hi everyone my name is ken welcome to this house today we are counting down the top five lost and
found frank lloyd wright buildings this video was brought to you by our membership program stick
around to the end to learn more about that frank lloyd wright was an american architect designer
writer and educator born in 1867 he designed more than 1 000 structures over a creative period of
70 years until his passing in 1959. wright believed in designing in harmony with humanity
and the environment a philosophy he called organic architecture his works are considered to be the
best of any american architect to date and his designs continue to inspire us to this day we are
starting off at number five the imperial hotel the imperial hotel was originally designed by yuzhiro
watanabe in 1880 for tokyo japan frank lloyd wright was given the opportunity to redesign it
in 1920 in 1923 the great kanto earthquake struck tokyo causing massive damage to the city but the
imperial hotel stood strong against the shaking earth and remained standing until the 1960s when
it began to sink into the mud below it there were arguments and debates over how to restore the
hotel though it was eventually decided that the hotel would be demolished today the only part of
the hotel that remains is housed at the maijimura museum in inuyama japan where visitors can see
the reflecting pool and the central lobby of the hotel on display number 4. the rose pawson house
in 1942 frank lloyd wright was commissioned by rose pawson to design a vacation property for
her and her sister in phoenix arizona only having stood for one year a tragedy occurred in 1943 when
an ember escaped the fireplace catching a curtain on fire which would eventually lead to the entire
house being engulfed in flames which reduced it to its stone foundation the foundation remained
untouched for many years and gained the nickname shiprock due to the foundation's resemblance to
a seafaring ship today the foundation has been removed and only the chimney of the house remains
and can be seen gracing the entrance of the alta vista park estate subdivision in phoenix
arizona number three the francis apartments in 1895 frank lloyd wright had just begun his
career and was commissioned by the terre haute trust to design a mixed-use apartment complex
that would feature retail space on the first floor and one two and three bedroom apartments on the
second third and fourth floors being early in his career he had not yet developed the prairie style
so we can see this building as a step in his development as he is trying to break away from
the traditional design by introducing experimental elements to the building unfortunately this early
work of his was demolished in 1971 though pieces of it can be found on display in the art institute
of chicago number two the oscar stephens house oscar stevens was a very wealthy businessman in
chicago around the turn of the century he and his wife commissioned frank lloyd wright to design for
them a house that would overlook lake michigan from a ridge top wright designed the house and
his iconic prairie style and the house was very similar in style and form to the house that he
designed for his office manager isabel roberts in oak park illinois in 1963 a real estate developer
purchased the property and demolished the house to make way for a new development the
only silver lining to this tragic event is that several of the custom windows designed by right
were salvaged and sold at an auction one of the windows even sold for an astounding ten thousand
dollars in 2013. number one lost to time but still standing in 1989 linda mcquillen purchased
the house in madison wisconsin for 100 000 she was drawn to the house for its design and was curious
to learn more about it after identifying that the studs were placed 24 inches apart a signature
design trait of frank lloyd wright she began to look for more clues to its unique construction
after many years of wondering about her house linda was contacted by mary jane hamilton a right
scholar hamilton had heard rumors that there was a house designed by wright in madison wisconsin
but was never able to find evidence that is until she stumbled across an advertisement from
1917 in the wisconsin state journal newspaper by a building company advertising american system built
houses which was the company whose name was on the building permit for mcquillen's house the homes
were designed as spec homes by frank lloyd wright to be more affordable options for working-class
people to date it is the only known example of a house built in frank lloyd wright's aa series
though it is thought that there could be as many as 16 of them that were built hopefully more of
these homes will be found to be still standing and can be restored thank you everybody for watching i
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