ENGLAND.
>> RANK LLOYD WRIGHT DESIGNED TO
THE ZIMMERMAN HOUSE WITHOUT EVER
SETTING FOOT IN MANCHESTER.
>> WHEN THEY ASKED HIM TO COME,
HOUSE.
I HAVE DESIGNED THE FURNISHINGS.
HOUSE.
IT IS AS IF I WAS AT YOUR HOUSE.
ERIN THE HOUSE, NO CONSIDERED
AN ARCHITECTURAL GEM.
THE ZIMMERMAN LEFT OF THE
PROPERTY AND ALL ITS FURNISHINGS
TO THE COURIER MUSEUM OF ART.
THEY SHOW OFF THE ONLY WGHT
PUBLIC IN NEW ENGLAND.
>> HE FAMOUSLY SAID A HOUSE
SHOULD BE OF THE HILL, NOT ON
THE HILL.
IT IS INTEGRATED WITH THE
FURNISHINGS.
THE FURNITURE.
IT WAS A TOTAL STATEMENT THAT
THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO LIVED IN
S.
>> THEY COMMISSIONED WRIGHT IN
1949 TO DESIGN A MALL, SPACIOUS,
AND SIMPLE HOUSE.
>> HE HAD ALREADY DESIGNED
FALLING WATER, HE HAD IN ON THE
COVER OF TIME MAGAZINE.
THEY THOUGHT, WILL WE BE ABLE TO
AFFORD A FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
HOUSE?
>> BY THIS TIME, HE WAS CREATING
AFFORDABLE HOUSES WITHIN REACH
OF THE MIDDLE CLASS.
HE CALLED THEM USONIAN HOUSES.
NO DOWNSPOUTS.
THERE IS NOT AN ATTIC.
HEAVEN FORBID, NO BASEMENT.
>> AND NO GARAGE.
POPULARIZED.
LAND, BRINGING THE OUTDOORS
INSIDE.
AS MUCH AS YOU ARE BRINGING IN
VIEWS OF TREES AND LIGHT.
WITH A CHEROKEE RED STAIN.
THEY FIRST MOVED IN, THE STAIN
THEY HAD A DALMATIAN NAMED
INITIAL TIME HERE AT THE HOUSE.
>> WRIGHT IS CONSIDERED A
MASTER DRAMATIST.
>> AS WE WALKED DOWN THE HALL,
WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS
LONG, ALMOST ON A LIKE -- TUNNEL
LIKE HALLWAY.
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU TAKE THAT
IN.
THIS IS THE GARDEN ROOM.
WRIG CREATED HIS OWN TERMS.
MOST OF THE FURNITURE, BUILT-IN.
>> EVERYTHING WAS DESIGNED TO GO
WITH THE HOUSE.
YOU WOULDN'T DREAM OF MOVING
HOME.
WHAT BETTER WAY TO KEEP PEOPLE
FROM DOING THAT THAN TO BUILD
THE COUCH RIGHT IN?
>> EVEN THE POTTERY AND
SCULPTURES, DICTATED BY WRIGHT.
PIANO.
WRIGHT.
THE GARDEN ROOM WAS DESIGNED
AROUND THE PIANO.
INNOVATION.
THEM.
IT IS REALLY SPECIAL.
DR. ZIMMERMAN WAS AN
ACCOMPLISHED VIOLINIST.
HIS WIFE, ALSO PLAY THE CELLO.
THEY BOTH PLAY THE PIANO.
OUTDOOR LIGHT.
JUST BELOW, OR GARDEN.
ARE MIRRORED OUTSIDE BY A
PLANTER BED.
APPROACH.
WE TRANSITION DIRECTLY OUTSIDE.
>> WRIGHT USES CLEAN LINES AND
LARGER THAN IT IS.
12 FRENCH DOORS.
IN THE DINING ROOM.
HE WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME,
TODAY.
THE KITCHEN, OR AS WRIGHT CALLED
IT, THE WORKSPACE.
YOU ARE NEVER IN A SPACE
WHERE YOU CANNOT FIND IN NATURE
OR SEE NATURAL LE.
EVERYTHING BUILT IN.
>> THE BEDROOM IS ON THE SMALL
SIDE BECAUSE YOUR HOUSE WAS
MEANT TO BE LIVED IN ANY OTHER
SPACES.
DOUBLED AS AN OFFICE.
BECAUSE THEY ARE STRONG.
THEY DIDN'T JUT INTO THE SPACE.
>> THE SHOWPIECE IN THE MASTER
SHOWER.
THE GUEST BEDROOM IS NESTLED
INTO THE LANDSCAPE, ABOUT THREE
FEET BELOW GRADE, BLURRING THE
BOUNDARY BETWEEN INSIDE AND OUT.
>> THE HOUSE ENDED UP COSTING
AROUND $60,000.
>> THE AVERAGE COST OF A HOME IN
$20,000.
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND WANTED
GIVING EVERYONE THE CHANCE TO
BUILT.