1/9: Jordan house

[CharlieG]

Originally posted by jaguar
snip... Falling water is fantastic, ...snip

I LOVE FLWs work, but it has some MAJOR problems

Ever talk to anyone who spent some time in Falling Water? Read what the family had to say about LIVING there - you can't! It's always DAMP and moldy, the furniture (designed by FLW as in most of his houses) is horridly uncomfortable (try sitting on one of his chairs sometime). On to of that, Falling Water is falling down! There was some serious miscalucations in the cantilever design of the main floor - it really needed to be about 2x thick as it is - they are doing some serious work right now to prevent the house from falling

That said, the Jordan house looks like an institutional complex. A GOOD architect can make an ordinary house extrordinary, and not for a lot of extra money - just by playing with things like reveals, shadow lines and lighting. Most houses have almost no thought given to shadow lines or lighting