What an amazing house

up for anything · 13-08-2010 03:19AM

The house is nice enough but not very cosy and the furniture in the main is horrible. Loved the stone staircase with the bookshelves but who the hell artfully draped an Indian blanket across the window sill. Who picks it up, dusts under it and then redrapes it. You'd need an army of cleaners to keep it nice. The location is very picturesque and the waterfall is lovely but all that greenery is claustrophobic and the damp in the house in 10 years time will be appalling.

Killer Pigeon · 13-08-2010 03:41AM

kraggy wrote: »

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20013402-52.html?tag=topStories3

Wonder how much it would be worth? Not sure if it says it in the article as haven't read it all yet.

Edit: It's actually open to the public now. Listed in a "places to see before you die" list also.

Would love to see it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallingwater

*fap fap fap*

Sticky_Fingers · 13-08-2010 03:57AM

It's a beautiful building but don't forget that we have some ourselves, with the added advantage that you can actually own them if you have the readies. Thanks to Steven some of these properties are now coming onto the market at knockdown prices, I can't believe that the owners are foolish enough to part with them at any price.

Some examples:

http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=492802
http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=229636
http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=489343
http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=119296

I would say living in one of these houses would be a experience like no other.

Doc · 13-08-2010 04:18AM

My name is URL wrote: »

It's like travelling back to the 70's and dreaming about the 90's

As it was built in 1935 I think you can agree that it was well ahead of its time then. I doesn’t look like a house that was built 65 years ago.

How can people not appreciate how beautiful this house is?

Some people just have no understanding of what good design is and if it’s not the current trend reject it as bad.

pavcro10 · 13-08-2010 05:01AM

Meh, looks a bit like a jenga tower to me

Pdfile · 13-08-2010 06:25AM

kraggy wrote: »

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20013402-52.html?tag=topStories3

Wonder how much it would be worth? Not sure if it says it in the article as haven't read it all yet.

Edit: It's actually open to the public now. Listed in a "places to see before you die" list also.

Would love to see it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallingwater

theirs nowhere to insert my penis.

this house is a disgrace.

Rockshamrover · 13-08-2010 07:13AM

I can't see a place for the wheelie bins.

pickarooney · 13-08-2010 07:27AM

I went here the other day. Screw your tree houses, be an honest-to-goodness troglodyte!

humanji · 13-08-2010 08:38AM

Personally, I think it's a f*ck ugly house in a beautiful location. It's a brilliantly designed house. Just f*ck ugly.

fakeaccent · 13-08-2010 08:44AM

Wouldn't be my cup of tea, reminds me of the house from Ferris Bueller, where the car goes out through the window..

ClutchIt · 13-08-2010 09:15AM

The best house in the world is the one at the very end of Casino Royale where some guy gets shot. I can't find pics anywhere. Does anyone else know anything about this house? I tried on IMDB but couldn't see anything about it

oppenheimer1 · 13-08-2010 09:20AM

kraggy wrote: »

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20013402-52.html?tag=topStories3

Wonder how much it would be worth? Not sure if it says it in the article as haven't read it all yet.

Edit: It's actually open to the public now. Listed in a "places to see before you die" list also.

Would love to see it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallingwater

That house is a masterpiece, from one of the greats of modern architecture. Incidentally the family that lived there didn't like it too much, like all great pieces of art it wasn't too practical.

http://www.niallmclaughlin.com/0504_1.html

This house was longlisted for the Sterling prize. Goes to show not all boom housing was bad.

Quazzie · 13-08-2010 09:29AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

It's a Frank Llyod Wright design... his fees probably cost more than the build cost.

Apparently not

From Wikipedia
architect's fee $8,000

IvyTheTerrible · 13-08-2010 09:30AM

Very dated looking and looks more pretentious than practical. WHat a way to ruin a lovely location.

mailforkev · 13-08-2010 09:30AM

You can buy a Lego version for 99 quid, saw it in the shop of the Guggenheim last year (which they also have in Lego).

Link: http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.aspx?p=21005&cn=52

The Ferris Bueller house mentioned above is a bit more expensive: Link

Elenxor · 13-08-2010 10:16AM

up for anything wrote: »

The house is nice enough but not very cosy and the furniture in the main is horrible. Loved the stone staircase with the bookshelves but who the hell artfully draped an Indian blanket across the window sill. Who picks it up, dusts under it and then redrapes it. You'd need an army of cleaners to keep it nice. The location is very picturesque and the waterfall is lovely but all that greenery is claustrophobic and the damp in the house in 10 years time will be appalling.

If I could afford a house like this..I could afford an army of cleaners too!

chakotha · 13-08-2010 10:21AM

Looks very 80's tacky a la Miami Vice. You'd be forever cleaning off the leaves and bugs.

humanji · 13-08-2010 10:44AM

Quazzie wrote: »

Apparently not

If it was built in 1935, would that not have been an absolute fortune? The cost of materials and labour would have been tiny, wouldn't they?

Sanjuro · 13-08-2010 10:48AM

krudler wrote: »

Frank Lloyd Wright.....is he the guy in the Kwik-E-Mart song?

He certainly is!

Quazzie · 13-08-2010 10:49AM

humanji wrote: »

If it was built in 1935, would that not have been an absolute fortune? The cost of materials and labour would have been tiny, wouldn't they?

Wikipedia says that the whole build cost was $155k which equates to $2.4M in todays money. Using rough maths, that means the architects fees in todays money is $124k. A massive amount still but still a lot below the cost of the build even in todays money.

General Zod · 13-08-2010 10:50AM

does it have a crying chair?

(FLW was an incredible architect and Fallingwater is an amazing building.)

bonerm · 13-08-2010 11:01AM

Cool house. Lots of large screen windows to let light in (yet private), ample views of nature outside and most importantly NO NEIGHBOURs. Yep, it ticks all my boxes for a well designed home.

mikom · 13-08-2010 12:02PM

mink_man wrote: »

a quick look at the replies in this thread make me not waste my time clicking the link...hardly any thanks aswell which is weird, shít thread all round.

Needs more leg eating...

kylith · 13-08-2010 12:19PM

You'd see more amazing buildings on Grand Designs any day of the week.

General Zod · 13-08-2010 12:25PM

Frank Lloyd Wright was an absolute genius when it came to use of space. While the building itself has structural design flaws it is a testament to what imagination and engineering can produce.

Lust4Life · 13-08-2010 12:32PM

I've seen documentaries on Frank Lloyd Wright.
He was so meticulous, he even furnished the homes himself - and if he came to visit later and found the owners had rearranged, he would put things back as he originally had them.

Personally, I would hate that! Change can be good!

13-08-2010 12:35PM

Lust4Life wrote: »

Change can be good!

But rediscovering old friends can be good too! Whoa, L4L is alive, alive!

jester77 · 13-08-2010 12:40PM

I find it a bit cold plus I'm sure the constant running waterfall would have me wanting to go the bathroom every 10 minutes!

Lust4Life · 13-08-2010 12:41PM

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

But rediscovering old friends can be good too! Whoa, L4L is alive, alive!

Oh so true, Blue!

13-08-2010 12:48PM

Lust4Life wrote: »

Oh so true, Blue!

I could use a cup from the Hot Latte Man about now. It's only a quarter of 5AM here.

If I had a house like in the OP, I would need an espresso machine.

What an amazing house

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