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the donald lovness house
from frank lloyd wright posted in art and design by corporate_sunshine
Built in 1957 on a 20-acre plot overlooking a lake, the Donald and Virginia Lovness home incorporates many elements of Wright's Usonian building practices, as well as extensive interior furnishings designed by the architect.
Constructed of Wisconsin dolomite stone and Fir wood, the home is now called the "Studio." This is to differentiate it from the "Cottage" that FLW left plans for, completed just a few yards away in the late 1970's. Wright also left plans for three additional cottages.
Today the property is up for sale, now priced just under $2 million.
Several photos can be viewed here.
paul olfelt house
from frank lloyd wright posted in art and design by corporate_sunshine
Designed in 1958 by Frank Lloyd Wright, this home was built for Paul Olfelt and his family. As of 2011, Olfelt continues to own the home. While Wright died in 1959, the construction was carried out and completed in 1960 by Taliesin Architects. As of now, the home is not on the National Register of Historic Places, but there is a file at the Minnesota State Preservation Office.
The house features a dramatic carport that nearly touches the ground, drawing a line towards the entrance. The home is often characterized as a small home built into a hillside. View a picture of the home here.
lindholm service station
from frank lloyd wright posted in art and design by corporate_sunshine
The R.W. Lindholm Service Station (currently known as Best Service) in Cloquet, MN was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The concept of the design was intended to fit into Wright's larger Broadacre City project, a Utopian vision of a decentralized American landscape. This gas station remains the only one ever designed by Wright.
Constructed in 1956 (the same year as the Guggenheim Museum), the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 11, 1985. Today, it is on the market for sale.
view full location details...the neils house
from frank lloyd wright posted in art and design by corporate_sunshine
In 1949, Frieda and Henry J. Neils approached Frank Lloyd Wright about building a new home adjacent to their property overlooking Cedar Lake in Minneapolis. Henry Neils was a stone and architectural materials supplier, and insisted on marble walls in the interior and aluminum window frames (which was a departure from Wright's usual style).
The house was designed in Wright's later Usonian style, with a stated goal of "affordable, beautiful housing for a democratic America." Accordingly, the house is separated into "quiet" and "active" areas.
The property is currently privately owned by heirs to the Neils family.
view full location details...the willey house
from frank lloyd wright posted in art and design by corporate_sunshine
In June 1932, Nancy Willey sent a letter to Frank Lloyd Wright, asking him to provide the Willey family with a "creation of art" for a budget of about $8,000. Wright responded with a design he dubbed "Gardenwall." Built in 1934, the house originally had panoramic views of the Mississippi River (before the construction of I-94).
Constructed primary of red brick and cypress wood, the Willey House (as it is more commonly known) features a departure in the compartmentalized designs of Wright's earlier work. Mrs. Willey needed a clear view from the kitchen to the rest of the home to watch the children.
The house can be viewed as a bridge between Wright's earlier Prairie School work to his later Usonian styles.
The house is currently privately owned, and the views from the street are partially obstructed.
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