Tag: Robert Berger House

  • Frank Lloyd Wright’s Doghouse

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    I spotted this Frank Lloyd Wright inspired doghouse from Pre-Fab-Pets.com on crib candy.
    “That would be a perfect gift for Brad Pitt if he had a dog,” I thought. Last year Angelina arranged for Brad to privately visit Wright’s famed Fallingwater outside of Pittsburgh.

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    Fallingwater © Time Magazine

    Then I wondered if Frank Lloyd Wright ever did design a doghouse, and look what I found….

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    Berger Doghouse © William Allin Storrer

    …this doghouse designed in the 1950’s by Frank Lloyd Wright for Robert and Gloria Berger in San Anselmo, CA. He designed a house for them too…

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    Berger House © William Allin Storrer

    And it seems the poor yellow-tagged Ennis House, damaged by earthquakes and floods in LA, has become something of a doghouse too. Who would put a sign on Wright’s beautiful scrollwork?!

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    Ennis House © Alan M. Pavlik

    Maybe there are liability issues if they don’t warn you about this guy…

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    Ennis House © Alan M. Pavlik

    Click here to contribute to the Ennis House preservation. Clearly this landmark is in desperate need of help : (