"Over the course of four episodes, viewers of The Last Wright have watched Frank Lloyd Wright's last design come to life, as mother and daughter team Debbie and Sarah Dykstra built a home based on a long-lost set of plans by legendary architect. Tonight at 8pm EST on Magnolia Network, fans will get to see the completed house revealed. Wright's design for a Usonian house he called Project #5909 had been on his drawing board when he died in 1959."
"The season follows Sarah and Debbie's journey from deciding to serve as the general contractors on the project to navigating the requirements of the local architectural review board under the guidance of Joseph L. Myers and Rob Shearer. The pair get expert encouragement from Fallingwater's Director Justin Gunther, and architect Bing Hu, a graduate of Taliesin West, Wright's school of architecture."
Debbie and Sarah Dykstra built Frank Lloyd Wright's final Usonian design, Project #5909, on land they purchased in 2018, naming it RiverRock House. The design dated from Wright's drawing board in 1959 and was intended for Louis Penfield. The Dykstras acted as general contractors and navigated local architectural review requirements with guidance from Joseph L. Myers and Rob Shearer. The build encountered delays including a late steel delivery, difficulty sourcing appropriately sized river rocks, and challenges finishing custom concrete floors in Wright's signature red. The project received input from Fallingwater's director Justin Gunther and architect Bing Hu.
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