Architectural Spaces Featuring Indoor Plants

You may have seen indoor plants in various design magazines or in advertisements; now we turn to "The American Architect" Frank Lloyd Wright to see how he has showcased the natural living sculptures in indoor environments. Let us start with the Cedar Rock house in Quasqueton, Iowa. Built in the 1940s this house exemplifies the beauty of using natural lighting through the use of light shelves and skylights. 

Great for people and plants! The more plants in an indoor space the cleaner the air. The golden pothos or money plants growing on the light shelf, along with the peace lilies, Chinese evergreens, and monsteras growing in the planters also balance indoor air humidity. 

I have read that the pothos on the light shelf is a vine from the floor planter. This saves a lot of space! Golden pothos truly are a hard working plant, in my experience they will keep growing and growing without complaining. 

For a little background on Frank Lloyd Wright's design style; he loved dramatic spaces. Thus the need to create custom furniture, place plants where you may not expect them, and entrances that are uncomfortable to make the living space feel even more inviting. This is his compression and release design theory.

Images in this article were found at:  

http://www.peterbeers.net/interests/flw_rt/Iowa/Cedar_Rock/cedar_rock.htm. 

Peter Beers also gives his account of a personal tour on this webpage!

An example of a larger commercial space completed by Frank Lloyd Wright is 

the Johnson Wax building.

The columns always reminded me trees in an old growth forest. The plants growing in this picture are 

ficus trees and I have seen photos of Dracaena. 

In my opinion this space needs to have more trees as every tree would flourish with this abundance of 

natural light. 

This photo shows plants enjoying the 

skylight in the entrance. In the 

lower image, the beautiful 

Chinese evergreen is in the gold pot, 

and golden pothos are growing in a row. 

Plants like these two 

thrive in office settings with an abundance of fluorescent light.

Watering the plants below in the mid floor planters must be a treat. I spy Dracaenas, Peace lilies, and 

Golden pothos.

All are on the top 10 list for air purification and NASA approved. Any others that you recognize?

Hope these images inspire healthy natural decorating and designing! 

I had fun writing this post so please enjoy!

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