Inside a Rare Period Correct Frank Lloyd Wright Home | Home Tour

Seems a bit dark.

I'm from Bakersfield, I had no idea there was a frank lloyd wright building here! I had to double check and make sure.

The music is too loud in this video.

Reminds you of Horizons at Epcot Center

I estimate that half of the run-time of this video consists of David Coffey sitting in a FLW chair talking about the client. Surely there is much more interesting visual material that could have been developed along with a discussion of the Architecture and how the forms accommodate lifestyle (or don't).

Fix your audio. He's getting drowned out by annoying music in the background

Too many minutes used up watching you sitting on the chair in the same location and not speaking very clearly! On top of that, the music was so intrusive. That is a truly beautiful Wright home, and I wish you would make another video walking around the home itself. Thank you and best wishes

Beautiful house. Thank you for sharing. Open floor plan, triangular planning grid, concrete block walls, wood framed windows, floor to ceiling glass, mitered glass corners, patterned glass blocks, concrete floors, plywood faced interior walls - all Classic FLW. Would have been nice to see the floor plans as well.

Too bad it is in Bakersfield. 😒

I want someone to make a movie with this house as the set

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Hey mr open space, a plan diagram or two like the Lautner house channel , would be brilliant.

Honzo, taky neznáte, co?! To nevadí... :D

would've been nice to have drone footage

Lovely home. I think it's great that they want to preserve it and use it as a resource for students. That's awesome.

I’m torn. It’s very nice to preserve it for posterity and educational purposes, but at the same time, it is a home, and is a home really alive if you are a slave to it and it cannot change with your needs. Isn’t it meant to serve man? I thought it ironic he used the word alive. Again, though, I am torn. I can see both sides.

Hey! What were you thinking when you mixed the music with that audio track? The music is louder than the man's voice! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? The voice should be at least twice to three times as loud as the voice over. I would love to revisit this video sometime and actually hear what he was saying...

What a boring video - half of it is a guy sitting on a chair - the rest is repeated flashes of the same areas of the house and then flashes of other areas of the house with no explanation of what they are. There is no explanation of the architecture or how one area flows to another or anything like that

You cannot overstate the client being educated and enthusiastic about FLW, and one bad owner destroying the home. I had a 1950s Better Homes and Gardens ranch home that really was a copy off of FLW. It had high windows in front and a wall of three sliding doors in back. I loved it before I knew it was designed after FLW. It took white trash to destroy its beauty and character. They cut down a 300 year old maple and all the landscaping. There are foot long weeds growing out of the eaves. I lost it to predatory lending.

I hope the new owner buys some good pool furniture. Walter Lambs' bronze designs would fit well.

Amazing!!!

Too dark

weird. Just because

I have always wondered how Wright produced these tinted concrete floors. Since the concrete must have been poured in many batches, it seems like he must have figured a way to very accurately measure the color he added to tint the grey concrete.

a client is a client ..............a patron is a Godsend..............

BAKERSFIELD... UGGHH

This place just went on my " bucket 🪣 list".

Music is mixed way too loud makes it an annoying watch/can’t hear the host

Classic example of “ if it’s good, it’s good “ . timeless. beautiful in 1960 even more so in 2020 .

I would have liked to see more than the living room.

If Frank Lloyd Wright were alive today, what would his home designs look like? How would he integrate modern necessities like telecommunications features in his design?
A common comment regarding Wright-designed homes is the necessity’ to keep them original. Those homes were designed and built between 60 and 120 years ago. Wright himself was continually tearing down and rebuilding his personal homes and his western headquarters!
I’m not suggesting that a current owner tear out the “workspace” (kitchen) at Fallingwater and fill it with the latest appliances from a big-box home center.
Maybe this borders on sounding religious, but ask yourself “WWFLWD” when confronted with one of his designs that no longer works?
Is there any doubt that Frank Lloyd Wright today would take full advantage of today’s superior weather proofing products to build leak-free roofs - and weather-resistant exterior features? And in the design process, imagine Wright’s apprentices drawing with CAD-CAM equipment and 3D printing parts in a few hours that used to take master craftsmen weeks. Of course, the Master would still sit at his drawing board and knock out masterpieces like Fallingwater in an afternoon (after letting his subconscious work out the details for six months…)

Nothing sadder than a house not lived in

Either those curtains go or I go!

Sweet baby Jesus, what a beautiful home.

The house's origin and development story is just as intriguing as the property itself. It was nice to know the ongoing developments and generational history of it as well and its future plans.
The background music overpowers the speech.

Would love to watch the video but the music is competing with the speaker. There's no need for the volume to be so loud.

Excellent. We must preserve these iconic examoles of Wright's majestic work. Too many great period houses have been destroyed by developer vandals

Music overwhelms narration

I was very blessed to have been invited into their home circa 1994. My high school academic decathlon team was studying FLW, and long story short we got a private tour of the Ablin House. Mildred was an amazing hostess and even had a tray of cookies waiting for us. I haven't seen any photos online or in the above video of their bedroom, but their bedroom had incredible custom built-ins. Stunning architecture throughout. Like I said, I was very blessed to have had the opportunity and very grateful to this day.

A properly sloped roof that can deal with rain and snow!

My great aunt, at a family reunion, asked me If I knew who Frank Lloyd Wright was. I said yes. She introduced me to her neighbor. I met Mrs. Ablin when I was 14. When I knocked on the door Mrs. Ablin said to me "Frank told me if any student wanted to see the house that I have to show them. So come on in."

I again visited a number of times into my 20's. I am 58 now and still have fond memories of the first and all the visits. I am very grateful Frank told her to invite a student in and that she did.

Turn down the background music, very hard to understand the narrator.

⚔🔥🕎 🕎 🕎🔥📐
....Greetings & 🔥
.....Salutations 🔥
....Thank You!🎉

Don't make me work so hard to hear the speaker.

Just the furniture alone is museumquality , beautiful design . ❤

Yes it only takes one owner to destroy it. The Axline's had a Cliff May home in RSF that the Mondavi's copied. After the Axline's died, the new owners destroyed it.

Great piece Mr Coffey. I serviced and upgraded the alarm system in that home. Truly an amazing home and a wonderful piece of history here in Bakersfield.

Wonderful presentation! Thank you.

Anyone else binge watching every home you can find by Frank Lloyd Wright in 2025?