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Looking like something out of the distant future it would have become an incredible landmark if it had every been constructed. This very short 2008 animation imagines what could have been!
V.C. Morris Seaclif House
San Fransisco, CA 1945
Wright envisioned the Morris house would take advantage of the site by designing it to sit atop a tapered concrete pier, supporting it against a very steep cliff. The two glass rooms at the top of the tapered column would have given 270 degree views of the surrounding terrain that included the Golden Gate Bridge, completed eight years earlier. Unfortunately this home was never approved by his client although he did get approval and built their gift store which can be found in downtown San Francisco's Union Square.
When questioned by the owner about the omission of traditional store-front windows on the facade of the building, Wright replied, "We are not going to dump your beautiful merchandise on the street, but create an arch-tunnel of glass, into which the passers-by may look and be enticed. As they penetrate further into the entrance, seeing the shop inside with its spiral ramp and tables set with fine china and crystal, they will suddenly push open the door, and you've got them.
The reality, unfortunately is a imaginative structure built on the fantastic site. It is circled in the aerial view shown below.
The vistas from the home are incomparable. The property was listed at 18 million in 2008, but is now at 11.5!
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