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For anyone local interested in seeing Frank Lloyd Wright's work in-person, the Hanna House on the Stanford campus is open to the public.

http://www.stanford.edu/home/welcome/campus/hanna.html

I understand this house out west of Los Banos needs lots of maintenance and upkeep and that is why the original owner's children have put it on the market. It is an oasis in a dry and barren land.

*Sigh*

Another Frank LLoyd Wright building open to the public is the Marin Civic Center in San Rafael.

wow. that is FHU-nominal.

It's just incredible.

Forgive me if this is a dumb question; I'm new to learning about architecture. But given that Frank Lloyd Wright is such a legend, why are there so few buildings standing? Or maybe 400 is considered a lot?

i'm having heart palpitations.

mavesse -
someone will probably have a more definitive answer, but a couple of basic reasons are:
1. many of the works were individually commissioned, designed and built. so over a lifetime, around 500 structures built and 400 left standing is a pretty decent record.
2. as referenced in post #2 above, his structures require a lot of expensive upkeep due to the one-of-a-kind choices in design, materials and construction (see articles or a wiki on Florida Southern College) and Wright somewhat infamously favored design over sound construction (see articles or a wiki on Fallingwater) which leads to further cost.

These photos of Fawcett House are stunning.

WOW.. I am in love. The bookshelves . I need to hit the lotto ASAP.

Mavesse-

As you can probably tell from the pictures of this home, Wright's designs are very all-encompassing. He often included so much built in furniture that the new home owners didn't have to bring anything with them to move in (or didn't have any space for their family heirlooms, depending how you look at it). Most of Wright's designs (at least the ones that were built) were for personal residences, and many of those residences didn't fare well when it came time to resell them. They had been commissioned by people who were willing to change their lifestyles in order to live in a piece of art, but in many cases subsequent buyers were not so accommodating.

It's a beautiful house. The design reminds me of Wright's Kentuck Knob house in Pennsylvania near Fallingwater. It's unfortunate there are no tours offered, it would be great to see the house in person.

It's pictures like this that make me want to take a road trip to Fallingwater. I've already done the tours of the houses in Chicago, but I always want more.

"I understand this house out west of Los Banos needs lots of maintenance and upkeep and that is why the original owner's children have put it on the market. "

All large homes require alot of maintenance - particularly FLLW houses.

"Another Frank LLoyd Wright building open to the public is the Marin Civic Center in San Rafael"

As is the Circle Gallery on Maiden Lane, off Union Square in San Francisco:

http://www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca/faculty_projects/terri/circle.html

It's interior is a miniature Guggenheim Museum.

managemyhome take the trip! We road tripped from MI years ago, and it was completly worth it. The home informed so much of my own ideas about home.

Gorge. Love. This is what i will see in my dreams tonight....

never really been able to participate in the FLW worship. i know he's important, but not in love with most of his work...