Rare Frank Lloyd Wright Gas Station

BUFFALO FILLING STATION - FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Like many artists, architects have portfolios with so many ideas that never see the light of day.

The Buffalo Pierce-Arrow Museum in New York has brought one of Frank Lloyd Wright's imaginative conceptual projects to life.

The museum debuted the Buffalo Filling Station. This work was unrealized and originally designed in 1927.  Patrons of this striking station would have waited to have their cars serviced in comfort.

The salmon-colored concrete structure boasts a second-level viewing platform, restrooms and even a fireplace.  The copper roof is pierced by two 45-foot-tall poles which Wright referred to as "totems".

This design is pure WRIGHT.  Its shifting floorplates, precise ornamentation, elongate shape and subdued color palette.

Wright's interest in the automobile's role in architecture was well known and if he had had his way, we all would have been traveling and filling up in style.

- Eddy

Happy Birthday - Frank Lloyd Wright

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Olá!

This morning I learned that today is the birthday of one of my all time favorite creative persons - FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.

But he wasn’t just an architect – he was also an interior designer, writer, and educator.  He would have turned 147 years old today.

"Wright’s designs were driven by the desire to nurture the lives of their occupants. He referred to his architecture as ‘organic’ – in complete harmony with itself and its surroundings, as if it had developed as naturally as a tree."  - ArchDaily                                            

I fell in love with Wright's work when I visited the Ennis House in 2004.  I was in awe of this beautiful, modern house that was built in 1924.  It is timeless and definitely in harmony with its surroundings as it sits on top of a hill in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles.  It was also used in the movie BLADERUNNER. 

ENNIS HOUSE FAÇADE

ENNIS HOUSE - DINING ROOM

His most famous house is Fallingwater which is located in southwest Pennsylvania's Laurel Highlands and 90 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh.

FALLING WATER

One of my favorite museums in the world is the Guggenheim Museum in New York City designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM - EXTERIOR

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM - ROTUNDA

Wright completed over 500 projects. The timelessness of his designs continues to reveal just how strong that vision was. 

Thank you for being my inspiration!

- Eddy