Frank Lloyd Wright - Meyer S May House - REAL USA Ep. 65
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- Designed by America's most famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the Meyer S May house was built in 1908 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Meyer May was a local clothing store owner; he built this house for his wife and two adopted children.
Mr. Wright designed this house to allow maximum southern exposure for the living room windows and skylights and to create a spacious yard for the perennial gardens. This design draws nature into the house. Doors which open out to the terraces and gardens and planters are all incorporated into the design to intermingle the interior and exterior.
This masterpiece of the prairie-style design is the most complete restoration of a Frank Lloyd Wright house in existence. The owners, Steelcase Inc., an international furniture company, spared no expense in reproducing in exact detail all furnishings and original grandeur. It was opened to the public for visitor tours in 1987.
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Kudos to Steelcase, firstly for recognizing an important heritage property and secondly for writing a blank check to do it right.
Yes
If you lived in a FLW house at the turn of the century, you lived in the future. That residence is more modern than anything currently being built and is higher in quality. What a genius that man was.
It is truly a beautiful house to visit.
@@Realunitedstates I'm making it a mission to step into a few before I leave this place.
This may be my favorite. 🏠
Thanks
I enjoyed and appreciated this video very much, ty for fine job you did.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a difference a great architect and excellent builders make! The windows are spectacular!
It is a really beautiful place.
Our Great Grandfather was Ernest Spierling who was in in business with Mr Linden, they owned Linden and Spierling glass and interior decor they were the preferred glass makers for Frank Lloyd Wright.The business was in Chicago on Michigan Ave.
Frank Lloyd Wright unico en el mundo , unico !!
Verdade.
Very nice! The glass between the bricks in the fireplace, the original bathroom fixtures, the original casement windows, and especially the way Mr. Wright intended light to play throughout the house is spectacular. Very good video and gorgeous house.
Thank you so much! I am glad to hear from someone who enjoyed this episode! We certainly enjoyed our visit. Only wish we could have concentrated on the tour instead of having to video. :-) Thanks again! Paul
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School! Timeless beauty! Thank you for sharing this.
It is entirely our pleasure to share this! We had a wonderful time making this video, although I must take Beverly back so she can enjoy the experience without having to worry about videography. It is a truly impressive place to visit, and we were fortunate to find it so relatively close to home!
Thanks!
Paul
This is absolutely gorgeous. So many interesting and beautiful details. It's true, they don't build them like this anymore.
It really is a beautiful house. Thanks so much for joining us.
A great human being and a great relative!!!!!
I have been through this house 3 or 4 times as well as other F.L.W. designs, There is a unique feeling you get in his structures you do not feel anywhere else.
Thanks David. We really enjoyed visiting here, although we both wish we could have just enjoyed the tour and not had to video. It is a fantastic house.
Can't get enough of the excellent architecture. Thanks for the tour!
Our pleasure. Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting. Paul
Real ! United states ! Video blog. ! Frank lloyd wright !! Amazing !!!
Glad you enjoyed the video.
It is one of Wright's more interesting designs. His work is something of a icon of American architecture.
Thanks for watching!
Paul
great!
Thank you!
Very nice. FLW homes are my favorite,not so sure on the Guggenheim Museum but the homes I’m all in. That k you for the nice tour.
Our pleasure
The design was ahead of its time, and many of the conveniences in the house were very new technologies, including electric lights.
Thanks for watching!
Paul
Beautiful
Thank you
👁rented an apartment that looked out over this Classic 🏡!
Sounds nice. If memory serves me, it is a pleasant neighborhood.
@@Realunitedstates a lil ruf a few blocks ovr- another FLW 2 blocks up!
Nice
Thank you. Seems like such a long time ago we made this video.
What a glorious house.
It is very beautiful.
cant hear what is being said. music is washing his voice out
My home town of Wichita has a Wright designed home and one commercial building. My favorite parts of the home are the oak woodwork and the leaded glass windows. I’m big fan of Mission style and Art Deco.
Love the verandas in the prairie houses.
Very good episode. The place looks organized and elegance. Those officers guide tour doing their job well. Thanks Paul and Bev for sharing.
MC, our pleasure! Thanks for watching! It was a truly beautiful place to visit!
Paul
really would have enjoyed this much more without the music over.
Timeless masterpiece 🤗🤗🤗
Yes it is. Such a beautiful home.
Wow. The floor boards really creak
Yeah, now they you mention it, I seem to recall that they do.
OUTSTANDING, would love to see more of this home!! Thank You for the awesome video!!
KuyaBill Romjue Thank you! We really enjoyed making this episode. The house is open to the public and completely free to tour, so if you are able to get to Grand Rapids, Michigan it is well worth the time!
Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
Paul
Eamon, so glad you enjoyed this episode! The combination of glass colors made the lighting really interesting and warm.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Paul
Narong, thanks! There are many houses designed by Wright, but I would still consider them relatively rare, and this was the first one I have seen in person. The guides did do an excellent job and are very knowledgeable.
Thanks for commenting, and it is always good to hear from you!!
Paul
Amazing...
Thank you.
You can see that Wright was coming out of the 19th century and leading the way into the Bauhaus, the International style and "modern" architecture.
Thanks
Somehow, the outside structure reminds me of the Sphinx of Giza; looks like a powerful building. That is SOME TERIFFIC shower! Thanks for the tour.
great..thanks
Thank you! When we very first posted this episode very few people watched it, but over time it appears to have gotten around a lot more. So glad you enjoyed it!! Paul
If you have the original footage, could you upload a version without the music? Thank you. Maybe I should just go over and see it when I'm in GR
Awesome
Thank you. Although it's been quite a while since we shot this episode, I still remember having quite a lot of fun doing it. Paul
Amy Lee, the shower was impressive, especially considering the technology was from 1909. The outside is imposing, and much of the metal work is patina copper. I was especially taken with the "tiger oak" pattern in the doors. There was so much that really can't be experienced through video, but I thought Bev did an outstanding job especially in close quarters with only ambient light.
Thanks!
Paul
Nice looking house.
Thanks Félix! I will check out your video.
Paul
Ettore, in a manner of speaking, I suppose yes. They do look quite similar, but are not truly "twins" in the strictest sense of the word. They were both designed around the same time, and are both a part of what is called the Prairie Style. We are hoping to do a series of videos in the Chicago area in the near future, and IF it is possible I will see if we can cover the Robie house. That might be nice.
Thanks for watching and commenting!!
Paul
I think and a lot of others do also FLW was a century a ahead of his time his homes look like they were designed so far in the future nothing like those of the time of queen anne style.
I believe you are right. His designs do seem ahead of their time, but perhaps they simply are what set the style of the time to come. Truly a beautiful house.
What a Magnificent house!!! Itz just tooooo bad that the video is so poor. The musak sure didn't help! A little careful audio editing would sure improve things. FLW would appreciate it😎
Says the person with Zero subs and Zero video uploads. Thanks for your expertise.
A couple of my favourite classical songs and a FLW masterpiece = Heaven on earth! Thank you!
Our pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.
Ok Achille-Claude Debussy would be the matching music for Frank Lloyd Wright.
Oh thanks and read carrefully the description about the video.
In the kitchen, were there insulated ice boxes? (as refrigerator(s)). Or perhaps was there a kerosene operated refrigerator?
I really don't recall now. It's been years since we made this episode. It seems like there was an oak ice-box, but I cannot be certain.
I have a f l w houes similar to this house here I western ny.
Very cool. Thanks!
What are those shiny lines in the fireplace..???
It is pieces of glass that had metallic particles sprinkled on it, then heated to about 2000 degrees, forming the colors. After it is cooled then the brick masons put the glass in the mortar joint. When the sun hits it, the glass glows. Found at 6:48 - 7:12 I hope this answers your question. Thanks for watching!
oooh woow, nice detail, but it's from the original house? I mean it was designed by Wright..? Anyway, what a detail, even today we don't see things like this..!!!
inecesary music,
is The Frederick C. Robie House in chicago illinois, a twin house from The Frank Lloyd Wright - Meyer May House?
or is only the same style?
Ciao! :-)
Mozart was long before 1909. Haha. You should have chosen Chopin instead.
Looks like not 1908.
Why Vivaldi?....
It seemed like the thing to do at the time.
Edam Renew in
That is Mozart.
Was this video shot with a PHONE?
No
All his houses are kinda sad .. owners long gone .. public . Cool though:)
Well, I didn't experience that personally, but I understand everybody experiences thing differently and in their own frame of reference.
Great video but the music lol ;)
Wright was as much as a visionary and artist as vivaldi. So shut up about the music! Lol
LOL