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GREGORY AFFLECK HOUSE, BLOOMINGTON HILLS, MICHIGAN (1940 - S.274) PLANS 1940 AFFLECK 2021 ADDITIONAL WRIGHT STUDIES TECH NEWS: LAWRENCE INSTITUTE Date: 1940
Title: Gregor S. Affleck House, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Floor Plan and Section 1940 (1940 - S.274).
Description: Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. The bedroom wing is on the left, the living space is on the right.
In 1946, Progressive Architecture published an in-depth article on the Affleck house. “The plan scheme screens the house from the approach side, windows on this front being restricted to transom-type sash at ceiling height. Entrance to the house from the front door is an ever-expanding progression of openness and light. The narrow entry leads into the loggia where windowed doors to a balcony are supplemented by skylights and a “floor lantern,” glazed at the bottom... Continue...
Size: 10 x 7 B&W photograph.
S#: 0531.107.0723Date: 1942 Title: Gregor S. Affleck House, 1942 (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Description: Exterior, viewed from the Southwest. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. The bedroom wing is on the left, the lower door opens to the workshop and utilities in the basement. Stairs just to the right of the door lead up to the Loggia, with four sets of floor to ceiling doors, and balcony. The Living Room and Balcony are cantilevered out over the ravine on the right. Photographed by Joe Munroe in 1942. Munroe was a staff photographer at the Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, from 1941 to 1943. Published as part of the photo essay in the October 1946 issue of Progressive Architecture, page 68.
Size: 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
S#: 0593.07.0514
Date: 1942 Title: Gregor S. Affleck House, 1942 (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Light Screen Detail.
Description: Exterior, viewed from the South. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. The master bedroom is on the left, the small cut light screen windows are cut into the master bedroom wall. Photographed by Joe Munroe in 1942. Munroe was a staff photographer at the Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, from 1941 to 1943. Published as part of the photo essay in the October 1946 issue of Progressive Architecture, page 68.
Size: 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
S#: 0593.08.0514
Date: 1942 Title: Gregor S. Affleck House, 1942 (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Description: Interior view of Living Room from the North. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. Floor to ceiling doors lead to the balcony. Wright designed Usonian chair sets to the left side of the Living Room. The Living Room and Balcony are cantilevered out over the ravine. Photographed by Joe Munroe in 1942. Munroe was a staff photographer at the Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, from 1941 to 1943. Published as part of the photo essay in the October 1946 issue of Progressive Architecture, page 69.
Size: 10 x 7.25 B&W photograph.
S#: 0593.09.0514
Date: 1942 Title: Gregor S. Affleck House, circa 1942 (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Description: Gregor and Elizabeth Affleck, interior view of western corner of the Living Room. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. Gregor and Elizabeth sitting by the fireplace (to the right of the camera, out of view). They have the January 1938 issue of Architectural Forum open to page 21. Possibly photographed by Joe Munroe in 1942. Munroe was a staff photographer at the Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, from 1941 to 1943.
Size: 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
S#: 0593.10.0514
Date: 1942 Title: Gregor S. Affleck House, circa 1942 (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Description: Interior view of western corner of the Living Room. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. Details of the built-in shelves.. Possibly photographed by Joe Munroe in 1942. Munroe was a staff photographer at the Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, from 1941 to 1943.
Size: 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
S#: 0593.11.0514
Date: 1942 Title: Gregor S. Affleck House, circa 1942 (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Description: Interior view of the Living Room fireplace, looking North toward the Workspace. Three cantilevered shelves wrap around the corner, accordion doors separate the workspace from the Dining Room. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. Possibly photographed by Joe Munroe in 1942. Munroe was a staff photographer at the Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, from 1941 to 1943.
Size: 8 x 10 B&W photograph.
S#: 0593.12.0514
Date: 1942 Title: Gregor S. Affleck House, 1942 (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Description: Interior view of Loggia looking Southwest. Floor to ceiling doors open to the Balcony. Windows on the far right open to the bedroom. Skylights flood the area with light. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. Photographed by Joe Munroe in 1942. Munroe was a staff photographer at the Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, from 1941 to 1943. Published as part of the photo essay in the October 1946 issue of Progressive Architecture, page 69.
Size: 7.75 x 10 B&W photograph.
S#: 0593.13.0514
Date: 1942 Title: Gregor S. Affleck House, 1942 (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Description: Interior view of gallery, looking from the entryway toward the Master Bedroom at the end. The wall on the left, slopes inward, is created by overlapping cypress boards. Built-in shelves cantilever out from the wall, just below the windows that cap the wall on the right. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. Photographed by Joe Munroe in 1942. Munroe was a staff photographer at the Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, from 1941 to 1943. Published as part of the photo essay in the October 1946 issue of Progressive Architecture, page 70.
Size: 7.5 x 10 B&W photograph.
S#: 0593.14.0514
Date: 1942 Title: Gregor S. Affleck House, 1942 (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Description: Interior view of Master Bedroom western corner. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. Photographed by Joe Munroe in 1942. Munroe was a staff photographer at the Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, from 1941 to 1943. Published as part of the photo essay in the October 1946 issue of Progressive Architecture, page 70.
Size: 7.5 x 10 B&W photograph.
S#: 0593.15.0514
Date: 1953 Title: 6) #83: George Affleck Residence Model (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Description: Gregor Affleck, a chemical engineer, was born in Chicago and spend his younger years near Spring Green, Wisconsin. Elizabeth Affleck was fond of Fallingwater. The site they selected for their home was sloped, and traversed by a small stream that lead to a pond. Wright designed the raised Usonian home for the property. The living area cantilevers dramatically over the stream bed. This model was exhibited in 1940, at the MOMA exhibited "Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect". Photograph of model is published in "Frank Lloyd Wright / Sixty Years of Living Architecture" (Zurich), 1952, page 60.
Size: Faded 4.5 x3.25 sepia tone photograph
S#: 0987.54.0813
Date: 1954
Title: Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954 (Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation project #5427).
Description: A traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia (January 1951). The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy (June 1951). In "Sixty Years" (New York), Wright notes that from Florence the Exhibition traveled to "Switzerland, France, German and Holland". The Exhibition catalogs are dated: Paris (April 1952), Zurich (End of May 1952), Munich (May 16 - June 15, 1952), and Rotterdam (dated June 1, 1952). After two years in Europe the exhibition crossed the Atlantic to Mexico City, then to New York (1953). After an exhibition in Los Angeles, June, 1954, the final exhibition took place in Chicago, October, 1956. The Los Angeles exhibition premiere was held at Barnsdall Park’s Municipal Art Center on June 1, 1954, then open to the public from June 2 to July 11, and was extended to July 25, 1954. A temporary pavilion, similar to the pavilion in New York, was attached to the line of kennels that reached from the house to the garage. Exhibition Model #83 & Panel #92 & #98. "Affleck House, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., 1941. Model." Top Left: "Johnson Laboratory Tower, Racine, Wisc., 1947." Top Right: "Shop for V. C. Morris, San Francisco, Cal., 1948." Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954. Photographed by Loch Crane in June, 1954.
Size: Color 2.25" negative, high res scan, and 8 x 8 Color photograph
S#: 1045.42.1116-21Date: 1954
Title: Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954 (Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation project #5427).
Description: A traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia (January 1951). The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy (June 1951). In "Sixty Years" (New York), Wright notes that from Florence the Exhibition traveled to "Switzerland, France, German and Holland". The Exhibition catalogs are dated: Paris (April 1952), Zurich (End of May 1952), Munich (May 16 - June 15, 1952), and Rotterdam (dated June 1, 1952). After two years in Europe the exhibition crossed the Atlantic to Mexico City, then to New York (1953). After an exhibition in Los Angeles, June, 1954, the final exhibition took place in Chicago, October, 1956. The Los Angeles exhibition premiere was held at Barnsdall Park’s Municipal Art Center on June 1, 1954, then open to the public from June 2 to July 11, and was extended to July 25, 1954. A temporary pavilion, similar to the pavilion in New York, was attached to the line of kennels that reached from the house to the garage. Exhibition Model #83 & Panel #92 & #98. "Affleck House, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., 1941. Model." Top Left: "Johnson Laboratory Tower, Racine, Wisc., 1947." Top Right: "Shop for V. C. Morris, San Francisco, Cal., 1948." Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954. Photographed by Loch Crane in June, 1954.
Size: B&W 2.25" negative, high res scan, and 8 x 8 B&W photograph
S#: 1045.42.1116-22Date: 1954
Title: Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954 (Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation project #5427).
Description: A traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia (January 1951). The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy (June 1951). In "Sixty Years" (New York), Wright notes that from Florence the Exhibition traveled to "Switzerland, France, German and Holland". The Exhibition catalogs are dated: Paris (April 1952), Zurich (End of May 1952), Munich (May 16 - June 15, 1952), and Rotterdam (dated June 1, 1952). After two years in Europe the exhibition crossed the Atlantic to Mexico City, then to New York (1953). After an exhibition in Los Angeles, June, 1954, the final exhibition took place in Chicago, October, 1956. The Los Angeles exhibition premiere was held at Barnsdall Park’s Municipal Art Center on June 1, 1954, then open to the public from June 2 to July 11, and was extended to July 25, 1954. A temporary pavilion, similar to the pavilion in New York, was attached to the line of kennels that reached from the house to the garage. Exhibition Model #83. "Affleck House, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., 1941. Model." Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954. Photographed by Loch Crane in June, 1954.
Size: B&W 2.25" negative, high res scan, and 8 x 8 B&W photograph
S#: 1045.42.1116-23Date: 1954
Title: Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954 (Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation project #5427).
Description: A traveling exhibition of Wright's work, consisting of models, photographs and original drawings. A Preview of the exhibition was held in Philadelphia (January 1951). The world wide tour opened in Palazzo Strozzi Florence, Italy (June 1951). In "Sixty Years" (New York), Wright notes that from Florence the Exhibition traveled to "Switzerland, France, German and Holland". The Exhibition catalogs are dated: Paris (April 1952), Zurich (End of May 1952), Munich (May 16 - June 15, 1952), and Rotterdam (dated June 1, 1952). After two years in Europe the exhibition crossed the Atlantic to Mexico City, then to New York (1953). After an exhibition in Los Angeles, June, 1954, the final exhibition took place in Chicago, October, 1956. The Los Angeles exhibition premiere was held at Barnsdall Park’s Municipal Art Center on June 1, 1954, then open to the public from June 2 to July 11, and was extended to July 25, 1954. A temporary pavilion, similar to the pavilion in New York, was attached to the line of kennels that reached from the house to the garage. Exhibition Drawing #83. "Affleck House, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., 1941." Sixty Years of Living Architecture Exhibition, Los Angeles 1954. Original plot plan and elevation for the Affleck House, 1941. This drawing published in Monograph 1937-1941, House for Gregory Affleck, Scheme #1, 1941, p.253. Photographed by Loch Crane in June, 1954.
Size: B&W 2.25" negative, high res scan, and 8 x 8 B&W photograph
S#: 1045.42.1116-24Date: Circa 1958 Title: Gregor S. Affleck House, Circa 1958 (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Description: Exterior viewed from the South. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. The Living Room and Balcony are cantilevered out over the ravine. Photographed by Balthazar Korab. Similar image published in the December, 1959 issue of AIA Monthly Bulletin, Michigan, page 22-23, and the March-April 1978 issue of the Frank Lloyd Wright Newsletter, page 2.
Size: 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
S#: 1259.44.0514
Date: Circa 1958 Title: Gregor S. Affleck House, Circa 1958 (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Description: Interior view of Loggia looking South. Floor to ceiling doors open to the Balcony. Skylights flood the area with light. The Living Room is on the left. Designed by FLW in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. Photographed by Balthazar Korab. Published in the December, 1959 issue of AIA Monthly Bulletin, Michigan, page 23, and the March-April 1978 issue of the Frank Lloyd Wright Newsletter, page 2.
Size: 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
S#: 1259.45.0514
Date: 1961 Title: Gregor S. Affleck House, 1961 (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Description: Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. Viewed from the South, the three bedrooms and two baths are on the left. The Loggia, with four sets of floor to ceiling doors, and balcony are in the center. The Living Room and Balcony are cantilevered out over the ravine on the right. Greger Affleck was born in born 1898. Elizabeth Affleck, born 1903. He was about 43 years when they moved into the home and would have been about 63 when this photograph was taken, so he is most-likely the gentleman in the foreground. Hand written on verso: "7-18-16." Stamped on verso: "Joe Clark, H.B.S.S., 20 Bartlett at Woodward, Detroit 3, Michigan, TUlsa 3-3912, Photographic Ideas. Pictures that tell a story." They lived in the home until their deaths, Elizabeth in 1973 and Gregor in 1974. The home was donated to the Lawrence Institute of Technology in 1977.
Size: Original 13.5 x 9.25 B&W photograph.
S#: 1483.23.0514
Date: 1961 Title: Gregor S. Affleck House, 1961 (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Description: Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. Viewed from the Southeast, down in the ravine. The Living Room and Balcony are cantilevered out over the ravine on the left, the Dining Room, Workspace and Carport are on the right. Gregor Affleck was born in born 1898. Elizabeth Affleck, born 1903. He was about 43 years when they moved into the home and would have been about 63 when this photograph was taken, so he is most-likely the gentleman in the foreground. They lived in the home until their deaths, Elizabeth in 1973 and Gregor in 1974. The home was donated to the Lawrence Institute of Technology in 1977. Photographed in July, 1961 by Joe Clark.
Size: 10 x 6.25 B&W photograph.
S#: 1483.24.0514
Date: 1978 Title: Gregor Affleck House Exterior 1978 (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Description: Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. Viewed from the South, the three bedrooms and two baths are on the left. The Loggia, with four sets of floor to ceiling doors, and balcony are in the center. The Living Room and Balcony are cantilevered out over the ravine on the right. Photographed by Walt Bizon in 1978. Bizon enrolled as a student at the Lawrence Institute of Technology in 1970, after graduation continued in the AV Department. As of 2010, he still worked at LIT.
Size: 10 x 6 B&W photograph.
ST#: 1978.48.0514
Date: 1978 Title: Gregor Affleck House Exterior 1978. Gregor S. Affleck House (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Description: Clipping taped to verso: "Southfield College will Get Mansion. One of Detroit area’s most famous houses, the Affleck House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, has been donated to the Lawrence Institute of Technology... The Home in Bloomfield Hills was given to the college by the children of the late George S. and Elizabeth B. Affleck. A chemical engineer, Affleck was president of Colloidal Paint Products. "Mother and Dad loved the house and we wanted to help LIT by providing students an historic and creative architectural example from which to learn," said Mrs.. Mary Ann Lutomski of Bloomfield Hills. She and her brother, Gregor Affleck of Royal Oak, gave the house jointly. The house was completed in 1941 and is considered a fine example from the period of Wright’s architectural career he called ‘;Usonian’ - a way of building a structure in harmony with a site. The style included open planning in the living area and small bedrooms. It features shiplapped siding and then-novel radiant heating n polished concrete floors..." Stamped on verso: "Feb 21 1978"; "Walt Bizon". Hand written on verso: "78J6R1-20 #6". Acquired from the archives of the Detroit free Press.
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
ST#: 1978.39.1011
Date: 1978 Title: Gregor Affleck House Window Detail
Description: Gregor S. Affleck House (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Photographed by Walt Bizon for the Lawrence Institute of Technology. The home was donated to the Lawrence Institute of Technology in 1977. It was restored in the 1980s. "There are two things wrong with a Frank Lloyd Wright house. People will hardly let you get one built and will hardly let you live in it when it's done." client Gregor Affleck. Dating photograph: The thee lined printing "THIS PAPER / MANUFACTURED / BY KODAK" was commonly used in the 1970s-80s. #78J6R1-24.
Size: Original 5 x 7 silver gelatin photograph
ST#: 1978.26.0207
Date: 1978
Title: Affleck House (Published by the Lawrence Institute of Technology, School of Architecture, Southfield, Michigan)
Author: Lawrence Institute of Technology
Description: A four-page pamphlet describing gift of the Affleck House.
School of Architecture Given Affleck House. Affleck House, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed residence of the late Gregor S. and Elizabeth B. Affleck, has been gifted to Lawrence Institute of Technology, Dr. Richard E. Marburger, president of the private Southfield college, announced today.
The home, in the City of Bloomfield Hills, was given in memory of their parents by the Afflecks' daughter, Mary Ann (Mrs. Karl F.) Lutomski of Bloomfield Hills, and son, Gregor P. Affleck of Royal Oak. It has been valued for its artistic merit at more than $800,000 by Dr. William A. Storrer, University of South Carolina professor and author who is generally considered the nation's foremost authority on Wright's architecture.
"Mother and dad loved the house," Mrs. Lutomski said, "and we want to help LIT by providing students an historic and creative architectural example from which to learn." Gregor S. Affleck died in 1974 at the age of 81 and his wife, Elizabeth B., died in 1973 at the age of 72.
Affleck House, commissioned by the owners and completed in 1941, is one of Wright's most distinctive achievements according to architectural scholars. It represents the last great period of Wright's architecture he called "Usonian" - a way of building a structure in harmony with a site. The style included open planning in the living areas, small bed-rooms, and a sense of zoning that sought to maximize whatever spaciousness smaller home might have...
Includes one illustration and three photographs of the Affleck House, one photograph by Balthazar Korab.
Size: 8.5 x 11
Pages: Pp 4
ST#: 1978.73.1024Date: 1979 Title: Gregor Affleck House Exterior
Description: Gregor S. Affleck House (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Stamped on verso: "Detroit Free Press, Dec 4 1979. Photo by Mary Schroeder". Caption pasted to verso, dated Jan 8 1980: "Before he sat down to his drawing board, Frank Lloyd Wright had Gregor Affleck select a site where no other architect would build. This house Wright designed in Bloomfield Hills sweeps over a steep ravine split by a brook." Article pasted to verso, dated Dec 12 1988: "500 inspect house built by Wright. By Jeanne May, Free Press Staff Writer. "When you walk through the Affleck House – the Bloomfield Hills house that architect Frank Lloyd Wright built in 1941 – you often feel squeezed from above above by low ceilings or squeezed from both sides by narrow hallways. ‘You have that continually in Wright buildings, because he wanted you to have the feeling you were moving through space.’ said Anthony Gholz, a member of the board of governors of the Friends of Frank Lloyd Wright-Affleck house. The land-hugging house – L-shaped and built on three levels – has an entrance room, a living-and... Dirt and waxed, through which ran hot water pipes that heat the house. Caption: The Frank Lloyd Wright-Affleck House, designed by Wright in 1941, sweeps over a steep ravine split by a brook in Bloomfield Hills." Acquired from the archives of the Detroit Free Press.
Size: Original 8 x 10 B&W Print.
ST#: 1979.24.0411
Date: Circa 1980 Title: Gregor Affleck House Exterior circa 1980 (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Description: Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. Viewed from the Southeast, down in the ravine. The Living Room and Balcony are cantilevered out over the ravine on the left, the Dining Room, Workspace and Carport are on the right. Photographed by Walt Bizon circa 1980. Bizon enrolled as a student at the Lawrence Institute of Technology in 1970, after graduation continued in the AV Department. As of 2010, he still worked at LIT.
Size: 10 x 6.5 B&W photograph.
ST#: 1980.32.0514
Date: 1986 Title: Gregor Affleck House Exterior 1986 (1940 - S.274), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Description: Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. The bedroom wing is in the foreground on the left. The Living Room Balcony cantilevers out over the ravine on the right. Stamped on verso: "Detroit News Photographer Robinson." Label taped to verso: "Photographer: Robinson. Date: 3/4/86. Subject of Assignment: House for the Working Man. Frank Lloyd Wright. The Lawrence Institute of Tech Owns the House. Location of Assignment: 1925 N Woodlawn, Bloomington Hills. Reporter: Schwrt."
Size: Original 10 x 8 B&W photograph.
ST#: 1986.59.1214
Date: 2021
Title: Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274).
Description: Set of 47 exterior photographs of the Gregor S. Affleck Residence. Designed in 1940 by Frank Lloyd Wright, completed in 1941. Greger Affleck was born in Chicago in 1898, Elizabeth Affleck was born 1903. George spent many of his younger years near Spring Green, Wisconsin and knew of Wright’s home and work. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1919 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He was about 43 years when they moved into the house. Wright had instructed the Afflecks to “find a site that no one else can build anything on.” They found acreage in Bloomfield Hills was sloped, and traversed by a small stream that lead to a pond. dramatically over the stream bed... Continue...
Size: Original 23 X 15 high res digital images.
ST#: 2021.35.0723 (1-47)
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See adiitional photographs...GREGORY AFFLECK PLANS 1940
Gregor S. Affleck House, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Floor Plan and Section 1940 (1940 - S.274). Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. The bedroom wing is on the left, the living space is on the right.
In 1946, Progressive Architecture published an in-depth article on the Affleck house. “The plan scheme screens the house from the approach side, windows on this front being restricted to transom-type sash at ceiling height. Entrance to the house from the front door is an ever-expanding progression of openness and light. The narrow entry leads into the loggia where windowed doors to a balcony are supplemented by skylights and a “floor lantern,” glazed at the bottom, which admits light, provides a view of the garden beneath, and – when opened in summer – becomes what Mrs. Affleck terms ‘an organic air-conditioning unit.’ A turn to the left opens into the great, irregular-shaped general living space, windowed from floor to ceiling at the southern cornertoward the living balcony and the down-sloping woodland. To an exceptional degree – though not for Mr. Wright – the house and its site are part of each other, and it is difficult to draw clear distinctions between the elements of plan, materials, structure, and finished design.”
“Exterior walls of wood are built of double layers of one-inch-thick overlapping boards screwed together, with continuous insulation between the layers. While ingenious (the structure itself forming both interior and exterior finish), this sloping-wall construction seems rather prodigal in the use of the material and something of an anachronism, in that it creates hard-to-justify shearing and overturning stresses at every joint and (where it serves as a non-bearing wall) its solidity seems excessive.” Progressive Architecture, October, 1946. This floor plan and section was published in the January 1948, Architectural Forum. Courtesy of Architectural Forum.
1) Gregor S. Affleck House, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Floor Plan and Section 1940 (1940 - S.274).
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1940, the home was completed in 1941. The bedroom wing is on
the left, the living space is on the right. (S#0531.107.0723)2) Detail of the Gregor S. Affleck House, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Floor Plan and Section 1940 (1940 - S.274). 3) Detail of the Gregor S. Affleck House, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Floor Plan and Section 1940 (1940 - S.274). 4) Detail of the Gregor S. Affleck House, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Floor Plan and Section 1940 (1940 - S.274). GREGORY AFFLECK RESIDENCE 2021
Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). Set of 47 exterior photographs of the Gregor S. Affleck Residence. Designed in 1940 by Frank Lloyd Wright, completed in 1941. Greger Affleck was born in Chicago in 1898, Elizabeth Affleck was born 1903. George spent many of his younger years near Spring Green, Wisconsin and knew of Wright’s home and work. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1919 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He was about 43 years when they moved into the house.
Wright had instructed the Afflecks to “find a site that no one else can build anything on.” They found acreage in Bloomfield Hills was sloped, and traversed by a small stream that lead to a pond. Wright designed the raised Usonian home for the property. The living area cantilevers dramatically over the stream bed. The house is constructed brick and cypress, with lapped boards running horizontally. A 4' x 4' grid is inscribed in the· concrete floor. Brick joints are racked horizontally, vertical joints are flush with the brick surface, enhancing the horizontal look.
In 1940, a model of the Affleck house was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Wright On Exhibit, Smith, 2017, p.185. The model was also exhibited in Sixty Years of Living Architecture, which had exhibits in nine different cities worldwide from 1951-1956.
In 1946, Progressive Architecture published an in-depth article on the Affleck house. “The plan scheme screens the house from the approach side, windows on this front being restricted to transom-type sash at ceiling height. Entrance to the house from the front door is an ever-expanding progression of openness and light. The narrow entry leads into the loggia where windowed doors to a balcony are supplemented by skylights and a “floor lantern,” glazed at the bottom, which admits light, provides a view of the garden beneath, and – when opened in summer – becomeswhat Mrs. Affleck terms ‘an organic air-conditioning unit.’ A turn to the left opens into the great, irregular-shaped general living space, windowed from floor to ceiling at the southern corner toward the living balcony and the down-sloping woodland. To an exceptional degree – though not for Mr. Wright – the house and its site are part of each other, and it is difficult to draw clear distinctions between the elements of plan, materials, structure, and finished design.”
“Exterior walls of wood are built of double layers of one-inch-thick overlapping boards screwed together, with continuous insulation between the layers. While ingenious (the structure itself forming both interior and exterior finish), this sloping-wall construction seems rather prodigal in the use of the material and something of an anachronism, in that it creates hard-to-justify shearing and overturning stresses at every joint and (where it serves as a non-bearing wall) its solidity seems excessive.” Progressive Architecture, October, 1946, includes 13 photographs of the Affleck House.
"There are two things wrong with a Frank Lloyd Wright house. People will hardly let you get one built and will hardly let you live in it when it's done," Gregor Affleck.
In 1978 the house was donated to the Lawrence Institute of Technology, by the children of the late George S. and Elizabeth B. Affleck.
Set of 47 exterior photographs of the Gregor Affleck Residence photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Our intent is to record the details that create the totality of the design, creating a complete picture, as-well-as the present condition of the homes. In an effort to expedite adding these photographs to this website, we have dispensed with a description for each photograph. Original 23 X 15 high res digital images.
1) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-1) 2) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-2) 3) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-3) 4) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-4) 5) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-5) 6) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-6) 7) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-7) 8) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-8) 9) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-9) 10) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-10) 11) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-11) 12) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-12) 13) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-13) 14) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-14) 15) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-15) 16) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-16) 17) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-17) 18) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-18) 19) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-19) 20) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-20) 21) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-21) 22) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-22) 23) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-23) 24) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-24) 25) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-25) 26) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-26) 27) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-27) 28) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-28) 29) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-29) 30) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-30) 31) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-31) 32) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-32) 33) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-33) 34) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-34) 35) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-35) 36) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-36) 37) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-37) 38) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-38) 39) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-39) 40) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-40) 41) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-41) 42) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-42) 43) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-43) 44) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-44) 45) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-45) 46) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-46) 47) Gregor S. Affleck Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Exterior 2021 (1940 - S.274). 23 x 15 high res digital image photographed by Douglas M. Steiner on September 18, 2021. Copyright 2023, Douglas M. Steiner. (ST#2021.35.0723-47) TECH NEWS, LAWRENCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Date: 1978
Title: Tech News, Lawrence Institute of Technology - March 8, 1978 (Published weekly by students of Lawrence Institute of Technology, Southfield, Michigan)
Author: Anonymous
Description: School of Architecture Given Affleck House. Affleck House, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed residence of the late Gregor S. and Elizabeth B. Affleck, has been gifted to Lawrence Institute of Technology, Dr. Richard E. Marburger, president of the private Southfield college, announced today.
The home, in the City of Bloomfield Hills, was given in memory of their parents by the Afflecks' daughter, Mary Ann (Mrs. Karl F.) Lutomski of Bloomfield Hills, and son, Gregor P. Affleck of Royal Oak. It has been valued for its artistic merit at more than $800,000 by Dr. William A. Storrer, University of South Carolina professor and author who is generally considered the nation's foremost authority on Wright's architecture.
"Mother and dad loved the house," Mrs. Lutomski said, "and we want to help LIT by providing students an historic and creative architectural example from which to learn." Gregor S. Affleck died in 1974 at the age of 81 and his wife, Elizabeth B., died in 1973 at the age of 72.
Affleck House, commissioned by the owners and completed in 1941, is one of Wright's most distinctive achievements according to architectural scholars. It represents the last great period of Wright's architecture he called "Usonian" - a way of building a structure in harmony with a site. The style included open planning in the living areas, small bed-rooms, and a sense of zoning that sought to maximize whatever spaciousness smaller home might have...
Includes one photograph by Balthazar Korab.
Size: 11.5 x 15.5
Pages: Pp 1
ST#: 1978.72.1024
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