Louis Penfield House
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The Louis Penfield House is a house
built by Frank Lloyd Wright
, located in Willoughby Hills, Ohio
. It is one of Wright's nine Usonian homes in Ohio.
Louis Penfield, a painter and acquaintance of Wright, commissioned the architect to design a house that would accommodate his 6 in 8 in (2.03 m) frame. This house, then, built in 1955
, is unique in its high doorways, as Wright preferred low entryways.
Notably long and thin in comparison to an average home, the house has a "floating staircase" supported by ceiling beams, a bottleneck entryway, and several walls made almost entirely of windows, one of which gives a panoramic view of the outside. The house's basic color scheme centers on red-stained wood and ochre walls.
Some years after Louis died, the family moved out, and maintained it as a rental property for five years. The Penfield house was restored over a period of four years by Paul Penfield, son of Louis, at a cost of some $100,000 USD. Since 2003, has been one of the few of Wright's homes that allow guests to spend the night.
House
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built by Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...
, located in Willoughby Hills, Ohio
Willoughby Hills, Ohio
Willoughby Hills is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,595 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Willoughby Hills is located at ....
. It is one of Wright's nine Usonian homes in Ohio.
Louis Penfield, a painter and acquaintance of Wright, commissioned the architect to design a house that would accommodate his 6 in 8 in (2.03 m) frame. This house, then, built in 1955
1955 in architecture
The year 1955 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* June 25 - Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France, designed by Le Corbusier, is dedicated....
, is unique in its high doorways, as Wright preferred low entryways.
Notably long and thin in comparison to an average home, the house has a "floating staircase" supported by ceiling beams, a bottleneck entryway, and several walls made almost entirely of windows, one of which gives a panoramic view of the outside. The house's basic color scheme centers on red-stained wood and ochre walls.
Some years after Louis died, the family moved out, and maintained it as a rental property for five years. The Penfield house was restored over a period of four years by Paul Penfield, son of Louis, at a cost of some $100,000 USD. Since 2003, has been one of the few of Wright's homes that allow guests to spend the night.