Striking Frank Lloyd Wright home now wants $2.75M

[demmiblue]

The real estate market may seem like it’s on pause due to COVID-19, but there are still plenty of stunning homes to ogle. Take this three-bedroom, three-bath beauty in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1951, the Frieda and Henry J. Neils House first hit the market in 2018 for $3,400,000, but the home has since seen a few price drops as it waits for the right buyer.

Wright designed the property for Henry Neils, a stone and architectural materials distributor, and Neils worked closely on the project. Unlike many of Wright’s other houses, the structure features aluminum window framing instead of wood and boasts unique marble walls.

Other elements are peak Usonian, including the L-shaped floorplan with large window expanses, angled corners, asymmetrical layouts, and wood paneling. Wright’s trademark red flooring is easy to spot, as are the gorgeous built-ins.

A soaring great room is the 2,511-square-foot home’s focal point, where the overhanging roof appears to thrust the space out toward Cedar Lake. Walls of glass and sliders further the indoor-outdoor connection, while stone walls, a long integrated sofa and massive hearth cozy up the room. A dining nook with built-in bench seating and what looks like original Wright furniture is found on the other side.

Each bedroom features a unique layout of paneling and built-ins, and one of the lofted bedrooms has a “secret” passageway connecting to a second mezzanine and another bedroom below. Love what you see? 2801 Burnham Boulevard is on the market now for $2,750,000.

https://www.curbed.com/2020/4/24/21233477/frank-lloyd-wright-home-for-sale-neils-house

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[Drum]

1. Sooooo gorgeous!

[PoliticAverse]

2. Sure it has "walls of glass" but what Internet access is available? n/t

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. I was expecting to see Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, Martin Landau, and James Mason wandering around.

[redwitch]

9. Watching North by Northwest on TCM now!

I do love Frank Lloyd Wright!

[LakeArenal]

4. As someone from WI and been to many FLR structures,

They are beautiful.

Windows shamefully leaking, insulation
Poor, furniture totally uncomfortable. All require extensive updates.

So artist yes. Visionary...? I question that.

[localroger]

5. I got in a big argument about this on another board a few years ago

The first purpose of a building is to serve as a shelter and living space for people. It doesn't matter how beautiful the spaces within it are if it leaks, functions as a greenhouse in the summer, or has no storage space (Falling Water for example has no closets). And part of the art, just like working with paint or learning to play a musical instrument, for an architect is knowing what will work with regard to construction techniques to make a place practical as well as beautiful. Most of FLW's designs fail spectacularly at being livable, and it's hard for me to call them successes because of that.

[LakeArenal]

8. Yes. Exactly.

[smirkymonkey]

10. +1000

[northoftheborder]

6. I hope someone who appreciates this masterpiece is found.

[Chainfire]

7. A nice summer cabin

My wife and I may feel cramped after a few days.....

[abqtommy]

11. He was such an impressive designer. One of the best parts of going to a parochial boarding

school during my high school years in Scottsdale, AZ was that those of us on The Principal's List* had the chance to attend classical concerts held at Grady Gammage Auditorium located on the Arizona
State University grounds in Tempe, AZ. (right next door to/south of Scottsdale. The Grady Gammage
was the last building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (in 1964) and a total delight for the eyes and ears.
This brings back a lot of memories and while not all of them are good this part is.

see link for more: https://tours.asu.edu/tempe/asu-gammage

* GPA of B/3.0 or better... I done good

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. I know where that is. Kind of a posh neighborhood.

I wonder if the roof leaks? Wright had kind of a problem with that.