Frank Lloyd Wright

#212: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House (East Hollywood) 

#212: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House (East Hollywood) 

June 8, 2024
Architecture
Completed in 1921, Hollyhock House was Frank Lloyd Wright's first LA commission, and a departure from the prairie style that made him famous. This was one part of a planned theater complex for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall. And while their grand vision was never carried out, the house still stands as one of Wright's most significant buildings.
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#200: Lloyd Wright House and Studio (West Hollywood)

#200: Lloyd Wright House and Studio (West Hollywood)

March 31, 2024
Architecture
This distinctive Mayan-inspired home is where architect Lloyd Wright lived and worked for over 50 years. It was built in 1927 during an important transitional phase that found him flourishing as an independent designer after years of collaborating with others – including his dad, Frank Lloyd Wright.
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 #156: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Anderton Court Shops (Beverly Hills)

 #156: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Anderton Court Shops (Beverly Hills)

June 8, 2023
Architecture
Though the Anderton Court Shops (1954) don’t get the love of Frank Lloyd Wright's other work in Los Angeles, they occupy a singular place in his canon. These six small shop spaces make up the only retail building that Wright designed from the ground up. You'll see echoes of his other work in the spire, the spiraling ramp and the repeated chevron pattern. Mostly though, you'll see the snazziest-looking building on Rodeo Drive by a mil
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#132: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Millard House (Pasadena)

#132: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Millard House (Pasadena)

December 28, 2022
Architecture
The Millard House (aka "La Miniatura") was the first of Frank Lloyd Wright's four textile block homes in Los Angeles. It marked a radical new phase in Wright's architecture, an attempt to democratize housing by ennobling the humble concrete block as a building material. It was also a remarkable integration of site and building that still stuns a century later.
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