Americas Favorite Architect

America's favorite architect has long been Frank Lloyd Wright. American's by the millions make pilgrimages to Wright's dozens of institutional and residential buildings open for public view. Yet while Americans show great enthusiasm for Wright's brand of architecture, builders and developers have tended more to neglect it for more traditional American home. What if developers finally got around to incorporating Wright's design patterns into their developments ? Couldn't they reasonably expect to see their homes enthusiastically embraced by the millions of Americans so enamored of Wright's architecturally legacy ? In many of the more densely populated markets local planning boards have a decided preference for multifamily and condominium developments. Would not homebuyers who for the most part tend to prefer the spaciousness of and privacy of a single family residence but whose choice is limited to the condominium be receptive to a condominium community made to feel spacious and private by means of incorporating Wright's design patterns ?

This is a walkthrough of a condominium community incorporating Wright's spaciousness creating design patterns.

Wright frequently suggested making the kitchen the center of the house. He favored a living room as large as possible configured as an open plan. The one challenge in using Wrights patterns is the fact that his focal point was the fireplace. For the contemporary home the focal point is now the TV. In fact cutting edge TV technology is coalescing around the very large format screen. The high definition 4K projector has made possible the near movie theatre size image. Where Wright once integrated fireplace with kitchen, the movie theatre sized screen can be conveniently fashioned from one of the kitchen walls. In this way the kitchen remains the center of the house.

Wrights own Oak Park Studio featured a large playroom for his kids. This pattern is incorporated in at the front end of the basement. In the back end is a rudimentary 'man cave' area connecting to the back porch. While too often condominium porches are undersized and devoid of privacy, the porch is given adequate privacy and room.