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Arizona Sites
Biltmore Hotel
Taliesin West
Carlson House
D Wright House
Adelman House
Pieper House
Boomer Cottage
Price Sr House
Gammage Aud.
Lykes House
1st Christ. Chrch
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Farther east, we located the Norman Lykes
House in the hills. It is an incredible design based on circles coming
from a time very late in Frank Lloyd Wright's life when had embraced the
geometry of circles. The sketches for the house were the last to come
from the great architect; he died in April of 1959 before the design was
complete. He had however, spoken to an apprentice (John Rattenbury)
about the designs and, upon Wright's death, Rattenbury finished the design
and made working drawings. Although they loved the design, the Lykeses
waited another seven years to build it; it is however, located on the
original site.
The 2800 square foot design is rather
futuristic-looking, wrapping around and seemingly into the mountain itself.
A new owner took possession in 1994 and hired John Rattenbury to make some
significant changes to the house, including enlarging the master bedroom,
combining two other bedrooms into a guest room and converting a workshop
into a home theater. Even at the end of Wright's life and career, he
still adhered to his philosophy of organic architecture that blend with its
surroundings.
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