Tirranna: One of Frank Lloyd's Last Homes

Tirranna, one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s last residential homes completed towards the end of his life in 1955, is currently for sale in New Canaan, CT. In a town with its fair share of architectural masterpieces, Tirranna stands alone. Seated on 15 acres of natural beauty, each of its nearly 7,000 square feet of flowing interior space harmonizes with nature in a unique way -- which is the essence of his work.

[@tsefcik]

My dad was a plumber apprentice in the early 1960s and got to work in this house in one of the non-master bathrooms (not pictured) for its 2nd owner. Just showed him this video and some of the shots are his exact memories of what walking through the house looked like. Was tickled to death to see this 60 years later!

[@ens7ob]

When I was an Architect student I went to visit this house. I just did a drive by cold and it was being restored. The person working on it allowed me to walk around and I have some good photos and video of it during it's renovation. Always glad to have had the balls to just drive up and ring the bell.

[@davidjacobs8558]

why not post your videos and photos of this house on youtube? so that other people can see them too.

[@sholonator92]

@@davidjacobs8558 yes!!

[@geewiz8253]

That’s what I would have done if I was an architect student! Weird... I was thinking that a few minutes before I read this...

[@ens7ob]

@@davidjacobs8558 I would love to do that and I was thinking about doing it. I had gone in the early 90's so I had an old fashioned video camera and old fashion 35mm camera. Not sure how to do it to be honest. While I was a student I had travel touring some 30 plus FLW houses. It was a an easier time back in the 90's and I would sometimes just go up and ring the doorbell. Once in Chicago and nice young lady invited me in and gave me a complete tour which I thought was so nice and such a treat. All the photos I have are 35mm and need to convert somehow.

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@ens7ob well, just play the video back and record it off the monitor screen with your iphone. It would not be high quality, but good enough. same with photographs. take photos with your iphone and upload it on youtube as slide show.

[@MaxineAGGuess]

Love love love anything designed by Frank Lloyd Wright! One of my favorite architects.

[@rupaligurav7345]

I dreamed of this place only last night. And I see this right here on yt... my dream shall come true indeed. FLW huge respect....we both love nature to embrace it and release it.

[@robynperdieu3434]

I bought a house in 1998 that was a scaled down version of this house. It had windows up high on the front and three sliding glass doors on the back. It tickled me to own it. It was a Better Homes and Gardens plan.

[@abcdefg407]

He was born with an extravagant vision and design of only the Exclusive can understand. Gorgeous.

[@stephenhenion8304]

"F L W"... Whenever I see one of his Beautiful Works, I say to myself... " Someone Actually Made This!" I am inspired by His Humanity!!

[@powerliftingcentaur]

As always with Wright, just mind blowing beauty.

[@natashasemrau3670]

Frank Lord Wright's houses are so unique, full of natural details and has a great use of building materials. I hope one day to see more of his houses and public buildings. Thanks for letting us see this house set up as a home!

[@badapple65]

If I owned this masterpiece I would RUN HOME after work. I’d spend every weekend and vacation at home! Why not? The designs by FLW are not expensive to execute today. Most homes have no basement and no attic. Many without garages (a must have though) but solid cement floors with copper piping run throughout for even heating and warm floors throughout. I am surprised that we do not see new construction copies of his designs. The Efficiency of today’s windows make his plans even more doable.

[@sleeth11]

Greg Appelgren there are a lot of copies, just poorly done and never unique enough to draw attention that you’d have heard of them. The ones that are done well are actually done by some of his apprentices, such as John Lautner. So these great houses might not seem like FLW, but they certainly have his unmistakable influence.

[@geewiz8253]

Ethan Cool info and points. Thanks both you guys 👍

[@johnf6267]

Size and materials plus engineering.

[@MisterJeffy]

Wright hated garages. He also used expensive, old growth cypress and other to build solid wood walls; these are even more expensive now, and are longer practical to use the way Wright used them. The illusions Wright created connecting the inside and the outside of a house often depended on concealing or beveling the edges single sheets of plate glass; these illusions cannot be replicated with insulated glass units because they require a frame to separate and seal parallel panes of glass. There are lots of copes of Wright houses. Lindell Cedar Homes in Washington and Oregon will build extremely modified versions that generally follow the outlines, but have none of the charm of the originals.

[@joannehardinger6673]

A local, national, and international heritage you must put on your bucket list!

[@sburris65]

I remember seeing Falling Waters when I was young and just fell in love with the home. I've been blessed enough to Visit Taliesin West while in Phoenix and several of his buildings. I'm hoping next year to visit Albrass here in SC.

[@tobiolopainto]

Fallingwater. 1 word, not two, and not plural. Auldbrass, not Albrass. If you love them, pronounce and spell them right.

[@hrh4961]

@@tobiolopainto Tough being the word police; but, somebody's got to do it. -:)

[@robertwalker2052]

What is truly remarkable with this house is it's overall curved shape. This is one of several "hemicycle" houses, and the only one in the Northeast. This shape admits sun throughout the day.

[@jonathantaylor964]

Totally misses Wright's greatest accomplishments as an architect: each building a spatial poem that you can walk through, the intricate interactions of space and light, the sensitively chosen materials, and so on. Instead they waste so much time on superficial "luxuries." Barf!!!! At least some of the footage is good.

[@azia5051]

Gosh! All the other comment are old but besides me I’m in 2020 for this

[@azia5051]

Welcome back sean. LOL

[@bonniebrown6960]

Wow !!! That was Gorgeous !!

[@adnannagi316]

Frank was some other time and other century in future. Amazing work

[@littleshopofsawdust1157]

I wish that the video had taken a bit more time focusing in on each room with all of its detail and beauty. Fascinating!

[@dlwatib]

Indeed!

[@rosisunny9302]

LittleShop OfSawdust SOO true!

[@deemariewright3981]

Me too! I started the video over, muted and at the slowest speed and I still would’ve preferred it to have lasted longer.

[@morriemukoda45]

The presenters were too self obsessed.

[@chucklambooy8457]

@@morriemukoda45 I am always fascinated at negative opinions and comments about people who deliver these videos. By all means, IF you believe yourself to be better then ask to be a presenter. That said...don’t let your personal ego and critical nature come off as...shall we say pompous 🧐

[@gnolan4281]

It would be so easy to fall in love with this home. The cinder block is off putting but the place has genuine warmth. Wright's Kalil house in Manchester, New Hampshire is hardly on the same plane as this. I would never feel comfortable living there.

[@maryannchaisson6742]

Now if only one were Rich! Wow! 👏👏🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️

[@bruced9786]

One should remember that the concept of merging with nature meant something different decades ago than it does today. For example, cinder block was a new and not necessarily utilitarian material back then. Now, its usually hidden on purpose. Also, the time has passed for the rectilinear forms to be seen as anything other than evidence of artifice on a wooded lot. But this was considered progress back in the day, such as it is.

[@alansenzaki4148]

Bruce, your right. Unfortunatly wright's cinder block home in los angeles sort of an experiment by him is slowly deteriorating and dissolving. They are trying to save it but at the time it was built they were'nt aware of the long term longevity of the material.

[@christyann]

Gorgeous!

[@heatherforrest8732]

I am truly glad that I got to see the greet designer Frank Lloyd Wright's (American 1959) last creative design masterpiece. I got to see up close and personal some of his designs in New Jersey.

[@vima8680]

I met FLW while the G. was being built in New York. What's with the glasses on this person's head? Not very professional. But glad to see this anyway.

[@StereoSpace]

I really love his work.

[@THICKSKIN420]

Love it if you could just walk through the house!!

[@kgs42]

The glasses on the head is a tribute to FLW who also did that.

[@laurahale9309]

Wonderful host, wonderful tour!!!

[@frankieflashback9465]

Beautiful!!!

[@bethbartlett5692]

Excellent Present or/Tour Host.

[@rjr1227]

Stunning....

[@Alanoffer]

Give me this style of architecture always , I’m left cold by the modern heartless houses of today

[@elcuencodelafelicidad]

Great video and great host. Thanks for publushing it.

[@rachellewalters8111]

That's a great one!

[@Malama_Ki]

It’s the glasses on the egg head.... you can’t unsee it.

[@tomstopper5281]

Estate agent talk... sound so fake. He is not transferring the spirit of the house.

[@geewiz8253]

Tom Stopper Aw, he’s trying though. At least he doesn’t sound snobby like those upper east side Real estate agents... :/

[@geewiz8253]

Tom Stopper okay... he was a bit cringy cheesy in the end.. 😂

[@scooterdover2771]

When he went out to show the outdoor space, he reminded me of those showgirls on The Price is Right.

[@tomstopper5281]

Scooter Dover 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rosisunny9302]

Gee Wiz So true I hat it!Salespeach!

[@countryman0073]

Masterpeice

[@glennmartin6492]

I want a basement, an attic and a garage. AND NOTHING ELSE!!!

[@sbsb7845]

Nice, The Trouble is that houses like this one get a lot of Mold. And bacteria start to accumulate in the corners

[@cassandraralph5906]

Beautiful house

[@murraykins1952]

WOW!

[@sandiestrutin2353]

Wow!

[@stevenparker7946]

Loved the tour (mostly), but agree that tour videos should include the kitchens, and the baths. Yes, no doubt they're dated, but so what? You're in a place many don't get to see in person, don't stop at the gold leaf! (One other thing...the presenter wearing his reading glasses didn't come off as tres sportif, more like we were wondering if he had to tour the home primarily to find the glasses that were sitting on his noggin all that time. Maybe it was an accident, maybe an affectation, but it was distracting and the source of a few jokes during his 5 minutes on screen. Please, just...don't.)

[@alansenzaki4148]

LOL!!...Noggin!!😂

[@holdshiftt2run308]

Looks like an office more than a living space.

[@zcdel9192]

I need to see the kitchen and bathrooms

[@glenonions4311]

ZC Del Wright's kitchens were pretty ordinary.

[@alansenzaki4148]

Beautiful house by a master. My only question (don't mean to be facetious) but does it leak?..that seems to be a problem in some of his houses probably because of age but some think because his designs were so ahead of the times that some of the building techniques had'nt caught up. Great posting. Would like to see more of his work!

[@raymondclark1785]

I toured one of his synagogues in PA. and the thing I remember most was the kiddie pools catching the drips :( I'm working on an HO trolley platform that has a FLW home on it. I think in the driveway it will have a roofing truck. FLW Jr.s leak repair

[@SFAG12]

It's a shame that most of Wright homes have poorly interior design by it's owners, even now most of the people can't understand what those houses need in terms of furniture to make them look even prettier than already are.

[@BlackMagickMike]

FLW designed the shitty geometrical furniture in most of the houses. Anything else would be an improvement in making them livable.

[@smb123211]

Been to numerous FLW homes and yes, kitchens are skipped for the obvious reason - its use and importance has changed over the past 60 years. In FLW houses, the living room - usually with a fireplace - is the center of the home. Today, it is the kitchen. We have a very modern home and the middle floor is open with a sleek kitchen that is the center of the home. Folks sit at the bar or beside the stove or help prepare food. There were no ice machines, dishwashers, microwaves and ovens and fridges were smaller. Another reason - in a few houses we saw the kitchen and it looked "out of place" with the rest of the house - not bad but not exactly original.

[@terranceb.torrct1461]

I studied his houses and design ideas in school while at Syracuse University, Our School of Architectue at the time was under the guiding hand of Dean Werner Selligman a man deeply imbedded in the International Style and LeCorbusier. We were taught Wrights principals of Design as well as others. I don't know if there will ever be another like FLW

[@geraldthomas8948]

Tirranna means lightning in Welsh. Tharanau,just look at the shape of the gate entrance.

[@DROLTMANN]

Less talk and less of your face and more of the house....😡

[@chrisk8187]

ABSOLUTELY!

[@robynperdieu3434]

This was well done, imho. I've seen worse where you're talked to death instead giving us a view of the Wright art.

[@bernardotorres4659]

That was nasty comment.

[@SK-lt1so]

This site is hard to find. It's up a long driveway. The gate blocks access to the house and you can see very little of the house from the gate if the site is closed otherwise. The "Glass House" nearby is much more visible (ironically).

[@throwthatassinaprayercircl2662]

hmmm, no view of the kitchens and bathrooms, eh? me wonders why?

[@annestep6741]

Wow

[@meyou4664]

I did a project on him if I had watched this video it would have helped me a lot

[@samyleigh3246]

Genius

[@KalanYore]

I would like to see featured of one of Lloyd's open space designed home in Cherry Hills Village, Denver CO

[@robertwalker2052]

Wright did nothing in Denver except "House on the Mesa" which was not built.

[@laurahale9309]

Is it on Hampton Ave. Near Broadway? I believe that was a grandson that designed that one. A circular house. A woman who ran a stained glass store on South Broadway was married to him. I "think" it was Richard Wright

[@macluro]

I experienced an exciting experience living and working in the Bachman_Wilson House of F.L.L. Wright, NJ USA, home of Tarantino Architecture Studio, was 1997...

[@nickdannunzio7683]

Showing a floor plan would have made all the difference... seems this was more about the model loving himself on camera than a tour... what happened to the Guggenheim tour we were promised in the opening...???

[@77cns]

This video was playing when I wasn't at the laptop and I thought he was saying Toronto, then later he mentions that Tirranna is an 'aboriginal' word. I wonder if there's a connection there to what I heard originally. Toronto is from the Mohawk language: 'tkaronto' - the place in the waters where the trees are standing

[@udorechner6846]

Very interesting video and impressiv house. I think al that mahagonie wood makes the house a bit dark, but that's only my personal view.

[@michaelbyrnee9584]

Yes, the interior harmonizes with the exterior by way of the typical flw leaking roof, which allows mold and other living things to migrate from the outside to the inside, thus balancing nature.

[@BrianReplies]

FLW clearly liked to use concrete block.

[@yugen0o]

Granted this is not unique to this particular video or channel, but I do wish architectural videos on KZbin would let the camera shots linger longer. The (jump?) cuts are much too quick to appreciate what the camera is capturing.

[@JacobBanman]

So... when it says 8.1 baths @1:02... what exactly is that 0.1 of a bathroom? I love the style throughout all of FLW's projects!

[@mtlicq]

1:46 Welcome to Toronto ! : )

[@timmmahhhh]

Interesting, "Embrace and release" is a little more romantic than the "compression and expansion" term they said at Taliesin.

[@WarriorsofJesus777]

The house is really beautiful because of it’s Great potential but I can’t just shrug off the presence of those dry,gray and almost dead trees.

[@nicolaxoxo1]

I am sure it’s prettiest in the spring, summer, or fall

[@majordendrocopos]

2.50 “And a playful use of concrete block.....”. Another great house which feels very Japanese.

[@lindaclark9925]

He had a very compact , unyielding architectural vision.

[@lindaclark9925]

....the potency, thus, was to provide the kick off for the even greater plans his ideas inspired other architects to venture

[@wearyseekers1479]

Why does the camera jump around like that? I wanted to see the house and be able to take it in. F l W homes are American treasures to be sure.

[@Mims.Entertainment]

The editor has ADS. So he can not watch one scene longer than two seconds. SAD- and annoying for the viewer. If he had used dissolves instead of fast cuts, at least it would have had a better flow. MTV moron edit style.

[@denisettm4958]

Why don't they ever show the kitchen's in FLW's homes? I love his work and have watched a ton of video's on the many homes he designed and they never show the kitchen. Makes you wonder why since it is one of the most important rooms in any home?

[@dlwatib]

Ideas about kitchens have changed since this FLW's time. FLW did not incorporate the kitchen into the flow of the open plan living areas.

[@MisterLumpkin]

That's the one problem I have with Wright's designs, the kitchens are always small, cramped and away from the main living space. I think the importance of the kitchen in family life was a blind spot for him.

[@timmmahhhh]

MisterLumpkin The era in which Wright did his homes was one in which spaces like kitchens were occupied by servants and not the primary users, particularly the class of most folks who could afford Wright. Kitchens were utilitarian prep areas not integral to living like they are today.

[@sharonmarie236]

Denise TTM if you tour falling water you will understand why. Small made for servents not what you would expect

[@christinachaplin2303]

I am Christina's husband. I had the privilege of living at the Gillin residence in Dallas from 1980 to 1985 (in the servant's quarters in the attached carport). The kitchen was very large and SPECTACULAR. It has stainless steel counter tops throughout, 4 or 5 sinks, a huge asymmetrical island, high cathedral ceiling topped by a large skylight, plenty of natural light from clerestory windows and is one of the largest kitchens I have ever seen in a private home. And while I'm at it, the servants quarters where I stayed was finished with the same attention to architectural design, detail, care and materials as the rest of the house. It was a truly exceptional experience to live there.

[@benjarongprojects]

His name isn’t Frank Lloyd, it’s Frank Lloyd Wright.

[@pizzafries]

To dark for me, I like brightness. I'd feel really depressed in that house, I'd have to be outside all the time.

[@ebybeehoney]

This presentation made me think how the owners had too much money rather than directing me to the art of Wright's work.

[@el_wilder8860]

With all that open space, windows, and cement bricks it seems like it would be really cold during the winter. Im a fan of his work and always visit his Oak Park studio during the summer time and take the tour on Chicago Ave and Ive been to Taliesen III in Wisconsin.. absolutely love that place too but I have to admit Im not a fan of this one and Auldbrass in south carolina is hideous too imo.

[@loriboufford6342]

I have friends that own a FLW home. it's similar to this one. The winters are beautiful. The radiant floor heat, is exceptional to stay warm with. His placement of the large floor to ceiling windows, follow the sun perfectly. Nothing like good old-fashioned sunshine to warm up a winters day. being 6ft tall, my trouble with his homes, which I love very much are the low intimate cozy ceilings. Of course they're higher than 6 foot but I still always felt the need to duck.

[@nicolaxoxo1]

@@loriboufford6342 where is your friend’s home located? Is it hot in the summer? Mold issues?

[@adamlytle2615]

This is lovely but I could do without that ridiculous jet of water in the pond. Just let nature be nature.

[@drinkingpoolwater]

yea it’s corny. the pond is beautiful enough.

[@heru-deshet359]

Whoops! Never mind. I just looked up the price that went down to 7.2 mil. Too much maintenance I suppose.

[@age_of_reason]

I'll take it.

[@TheTerminalExpress]

I have noticed one subtle aspect of most of Wright's designs--he doesn't leave much space for art. Perhaps art would have distracted us from his genius design???

[@isaaczaslow8080]

Funny you should bring that up. Wright was actually known to be a little bit stuck up, and while his designs were absolutely incredible, most American architects did not want to work for him because of his temperament. He was known to tell his clientele to not put up any art because he believed a well designed home was the art in itself and anything extra on the walls took away from the design. Very rarely he would put up a painting or two in a house, but there have been stories of him walking into his houses unannounced and taking down art off the walls that his clients had put up. Hope that helps

[@angeldesigns9064]

Isaac Zaslow god forbid you rearrange your own furniture! All hell would break loose lol✨✨✨

[@chrisk8187]

What's with the MAJOR affectation on your head? You lose any credibility you may have had with that stylistic "choice". Love Wright and his still iconic design masterpieces, many are located in my home state of Wisconsin.

[@heru-deshet359]

Was the eight mil price the original cost of the house or the selling price of the house at the time this video was made? I understand a few FLW have been sold at a "Bargain" because of the high cost of maintenance or condition when sold, but this one is pristine.

[@spencerwilton5831]

Heru- deshet What do you think? Eight million in the 1960's would be the equivalent of 70 million today. Clearly it's the current price.

[@gapper3]

While I love the layout and the wood elements, I find that the use of cinder blocks (!!) cheapens the property. You can call it "playful", I call it ""ugly".

[@vc8424]

He was so ahead of his time, this looks like a house that was built last year, expect better

[@davidmdyer838]

Whenever I see his houses I think they must be impossible to heat.

[@barrywainwright3391]

Actually his homes were warm and cozy because the hot water piping heating system was built into the floors and heat radiated off the floor.

[@greatmustis]

Please visit Wingspread House...!!! please...!!!

[@LuCifer-ve8ve]

Totally ridiculous presentation..corny, cheesy...

[@LuCifer-ve8ve]

I don't need to own any kind of production company to have good taste.

[@smb123211]

Google - He's one of those who'd complain if Chopin played, Shakespeare acted or Caruso sung. They feel compelled to complain, never offer alternatives, etc.

[@LuCifer-ve8ve]

Umm no...you're a douche..

[@LuCifer-ve8ve]

The photography was excellent, the narrative and presenter were pretentious from what I recall.

[@kazoosc]

Google the presenter has a good voice, they have nice video. but this appears to have been cut out of a larger video .. the promised discussion of the Guggenheim does not show up, for example .. but from this presentation I have no real sense of the house layout or siting .. the approach beyond the gate .. they give the total bed/bath count -- but not how they relate to one another or the other spaces .. kitchen and/or pantry .. does it have a garage .. is there only the main patio .. how does the inner court come into play .. why was the addition requested -- what did it add .. where is that staircase with the slender, red steel poles? I can only guess

[@bebetigre1252]

how come the email icon dont work??

[@lindaking9222]

Setting almost a pretty as Falling Water

[@CyborgVegita]

where the hell are the kitchens in these homes

[@oltedders]

CyborgVegita Hiding with the bathrooms.

[@juliandavidac]

www.6sqft.com/own-frank-lloyd-wrights-horseshoe-shaped-tirranna-home-in-new-canaan-ct-for-8m/ Here, and it's amazing

[@realityhurts8697]

FLW's homes had very small kitchens, to days homes have huge kitchens. His baths were.much the same tiny by scale.

[@geewiz8253]

oltedders 😂 🚽

[@geewiz8253]

They’re too rich to have kitchens. They just order in or get the heli to a restaurant in Manhattan 😆 “Kitchen? What’s a kitchen? Oh, the place where I get glasses for my wine and a bit of expresso? Oh yes, right.”

[@trainwreck420ish]

Sorry, but his last great work was the Marin County civic center. That complex is awesome and I think it's bigger than the guggenheim

[@zulwhite6007]

A house like this should be a few paranormal thing living in there.....

[@mojodojo5533]

What is it about these real estate shows that they have to flash the rooms for 2 seconds and go to something else for 2 seconds. No time to process. Irritating as hell. I guess that's what pause button is for.

[@woodymonte]

Looks like a big cow pie in the desert.

[@gregwright9797]

what did Wright do about gutters and downspouts?

[@bettymiller1929]

The camera jerking around hurt my eyes

[@moviedude22]

What exactly is 8.1 baths supposed to mean?

[@atomicwedgie8176]

There's just a bar of soap on the the floor in one of the bathrooms.

[@nicodasm]

is the idea to show him or the house????

[@rsablosky]

When you say "increased ceiling heights," do you mean "higher ceilings"?

[@nmo3148]

ok I will say it. his work is now a historical curiosity. the houses are neither cosy, family homes, nor grand, entertainment spaces. they look institutional now.

[@mtlicq]

I thought Tirana was the capital city of Albania