WRIGHT
DESIGNED HOME AND ALL OF NEW
ENGLAND.
>> RANK LLOYD WRIGHT DESIGNED TO
THE ZIMMERMAN HOUSE WITHOUT EVER
SETTING FOOT IN MANCHESTER.
>> WHEN THEY ASKED HIM TO COME,
HE SAID, I HAVE DESIGNED YOUR
HOUSE.
I HAVE DESIGNED THE FURNISHINGS.
I DON'T NEED TO COME TO YOUR
HOUSE.
IT IS AS IF I WAS AT YOUR HOUSE.
ERIN THE HOUSE, NO CONSIDERED
AN ARCHITECTURAL GEM.
THE ZIMMERMAN LEFT OF THE
PROPERTY AND ALL ITS FURNISHINGS
TO THE COURIER MUSEUM OF ART.
THEY SHOW OFF THE ONLY WGHT
DESIGNED HOUSE OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC IN NEW ENGLAND.
>> HE FAMOUSLY SAID A HOUSE
SHOULD BE OF THE HILL, NOT ON
THE HILL.
IT IS INTEGRATED WITH THE
LANDSCAPING AND HE DESIGNED THE
FURNISHINGS.
THE FURNITURE.
IT WAS A TOTAL STATEMENT THAT
WAS INTENDED TO REALLY TRANSFORM
THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO LIVED IN
THEM, INCLUDING T ZIMMERMAN
S.
>> THEY COMMISSIONED WRIGHT IN
1949 TO DESIGN A MALL, SPACIOUS,
AND SIMPLE HOUSE.
>> HE HAD ALREADY DESIGNED
FALLING WATER, HE HAD IN ON THE
COVER OF TIME MAGAZINE.
THEY THOUGHT, WILL WE BE ABLE TO
AFFORD A FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
HOUSE?
>> BY THIS TIME, HE WAS CREATING
AFFORDABLE HOUSES WITHIN REACH
OF THE MIDDLE CLASS.
HE CALLED THEM USONIAN HOUSES.
THERE ARE NO GUTTERS.
NO DOWNSPOUTS.
THERE IS NOT AN ATTIC.
HEAVEN FORBID, NO BASEMENT.
>> AND NO GARAGE.
RATHER, A CAR PORT, A TERM HE
POPULARIZED.
>> IT IS INTEGRATED WITH THE
LAND, BRINGING THE OUTDOORS
INSIDE.
AS MUCH AS YOU ARE BRINGING IN
VIEWS OF TREES AND LIGHT.
LIKE THESE TILES, PAINTED
WITH A CHEROKEE RED STAIN.
>> IT WAS A GREAT STORY IN WHEN
THEY FIRST MOVED IN, THE STAIN
HA NOT COMPLETELY SET.
THEY HAD A DALMATIAN NAMED
CHECKERS WHO WAS RED FOR THEIR
INITIAL TIME HERE AT THE HOUSE.
>> WRIGHT IS CONSIDERED A
MASTER DRAMATIST.
>> AS WE WALKED DOWN THE HALL,
WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS
LONG, ALMOST ON A LIKE -- TUNNEL
LIKE HALLWAY.
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU TAKE THAT
BREATH AND START TO TAKE IT ALL
IN.
THIS IS THE GARDEN ROOM.
WRIG CREATED HIS OWN TERMS.
MOST OF THE FURNITURE, BUILT-IN.
>> EVERYTHING WAS DESIGNED TO GO
WITH THE HOUSE.
YOU WOULDN'T DREAM OF MOVING
YOUR EXISTING COUCH INTO HIS
HOME.
WHAT BETTER WAY TO KEEP PEOPLE
FROM DOING THAT THAN TO BUILD
THE COUCH RIGHT IN?
>> EVEN THE POTTERY AND
SCULPTURES, DICTATED BY WRIGHT.
ZIMMERMANS DID BRING THEIR GRAND
PIANO.
BOTH ARE MUSIC LOVERS, AS WAS
WRIGHT.
THE GARDEN ROOM WAS DESIGNED
AROUND THE PIANO.
THE MUSIC STAND, ANOTHER WRIGHT
INNOVATION.
>> THERE ARE ONLY A HANDFUL OF
THEM.
IT IS REALLY SPECIAL.
DR. ZIMMERMAN WAS AN
ACCOMPLISHED VIOLINIST.
HIS WIFE, ALSO PLAY THE CELLO.
THEY BOTH PLAY THE PIANO.
>> THE BIG WINDOWS CAPTURE THE
OUTDOOR LIGHT.
JUST BELOW, OR GARDEN.
INTERIOR MENTORS EVERY >> THEY
ARE MIRRORED OUTSIDE BY A
PLANTER BED.
WE FEEL LIKE IT IS SEAMLESS
APPROACH.
WE TRANSITION DIRECTLY OUTSIDE.
>> WRIGHT USES CLEAN LINES AND
GLASS TO MAKE THE HOME LOOK
LARGER THAN IT IS.
12 FRENCH DOORS.
IN THE DINING ROOM.
HE WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME,
MASTERING THE OPEN FOR PLAN, AND
TODAY.
THE KITCHEN, OR AS WRIGHT CALLED
IT, THE WORKSPACE.
YOU ARE NEVER IN A SPACE
WHERE YOU CANNOT FIND IN NATURE
OR SEE NATURAL LE.
>> A SIMPLE MASTER BEDROOM,
EVERYTHING BUILT IN.
>> THE BEDROOM IS ON THE SMALL
SIDE BECAUSE YOUR HOUSE WAS
MEANT TO BE LIVED IN ANY OTHER
SPACES.
>> FOR THE ZIMMERMANS, IT
DOUBLED AS AN OFFICE.
WRIGHT LOVED PIANO HINGES
BECAUSE THEY ARE STRONG.
THEY DIDN'T JUT INTO THE SPACE.
>> THE SHOWPIECE IN THE MASTER
BATH, THE SKYLIGHT OVER THE
SHOWER.
THE GUEST BEDROOM IS NESTLED
INTO THE LANDSCAPE, ABOUT THREE
FEET BELOW GRADE, BLURRING THE
BOUNDARY BETWEEN INSIDE AND OUT.
>> THE HOUSE ENDED UP COSTING
AROUND $60,000.
>> THE AVERAGE COST OF A HOME IN
MANCHESTER IN THE 1950'S, UNDER
$20,000.
THE ZIMMERMANS KNEW THE HOME WAS
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND WANTED
IT SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC,
GIVING EVERYONE THE CHANCE TO
EXPERIENCE THE HOUSE WRIGHT
BUILT.