Wright Chat

'Organic' New Canaan house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice listed for nearly $4M

22 Father Peters Ln, New Canaan, CT 06840


David

Great house, well, the original parts anyway.
The house appears to have been expanded by the addition of 3 wings to the original Usonian-esque polliwog:
A large dining area with a bow shaped new show kitchen tip was extended from the lozenge living room (not bad, just big),possibly on top of and expanding an original terrace; an out of character black rubber membrane roofed primary bedroom suite was stuck to the side of a Usonian bedroom wing; and a 2 story 4 car garage with guest suite atop it all was appended to the end of the bedroom wing. It would appear the original kitchen is still intact.

It would seem the intimately scaled and thoughtfully detailed "warm" spaces are Howe's with the others being within the later additions.

These are links to Howe's original presentation drawings from 1981:

https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll104:319
https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll104:201
https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll104:352

From historic aerial photos, I believe the originally designed carport was not constructed.

I don't believe Wright ever used that roof form---a nice and natural solution to the problem posed by the plan. Howe's colored plans are always a delight to see.

I wonder if this house will ever be returned to its original state. I suppose that would be asking too much . . .

S