Saturday I went on a tour of the Allen-Lambe house over in the College Hill area of Wichita. Why should you give a rats behind about the Lambe's house? It was designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright himself, that's why. If you don't know who Wright was you need to be smacked with a two by four. Anyways...
The layout was in the Midwest's traditional
prairie format with Japanese influences. It made me start thinking about how many other homes around town stood on Wright's concept. Even my own home has some of the fundamentals of this place. The brick he used on the outside was used inside so both coexisted in unison. It had great little nooks for art and unique lighting in the form of light diffused by thin mulberry paper lanterns inset into the ceiling. Even a portion of the furniture was designed by Frank. You can see a little bit of the lights and the cool dining room table in this shot:
The house is no longer a residence and is now solely for tours. Unfortunately, you can't just stop in like other historical sites or I would recommend you swing by randomly. But you can call them for times of their next scheduled appointment to tag along. It's definitely worth seeing. Check out
their site for more info.
The layout was in the Midwest's traditional prairie format with Japanese influences. It made me start thinking about how many other homes around town stood on Wright's concept. Even my own home has some of the fundamentals of this place. The brick he used on the outside was used inside so both coexisted in unison. It had great little nooks for art and unique lighting in the form of light diffused by thin mulberry paper lanterns inset into the ceiling. Even a portion of the furniture was designed by Frank. You can see a little bit of the lights and the cool dining room table in this shot:
The house is no longer a residence and is now solely for tours. Unfortunately, you can't just stop in like other historical sites or I would recommend you swing by randomly. But you can call them for times of their next scheduled appointment to tag along. It's definitely worth seeing. Check out their site for more info.
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