Chicago Bauhaus & Beyond

Schweikher House/Indian Lakes Tour On Saturday, June 17, 2006 Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond toured the Paul Schweikher home and studio, designed and built in 1938 on 7 1/2 acres of land with the gardens designed by noted Landscape Architect Franz Lipp. The home has been kept in original condition by its second owners, Chicago-area artist, Martyl and her husband, Physicist Alexander Langsdorf (deceased). We then visited the nearby Indian Lakes Resort by Don Erickson, student of Frank Lloyd Wright, designed in the mid-70’s as a pyramidal design of hexagon modules. Click here to view our slide show (Quicktime required)
The home is built of unfinished redwood that is in amazing condition for its age	One of guides showed us around the beautiful landscape
Horizontal lines were everywhere...	Architect Jeff Whyte was our guide for the tour
One of the tour groups gathers at the long covered entryway to the home	Note the corner window and huge brick fireplace in the living room
Everyone was fascinated by the history of the home
The home was designed by Schweikher on the boat back from a visit to Japan

Jeff shows us the hidden bar	Jill and Dan Obermaier with their “new “car, and a new friend
And now for something completely different!	We have arrived in the atrium at Indian Lakes Resort
	Our tour guide, CBB member Barb Padiak, shows us one of the huge penthouse suites
We got a view of the roof showing the skylights and the unusual support chains	Note the hexagonal ceiling
Hexagonal skylights over a honeycomb of hexagon rooms	The conversation pit in the conference center
At last, we make it to the Cave Bar for cocktails	We all got a little fuzzy, but the leopard pattern carpet in the Cave Bar is completely clear!