I Always Wanted to Pretend to Be an Architiect

While planning our trip, Cam was looking up info about tours of Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water and stumbled upon a website for a FLW house rental.  The idea that one can rent a house designed by America's most revered designer seems absolutely crazy to me.  The father of the owner commissioned this house in the 50's and he his wife now rent it out.  There was a one day opening when you normally have to rent for two nights and it corresponded with our travels back to Virginia.  I have to explain all this because it seems so extravagant.  It rented for less then many NYC hotel rooms, so we could not resist.
 

 It's the Louis Penfield House, in Willoughby Ohio.  This is one of the last FLW houses built.  It's a Unisonian House. These styles were designed to be built of common materials and were supposed to be economical to build.  Very few actually were. Most were completely customized by FLW and included furniture and artwork designed specifically for each house.  What is amazing is that the roof does not appear to have much holding it up. The glass walls on three sides are almost continuous.  Some serious cantilevers are at work here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usonia#Noted_Usonian_houses

I think FLW would have approved of VW Campers.