, a plan diagram or two like the Lautner house channel , would be brilliant.
Sweet baby Jesus, what a beautiful home.
If Frank Lloyd Wright were alive today, what would his home designs look like? How would he integrate modern necessities like telecommunications features in his design?
A common comment regarding Wright-designed homes is the necessity’ to keep them original. Those homes were designed and built between 60 and 120 years ago. Wright himself was continually tearing down and rebuilding his personal homes and his western headquarters!
I’m not suggesting that a current owner tear out the “workspace” (kitchen) at Fallingwater and fill it with the latest appliances from a big-box home center.
Maybe this borders on sounding religious, but ask yourself “WWFLWD” when confronted with one of his designs that no longer works?
Is there any doubt that Frank Lloyd Wright today would take full advantage of today’s superior weather proofing products to build leak-free roofs - and weather-resistant exterior features? And in the design process, imagine Wright’s apprentices drawing with CAD-CAM equipment and 3D printing parts in a few hours that used to take master craftsmen weeks. Of course, the Master would still sit at his drawing board and knock out masterpieces like Fallingwater in an afternoon (after letting his subconscious work out the details for six months…)
I hope the new owner buys some good pool furniture. Walter Lambs' bronze designs would fit well.
someday i will go there
It kind of looks like a church, like a commercial building, very cheap spare designs, but certainly elegant. I wouldn't want to live in church.
Wow- the child who wanted to buy it wasn’t allowed to? There’s a story there.... that’s a real shame....😪
Likely not. 7 Kids - 1 is gonna be a bad apple.
No bad apples. No one was prevented from buying it. It just did not happen that way.
My guess, as I know a family that was in a situation like this, is that the kids inherited the house. They probably all had their respective homes snd didn’t need or want the house, but rather wanted to sell it to realize the financial gains. However, one of the seven kids loved it and really wanted it, but in order to get it, that one sibling had to have enough money to pay the full asking price/worth of the home, and simply didn’t have the money. Therefore, the house had to be put on the market to an outside buyer.
I know one family of 7 kids. When both parents were gone, all of the kids wanted the house but none were willing to move back as they were all in different states. They all had their own lives and houses.
They ran out of money? And then it took them 30 years to get the funds to have furniture built...?
Have you seen the price of plywood? Lol
Often happens in projects.
When you're raising seven children I'm not surprised it took that long to find the funds to have the living room furniture built.
I'd wait till the kids were gone too, why buy the furniture twice.
a client is a client ..............a patron is a Godsend..............
Amazing video!!!
gorgeous video / story.
I would love to buy all of Frank Lloyd houses🥺❤ they are amazing, all the minimalistic details, may God Bless me with one🤲❤
Music overwhelms narration
Love this
That kitchen makes me a bit sad! Who wants to stand around cooking for hours without a view outside? It might look nice but it makes me doubt Frank Lloyd Wright ever spent much time in a kitchen himself.
Falling Water has an awful kitchen.
theres like 100 views
The light screens let in all different views and light. I'd be happy in that kitchen.. It's larger than our Chicago Bungalow kitchen was before we expanded.
In many of FLW's older houses, the kitchens were almost an after thought as even most middle class people had staff, including a housekeeper and a cook. Most people, sadly, didn't think about whether the cook was comfortable in the kitchen or not.
During FLW's Usonian phase many of his female clients had to remind him that most people didn't have staff anymore, that most families cooked their own meals and that kitchens needed to be open and beautiful and more spacious.
I was born in Oak Park, IL and I've been in many FLW homes, most of them from his Bootleg and Prairie School periods (pre 1920) and the kitchens in those houses are either so small they are mostly unusable or the owners have gotten help from the Trust and FLW School architects to expand the back of the houses to include usable kitchens keeping in line with FLW's style but in the way people use kitchens post 1950 or so.
In many of FLW's older houses, the kitchens were almost an after-thought as even most middle-class people had staff, including a housekeeper and a cook. Most people, sadly, didn't think about whether the cook was comfortable in the kitchen or not.
@@enblanchard5492 Yeah, that's what I said. :D
Too bad it is in Bakersfield. 😒
Either those curtains go or I go!
weird. Just because
Love every detail
Amazing!!!
Too dark
Honzo, taky neznáte, co?! To nevadí... :D
I would have liked to see more than the living room.
BAKERSFIELD... UGGHH
I’m torn. It’s very nice to preserve it for posterity and educational purposes, but at the same time, it is a home, and is a home really alive if you are a slave to it and it cannot change with your needs. Isn’t it meant to serve man? I thought it ironic he used the word alive. Again, though, I am torn. I can see both sides.
As long as the owner understands the architect's aesthetic style, updates are not that difficult. I should know, because I live in a 70 year old house designed and built by my architect father. I have made changes to the doors and windows that provide for more cross ventilation and take the house back to the Prairie Style that inspired it.
Seems a bit dark.
😍
That Furniture Wright designed was awful.
So much of it looks like chopped up church pews.
He did consider himself a high priest of design.
Maybe that was the idea....lol.
Sounds like james goldstein owns it.
No he does not own it.
Not snuggly at all.
You can’t hear the dialog for the overbearing music! What the heck is wrong with people who do this? Don’t they have ears? Oh, by the way, that’s an ugly house!
This place just went on my " bucket 🪣 list".