Sunday, July 3, 2011

Frank Lloyd Wright's "Kentuck Knob"

The signature title Wright left. 

After visiting Wright's "Fallingwater" we drove half an hour to the other Wright house "Kentuck Knob" This house was built to be an all year house opposed to the vacation home that is "Fallingwater." The home was built for the Hagen family. They moved into the house in 1956 and when they invited Wright to see the home he responded with "I designed the house from the floor up. I already know what it looks like." Three years later Wright died in 1959. He never did see Kentuck Knob finished. 


The Hagens sold the property to Lord Palumbo who still visits the house and has built a collection of Wright furniture from all over the world to furnish the house. While it is a nice collection the house lacks any flow that Wright himself would have originally planned. 

One feature that was very nice was the skylights lining the overlook. 
The natural sundial moved towards
 the railing as it got later in the day. 

Looking up through the skylight. 

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