Nice house!

[ironhat]

I don't have permission to use the pic but you can find a tour here. It has elements of F.L. Wright about it. As in all things there things that I love and others, not so much.

EDIT: That link takes you to the main page - can't link directly where I wanted. So, at the header you choose Residential Projects. Now, to the bottom and choose The Cooper House. That should get you there.

[kevincan]

Cool house. I wish that they had more pictures.

[pelligrini]

Pretty cool house, really neat details.
He cartainly does have cause to brag.

A few of his statements were lacking in humility though.

"The client stated, “Someday people will study the custom design work of Todd A. Clippinger the way that they study Frank Lloyd Wright.”

It was because of this opportunity that I was juried into the 2007 Western Design Conference. It is one of the top furnishing and design shows in the nation. Craftsman from all over the country apply for a chance to be seen in this show.

[chopnhack]

I don't care for the style. It looks like, as in many cases of "high design" their was little thought given to the maintenance and operation of such a place. I don't know what climate they are in, but their is an awful lot of glass to heat, cool, keep clean, protect from burglary, etc. Not my cup of tea.

[crokett]

Very impressive house. My experience is that the people who have the money to build such a house aren't the ones cleaning it and don't care about the costs to heat and cool it.

[chopnhack]

Very impressive house. My experience is that the people who have the money to build such a house aren't the ones cleaning it and don't care about the costs to heat and cool it.

I understand that, however, I think that good design should keep more than just perspective in balance...

[cabinetman]

How does that saying go? "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder".
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[LarryG]

Pretty cool house, really neat details.

Really neat considered individually, but the sum of their parts is less than it should be. It's as if he tried to use every good idea he ever had (and more than a couple of Wright's) in one building.

"The great thing about the design details of the house, is that we did not get stuck in one style. The house is certainly 'Prairie' but not everything was designed in that style.

"There is also an Asian and Modern dialect spoken through the house. Somehow it works."

Eh ... maybe for him it does.

[JR]

It's a neat-looking place, but the comparison to FL Wright is a bit ambitious. Wright had a clarity of vision that these guys don't share.

Wright's masterpiece, Falling Water, used very few materials, principally local rock, concrete, steel, and glass, plus black walnut for the furnishings. The result is a building firmly rooted in the landscape. These guys have all manner of "treatments", many of which are very nice, but the result it a hodge podge.

Howard Roark, Ayn Rand's fictional architect, would be very unhappy with this building. Of course, Roark was unhappy most of the time, but that's a whole 'nother matter.

JR

[pelligrini]

Howard Roark, Ayn Rand's fictional architect, would be very unhappy with this building. Of course, Roark was unhappy most of the time, but that's a whole 'nother matter.

JR

Hehe, I think he was happy being unhappy.

[pelligrini]

Really neat considered individually, but the sum of their parts is less than it should be. It's as if he tried to use every good idea he ever had (and more than a couple of Wright's) in one building.

"The great thing about the design details of the house, is that we did not get stuck in one style. The house is certainly 'Prairie' but not everything was designed in that style.

"There is also an Asian and Modern dialect spoken through the house. Somehow it works."

Eh ... maybe for him it does.

We're just looking at the individual parts too. It's hard for me to pass judgement without seeing how they work with the spaces they are in.