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Gerald B. Tonken's Residence title Gerald B. Tonken's Residence Title false
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6980 Knoll Road, Amberley Village (Cincinnati, Ohio) location 6980 Knoll Road, Amberley Village (Cincinnati, Ohio) Location false
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Amberley Village (Cincinnati, Ohio) subject Amberley Village (Cincinnati, Ohio) Subject false
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National Register of Historic Places subject National Register of Historic Places Subject false
Description:
Built for the automobile dealer Gerald B. Tonkens and his wife Rosalie, the low slung house features walls of windows that overlook a terrace and an interior with a hearth and fireplace that form a focus for the living area. The shell of the house is built with what Wright called "textile blocks," which were cinder blocks designed around fourteen different patterns. An interlocking grid of vertical and horizontal steel rods is set within the blocks, a technique first used by Wright in his California houses of the early 1920s. Set on a concrete slab and topped by a flat roof, deeply recessed coffers or panels form the walls and ceilings. Clear glass blocks form U-shaped bands of windows and clerestories. The blocks are stacked vertically to form columns along the window-wall of the living room and extend into the interior to form shelves on which objects can be displayed. Philippine mahogany plywood is used on the interior walls, shelves, and built-in storage units. A sense of spaciousness and light is achieved in functioning areas through ceiling heights, rising to fourteen feet in the entry and kitchen area and contracting to the lowest level in corridors. Light enters in modulated large and small window groupings through the blocks, which are of generous scale and thickness. description Built for the automobile dealer Gerald B. Tonkens and his wife Rosalie, the low slung house features walls of windows that overlook a terrace and an interior with a hearth and fireplace that form a focus for the living area. The shell of the house is built with what Wright called "textile blocks," which were cinder blocks designed around fourteen different patterns. An interlocking grid of vertical and horizontal steel rods is set within the blocks, a technique first used by Wright in his California houses of the early 1920s. Set on a concrete slab and topped by a flat roof, deeply recessed coffers or panels form the walls and ceilings. Clear glass blocks form U-shaped bands of windows and clerestories. The blocks are stacked vertically to form columns along the window-wall of the living room and extend into the interior to form shelves on which objects can be displayed. Philippine mahogany plywood is used on the interior walls, shelves, and built-in storage units. A sense of spaciousness and light is achieved in functioning areas through ceiling heights, rising to fourteen feet in the entry and kitchen area and contracting to the lowest level in corridors. Light enters in modulated large and small window groupings through the blocks, which are of generous scale and thickness. Description false
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2009 reproduction_date 2009 Reproduction Date false
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