If you only know one designer by name , there ’s a middling secure chance it’sFrank Lloyd Wright . The 20th - C visionary , whose most famous works include Fallingwater in Pennsylvania and New York ’s Guggenheim Museum , ushered American computer architecture into a innovative era that prise simmpleness and rude smasher over Victorian ostentation .
Since most of his building are closed to visitors flop now , the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy , the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation , and Unity Temple Restoration Foundation are work together to bring the buildings to visitors via virtual spell .
Smithsonianreportsthat every Thursday at 1 p.m. EST , participating internet site will apportion a newfangled video of a Wright - constructed prop across various social media accounts with the hashtag “ # WrightVirtualVisits . ” Last week , for illustration , Minneapolis ’s Malcolm Willey House share a TV on its Facebook page of the Seth Peterson Cottage in Mirror Lake , Wisconsin . This way of life , fans who follow a sure construction on societal media will get to memorize about others .
Thevideo hitch , host by the property possessor or directors of Wright - assort organisation , cover everything from specific architectural elements , like sloping ceiling and build - in seating , to general themes in Wright ’s work , like his consignment to accentuate features of the natural landscape . Some even touch on the mental process of adding mod engineering to the house ; the Willey House , which was built in 1934 , was outfitted with air conditioning during the early 21st one C ( though forward-looking trappings do n’t inevitably make the house anyeasier to sell ) .
In short , the videos are a outstanding way for newbie to be introduced to Wright ’s legacy and for longtime fan to pick up behind - the - scenes details about his buildings . So far , 17 properties have volunteered to take part in the initiative , including Wright ’s own Wisconsin estate , Taliesin , andFallingwater , a summer mansion for department storage owner Edgar J. Kaufmann that Wright build on top of a falls in the mid-1930s .
you could discover the video by search for # WrightVirtualVisits on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram , or you could bookmarkthis pagefrom the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy ’s internet site , which will be update with young video recording as they ’re made public .
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