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For
Sale:
Frank
Lloyd Wright Designed “Brandes Residence”
Sammamish, Washington, 1952
In 1952 Frank Lloyd Wright designed a unique
“Usonian” house for Mr. & Mrs. Ray Brandes for
their acreage on Issaquah’s Pine Lake Plateau, now Sammamish.
This is one of only three Wright designed buildings in Washington.
The house is located on 3.2 acres in a natural woodland setting.
Secluded 300 feet from the road, the drive is private and gated.
It is listed on the National and State Register of Historic
Structures and has been the recipient of several prestigious
preservation awards. The Brandes house has also been extensively
published, most recently in Frank Lloyd Wright: The Houses by
Weintraub & Hess.
The low-slung, organic design features Wright’s
innovative use of natural materials including: the heated red
concrete floor, rose colored masonry walls and natural redwood
interiors. Full height glass doors in every room and casement
windows open the house to the out-of-doors woodland setting
emphasizing the free flow of space for which Wright is so justifiably
famous.
Wright used his characteristic hovering horizontal
roofs, and some artfully concealed steel structure to connect
the main house to a separate workshop, thus creating a carport.
The house is approx. 1,900 square feet including a 400 square
foot workshop/office, which now functions as a family room and
separate office with fireplace.. There are 3 bedrooms and two
baths. The house receives natural light throughout the day via
the clerestory windows. Wright placed the building on the site
to take full advantage of the natural contours of the land and
the movement of the sun. This beautifully landscaped and impeccably
preserved home has Wright’s original furniture. The Wright
designed redwood cutout boards in the clerestory windows banding
the house give the effect of a jewel box at night when the light
shines from within. The dentil details along the fascia as well
as the clerestory windows create magical designs within the
house as the sun changes angles during the day.
The house is fully furnished by Wright-designed
freestanding and built-in furniture made of redwood. The kitchen
features stainless steel counters. built in redwood cupboards
and a utility room including washer/dryer is just off the kitchen
The purchase price includes the furniture, a copy of the original
blue prints, and copies of other historical documents including
letters written between Mr. Wright and Mr. Brandes. The house
is currently owned by the Brandes’ son, Jack Cullen and
Deborah Vick.
Click here for a list of atricles and books
about the Brandes Residence
SeattlePi.com:
On Architecture: Wanted: The Wright Buyer
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