WHAT WE'RE HEARING: Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house to be built in UK
Frank Lloyd Wright’s original design for the house
Fallingwater, Pennsylvania, by Frank Lloyd Wright
Prairie House by Frank Lloyd Wright
Planning permission is being sought for a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house to be built at a site near Bristol.
The designs were originally made in 1947 by the renowned 20th-century American architect for a house on a plot in Santa Barbara, California. They have been bought in line with contemporary building regulations by Bath-based architect, Stephen Brooks, with permission from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, which protects the architect’s trademark.
The proposals are for a low-hung, steel-framed, eco-friendly house, overlooking a fishing lake. The commissioner of the project, Dr Hugh Pratt, local parish councillor and Frank Lloyd Wright enthusiast, proposes that the house will be open to the public on completion.