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Kid Berwyn

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4. Taliesin for Everybody!

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Wed May 31, 2023, 12:16 PM

May 2023

In March 2022, I toured the school / residence in Scottsdale when it housed a number of pieces by Dale Chihuly.

Wright's homes are where -- and how -- we should all live.

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Living in a Frank Lloyd Wright House: 7 Homeowners Share Their Honest Experience [View all] usonian May 2023 OP

The one in Tallahassee is a falling down heap The Blue Flower May 2023 #1

👀 underpants May 2023 #2

I live just west of Oak Park. IL. greatauntoftriplets May 2023 #3

Taliesin for Everybody! Kid Berwyn May 2023 #4

That's Taliesin West. geardaddy May 2023 #9

Toured there about 15 yrs ago Demovictory9 May 2023 #30

Beautiful places, though FLW houses are infamous for leaking roofs. Ocelot II May 2023 #5

Flat roofs were new at the time. They should have been modified and updated, n/t FSogol May 2023 #8

My favorite fiction writer lives in one, not one of those hibbing May 2023 #6

good call! markie May 2023 #7

Frank Lloyd Wright also designed a crazy futuristic Civic Center in Marin County Brother Buzz May 2023 #10

I love how many of the futuristic designs are nearing 100 years old Victor_c3 May 2023 #23

I live in walking distance from the Marin County Civic Center and appreciate this amazing structure. lucca18 May 2023 #32

The library was under the dome, next to the spire... Brother Buzz May 2023 #33

💔 lucca18 May 2023 #39

There was a guitar show at the Marin Civic Center every year. CaptainTruth May 2023 #38

Gas station designed by FLW in Cloquet, MN geardaddy May 2023 #11

I am a big FLW fan Stinky The Clown May 2023 #12

flw is my pet hate. mopinko May 2023 #13

Same here Retrograde May 2023 #14

it sort of amazes me how architects get away w leaky roofs. mopinko May 2023 #15

Oh, I've got a better one jmowreader May 2023 #20

I've toured the Martin property TWICE, and it was in a state renovation bullwinkle428 May 2023 #40

I don't need or desire an architect telling me how to live. hunter May 2023 #16

The UU Church in Madison, WI Jilly_in_VA May 2023 #17

FLW used WAY too many windows for my taste jmowreader May 2023 #18

This one could be yours! hippywife May 2023 #19

Oh well, if you can afford an $8M house, Disaffected May 2023 #28

From what I've read in the past... hippywife May 2023 #29

A creator of moniss May 2023 #36

Thank you for this post moniss May 2023 #21

What a beautiful and well written post. llmart May 2023 #31

What an awesome reply. Thank you. usonian May 2023 #34

I also had moniss May 2023 #35

How true! usonian May 2023 #37

I had a friend cynical_idealist May 2023 #22

here's 1 he didnt screw up. mopinko May 2023 #24

Huge FLW Usonian Fan NowISeetheLight May 2023 #25

My one and only experience with a Frank Lloyd Wright house was in 1972. Silver Swan May 2023 #26

I had to do fire inspections Old Crank May 2023 #27