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"The World's Most Amazing
Vacation Rentals."
Frank Lloyd Wright's
"Dream House"
is now a reality for
architecture enthusiasts
across the globe.
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house is an uncluttered affair, but not free
of decorative flourish. Like in his other
projects, Wright outfitted the house in
his own designs, producing all types of
furnishings, from chairs and low tables
with indigenous motifs, to beds, built-ins,
and fruit bowls—all inventions of form and
function. Interestingly, for the 75th anniver-
sary of the house, the owners finally built
a Wright-designed light fixture that the
Schwartz family never bothered to make;
now flanking the fireplace, this design is a
radiant representation his scrupulousness.
Wright's penchant for geometric shapes
and repeated abstractions are on show, too.
Wright also seized in the interplay of light
and shadow for Still Bend. Not in the stained
glass of the dwellings he designed for the
well-to-do clients of his Prairie School
period, but in a more Unsonian offshoot of
the same idea. The patterned coverings
for clerestory windows and lightboxes he
created allow natural light to flow inside
the house while at the same time casting
interesting configurations on the walls.
As a testament to the house, the Schwartz
family lived at Still Bend, which is listed on
Wisconsin State Registry of Historic Places,
until 1971. After purchasing the property in
2003, the current owners lovingly restored
the house and opened it to the public. By
virtue of its architectural purity and the
visionary architect behind it, Still Bend has
much to recommend it. By no means did
the house need help from Netflix to put it on
the radar, but that's exactly what it received
when the streaming service featured the
house on season 2 of its show "The World's
Most Amazing Vacation Rentals." Frank
Lloyd Wright's "Dream House" is now a
reality for architecture enthusiasts across
the globe. airbnb.com
