Wright Chat

Even more from Hugo:

Frank Lloyd Wright - Alfred H. Ellinwood House Deerfield, Illinois - 1941 - Unbuilt - (3:28)


David

This is one of a series of brilliant designs realized in Bachman-Wilson. Today, a house with such a minimalist kitchen would be a hard sell.
"Where's the island? How can I work in a kitchen without an island? Where would my guests gather to kibitz and getting sloshed on wine while I cooked dinner without an island?!"

Another fabulous render by Hugo!
Another great unbuilt design.

One can work in a kitchen without an island...but then your head is constantly in front of a cabinet, your face turned away from the room. This is an unpleasant condition, especially coming from a designer so focused on spatial orientation.... As a functional means, the kitchen island is much appreciated for anyone who spends time actually cooking in a kitchen.

Speaking of kitchen design, It's hard for me to conceive of kitchen base cabinets without recessed toe kicks---something taken for granted today. Not so in Wright's Prairie period. Lotsa stubbed toes ?

S

I'm an architect and I love cooking and I am terrified about most of usonian "workspaces". It doesn't matter about the island, only one more decent space for "work". Rosenbaum, Seth Peterson, Pope-Leighey, Sturges, etc etc. OMFG I wouldn't cook there. Where is the space for ingredients, cutting, mixing, preparing, marinating, serving, where ? Lots of unused spaced in the living room while the kitchen and bedrooms laks of space and storage, lots of storage in the "gallery" while the bedrooms laks of space for wardrobes. I looooooove Wright, but many times our dear F.LL.W was wrong