Bartlesville, Oklahoma, is fortunate to have eight houses by Bruce Goff in its vicinity; the Collins house is among them. Commissioned by Russell Collins and built in 1959, the house survives today in remarkably near-original condition. Its recent sale allowed me to grab the following images from Zillow; it is definitely a house worth studying. Let’s hope its integrity will be preserved in the future!
The carport roof extends upwards to cover the core of the house; it is reminiscent of the roof and carport at Goff’s Freeman house built in the same year. Unlike the roof of the Collins house, however, the roof of the Freeman house is a single plane.
The back of the house reveals the split-level design and anchors a mature backyard oasis.
The carport. The entry is at left.
Goff’s use of expanded mesh in the balustrade and adjacent wall is very impressive! Note how the diamond pattern changes orientation according to location; it is sometimes vertical, diagonal or horizontal.
The front door as seen from the foot of the staircase.
The staircase as seen from the dining room.
The upper living area.
Dining room and kitchen beyond.
This window wall is sheer genius. It seems like every high-end house from this era has this same kitchen range in it… they must have been really well-made!
One of the four bedrooms.
One of the two bathrooms.
What’s not to love? More photos of this amazing house can be seen on Zillow.
Wowee – what a stunner! A real time capsule. I love the huge chimney but especially the downstairs living room with the fireplace and all windows. Are the entrance and kitchen walls one big glass with battens or separate windows? I take it the range slides out to get burners but where the heck is the fridge?
If they give it to me, I will move tomorrow, that is, if I don’t apply for the Gardeners job at Villa les Cedres which is for sale at $350 million. Formerly the estate of the folks that invented Grand Marnier.
Thanks for another Goff.
The house is definitely amazing. The window wall appears to contain multiple rectangular panes as opposed to being large sheets of glass covered by battens, but that is just a guess. The refrigerator can be seen in the additional photos shown in the listing on Zillow.
I see the fridge the reflection made it look like a glass cabinet with houseplants. I ran through the photos again and was struck by the fact that although the rooms are not mansion huge, they are structured in a way that they look monumental and intimate at the same time . I think the arched wood ceiling makes the rooms look bigger than they really are . Goff sure had a way with handling space and light, even better than Wright in many ways.
Wowee – what a stunner! A real time capsule. I love the huge chimney but especially the downstairs living room with the fireplace and all windows. Are the entrance and kitchen walls one big glass with battens or separate windows? I take it the range slides out to get burners but where the heck is the fridge?
If they give it to me, I will move tomorrow, that is, if I don’t apply for the Gardeners job at Villa les Cedres which is for sale at $350 million. Formerly the estate of the folks that invented Grand Marnier.
Thanks for another Goff.
The house is definitely amazing. The window wall appears to contain multiple rectangular panes as opposed to being large sheets of glass covered by battens, but that is just a guess. The refrigerator can be seen in the additional photos shown in the listing on Zillow.
I see the fridge the reflection made it look like a glass cabinet with houseplants. I ran through the photos again and was struck by the fact that although the rooms are not mansion huge, they are structured in a way that they look monumental and intimate at the same time . I think the arched wood ceiling makes the rooms look bigger than they really are . Goff sure had a way with handling space and light, even better than Wright in many ways.
I absolutely love the window wall!
Me too! So simple, but so powerful!