Greater than a residence, this examine of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian type is a uncommon piece of artwork whose canvas occurs to be an virtually acre of land in Atherton’s Lindenwood neighborhood.
Residing on this residence at 83 Wisteria Approach just isn't about possession however extra about being stewards of a masterpiece, preserving its place in architectural historical past and appreciating the expertise of dwelling in a chunk of artwork.
Realtor Monique Lombardelli, specializing in midcentury fashionable houses, says strolling into this residence seems like coming into a sacred area with a “wild euphoric feeling and power” not felt anyplace else.
Frank Lloyd Wright chosen this design for the quiet cul-de-sac location when the Mathews Household commissioned him in 1950. The house was constructed two years later and options about 1,940 sq. toes of dwelling area with three bedrooms and two bogs. It's one in every of solely three non-public residences the well-known architect designed for personal purchasers within the Bay Space. A terrific room, eating space and kitchen lengthen exterior, creating a simple indoor-outdoor stream.
The park-style non-public panorama with in depth gardens, a pool and sculptures was expertly designed by the famend Thomas Church, who studied panorama structure at UC Berkeley and was identified for his California Type. Church designed grasp plans for UC Berkeley and Stanford College, amongst different campuses, and the Almaden Vineyard Park.
The diamond-shaped structure of this single-story residence showcases two separate and parallel wings related by a eating space and a centralized workspace. The design additionally maximizes the usage of 120-degree angles, which was extra conducive to comfy human motion than 90-degree angles, in accordance with the architect.
Constructed over the past twenty years of his life, the Usonian homes he created expressed his natural design rules and the significance of the continuity of area, the stream from room to room and from the inside to the scenic out of doors areas through partitions of home windows and French doorways. Wright rigorously relates areas so that there's continuity between them, but nonetheless separation. Rooms are spacious, not cavernous, and are intimate and properly scaled for human use. The Hanna Home on the Stanford College campus additionally represents the Usonian rules.
The supplies he utilized, taken from the identical palette, embrace purple brick and redwood for the inside ceilings, and exterior soffits, and concrete flooring coloured with a purple pigment that extends from the inside rooms to the out of doors terrace. One other attribute of this design is the broad eaves sheltering the house from the summer season’s warmth and all year long, and the beneficiant 4-foot-wide home windows and doorways.
Protected by the Nationwide Registry, the midcentury fashionable residence has been meticulously maintained and options all authentic Philippine mahogany customized built-in cabinetry.
The house’s distinctive structure and supplies would attraction to a discerning clientele preferring its authentic situation, says Lombardelli. “You wouldn’t alter a basic Picasso,” she provides, “fearing it will lose its worth and authenticity.”
The house is ideally situated close to Flood Park, inside 2.5 miles to top-rated Ok-12 Menlo Park faculties and minutes from the Bayshore Freeway (Freeway 101).
Worth: $8,000,000
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