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PROUDLY SUPPORT FALLINGWATER
AND THE WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY
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GEORGE BERDAN RESIDENCE (1945
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PLANS 1947
ADDITIONAL WRIGHT STUDIES |
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Date: 1945
Title:
Original
George Berdan Ground and Upper Floor Plan, Ludington, Michigan
(Project 1945).
Description: Original drawing for the Ground and
Upper Floor Plan for the George Berdan Residence (Project). In
1945, George Berdan commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a
summer home on the shores of Lake Michigan. Ludington, Michigan
is located about half way between Grand Rapids and Traverse
City, on the shore of Lake Michigan. It was set on a sandy bluff
overlooking Lake Michigan.
The Berdan plan is a two-story rectangular Usonian. The lower
rectangular level contains the living room and fireplace,
dining, workspace and utilities. Extending off the far end of
the living room is a bathroom and bedroom. The entrance to the
house is at the front of the carport. The gallery or hall, has a
lowered ceiling and runs the full length of the rectangular
portion of the house. In the lowered ceiling are square light
boxes. At the end of the gallery, just before the bath and
bedroom, the outer wall is broken by three floor to ceiling
doors that open out to the front yard. The back yard faces the
lake and the view. As you step out from gallery the space
explodes from a lowered ceiling to the living room’s two
stories. On the opposite side of the living room, facing the
water, the ceiling next to the outer wall is lowered and mimics
the gallery with square light boxes. Floor to ceiling doors
cover the full length on
the living room wall and open outward. The
living room has a mitered glass corner. Stairs from the dining
area lead to the upper level. Brick walls surround the workspace
and dining area as well as the utility room on the lower level,
which includes the fireplace in the living room. The upper bath
is enclosed in brick on four sides.
The upper level adds a second bedroom and bath. Stairs at the
top of the upper level open to a balcony that overlooks the two
story living room. At the opposite end of the second level is
the bedroom. Doors open out to a balcony that overlooks Lake
Michigan.
The plan is
designed utilizing 2' 6" square units. The lower level is
approximately 944 square feet, the upper approximately 375 with
the balconies for a total of approximately 1319 square feet.
Constructed of board and batten siding, and brick.
Text: "House for Mr. George Berdan. Ludington, Michigan. Frank
Lloyd Wright Architect." Lower plan text: "Ground Floor Plan."
Upper plan text: "Upper Floor Plan." Signed and dated "November
17, 1945." Original drawing for the Ground and Upper Floor Plan
for the George Berdan Residence. Medium: Colored pencil on
paper. Providence Toomey & Company, Oak Park, Illinois.
See Additional Detail...
Size:
Frame: 28 7/8" high x 48 3/4" Wide, Sheet: 18 7/8" x 33."
S#:
0647.49.1221 |
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Date:
1970
Title:
Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibition of Darwin
D. Martin Windows and George Berdan Blueprints, 1970.
Description: "Frank Lloyd
Wright. Windows from the Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, N.Y. /
Drawings and Blueprints for the George Berdan House. Richard
Feigen Gallery, New York, September 19 – October 14, [1970].
Richard Feigen Gallery, 141 Greene Street, New York." In 1945,
George Berdan commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a summer
home on the shores of Lake Michigan. Ludington, Michigan is
located about half way between Grand Rapids and Traverse City,
on the shore of Lake Michigan. It was set on a sandy bluff
overlooking Lake Michigan. Designed in 1945, it remained a
project. Blueprints were exhibited in 1970 at the Richard Feigen
Gallery, New York. See
original George Berdan Ground and Upper Floor Plan.
Size:
8 x 10 Color
photograph.
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GEORGE BERDAN PLAN 1945 |
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1) "George
Berdan Residence Aerial Perspective, Ludington, Michigan
(Project 1945). Aerial Perspective of the George Berdan
Residence. (FLLW #4501.001). Courtesy of the Frank Lloyd
Wright Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University.
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1B) Detail of the
George Berdan Residence, Ludington, Michigan (Project 1945). |
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2A) The Berdan plan is a two-story rectangular Usonian. The lower
rectangular level contains the living room and fireplace,
dining, workspace and utilities. Extending off the far end of
the living room is a bathroom and bedroom. The entrance to the
house is at the front of the carport. The gallery or hall, has a
lowered ceiling and runs the full length of the rectangular
portion of the house. In the lowered ceiling are square light
boxes. At the end of the gallery, just before the bath and
bedroom, the outer wall is broken by three floor to ceiling
doors that open out to the front yard. The back yard faces the
lake and the view. As you step out from gallery the space
explodes from a lowered ceiling to the living room’s two
stories. On the opposite side of the living room, facing the
water, the ceiling next to the outer wall is lowered and mimics
the gallery with square light boxes. Floor to ceiling doors
cover the full length on
the living room wall and open outward. The
living room has a mitered glass corner. Stairs from the dining
area lead to the upper level. Brick walls surround the workspace
and dining area as well as the utility room on the lower level,
which includes the fireplace in the living room. The upper bath
is enclosed in brick on four sides. The upper level adds a second bedroom and bath. Stairs at the
top of the upper level open to a balcony that overlooks the two
story living room. At the opposite end of the second level is
the bedroom. Doors open out to a balcony that overlooks Lake
Michigan. |
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2B)
The Berdan plan is a two-story rectangular Usonian. The lower
rectangular level contains the living room and fireplace,
dining, workspace and utilities. Extending off the far end of
the living room is a bathroom and bedroom. The entrance to the
house is at the front of the carport. The gallery or hall, has a
lowered ceiling and runs the full length of the rectangular
portion of the house. In the lowered ceiling are square light
boxes. At the end of the gallery, just before the bath and
bedroom, the outer wall is broken by three floor to ceiling
doors that open out to the front yard. The back yard faces the
lake and the view. As you step out from gallery the space
explodes from a lowered ceiling to the living room’s two
stories. On the opposite side of the living room, facing the
water, the ceiling next to the outer wall is lowered and mimics
the gallery with square light boxes. Floor to ceiling doors
cover the full length on
the living room wall and open outward. The
living room has a mitered glass corner. Stairs from the dining
area lead to the upper level. Brick walls surround the workspace
and dining area as well as the utility room on the lower level,
which includes the fireplace in the living room. The upper bath
is enclosed in brick on four sides. |
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2C) Detail of the
George Berdan Residence, Ground Floor Plan. |
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2D) The upper level adds a second bedroom and bath. Stairs at the
top of the upper level open to a balcony that overlooks the two
story living room. At the opposite end of the second level is
the bedroom. The upper bath
is enclosed in brick on four sides. Doors open out to a balcony that overlooks Lake
Michigan. |
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2E) Detail of the
George Berdan Residence, Upper Floor Plan. |
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2F) Signed and dated "November 17, 1945." |
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2G) Frame: 28 7/8" high x 48 3/4" Wide, Sheet: 18 7/8" x
33." |
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PROCEEDS FROM EVERY SALE GOES TO SUPPORT THE WRIGHT LIBRARY.
