Architecture Wednesday: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Cooke House

Yeah, it’s another FLW house; sue me.

The Cooke House is just one of three FLW’s in Virginia and it’s for sale for $2.9M. The home was designed by FLW and completed in 1960—less than a year after the architect’s death—making it one of his last works.

The Cooke House is a large one, at 3,020 square feet, with four bedrooms and three baths, and faces the sunsets alongside Crystal Lake in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The home is made of double walls of glazed brick, red cypress, and copper roofing and incorporates several of FLW’s signature elements like radiant-slab heating, built-in furniture, and clerestory windows. In fact, in the 70-foot main room—FLW created a Great Room rather than separate rooms as in other designs—he included a  built-in 40-foot couch as well as cathedral ceilings and a curved glass wall to take in the lake views.

The most recent homeowner has updated the kitchen—though the original cabinetry was restored and reused—and one former owner added an underground bunker to the property, that was reconfigured into an art studio space. The current owner did extensive improvements adding new docks, deck, pier, and bulkhead; new plumbing, hot water heating, and automatic shades in living room and primary bedroom.

Seems like a steal at less than $3 million.

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