Hanna “Honeycomb” House (1936)
The Hanna house on Stanford’s campus is also known as the “Honeycomb House” — this because its design was based on the hexagonal geometric figure (the honeycomb) produced by bees. It was Wright’s first non-rectangular design and… it drove the construction crews absolutely nuts. Ninety-degree angles were one thing, but in 1937 — the year […]
La Miniatura (1923)
La Miniatura, also known as the Millard House, is a textile block house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1923 in Pasadena, California. It is one of Wright’s most famous and innovative works, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (This page may contain affiliate links. See our disclosure about […]
Storer House (1923)
The Storer House is a Frank Lloyd Wright house in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles built in 1923. The structure is noteworthy as one of the four Mayan Revival style textile-block houses built by Wright in the Los Angeles area from 1922 to 1924. The house was commissioned by Dr. John Storer, a homeopathic […]
Freeman House (1923)
The Samuel Freeman House, perched in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, is a unique example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s experimentation with textile block houses. Built in 1923, the house utilizes over 12,000 cast concrete blocks, textured with pre-Columbian designs, to create a unified look both inside and out. Wright’s design cleverly utilizes the slope […]
Ennis House (1923)
Frank Lloyd Wright had designed the first of his California homes in 1909. Built in 1910 and located in Montecito, the design was a 5,000 sq, ft. “summer cottage” for Emily and George C. Stewart. His third design in the state (there were 24 in all) was a home for Charles and Mabel Ennis. Designed […]
Hollyhock House (1921)
Hollyhock House added to World Heritage List On July 7, 2019, UNESCO announced the addition of the Barnsdall Hollyhock House along with seven other Frank Lloyd Wright designed buildings to the United Nations’ list of the world’s most significant cultural and natural sites. (This page may contain affiliate links. See our disclosure about affiliate links […]
Stewart House (1909)
Before closing up his Oak Park studio in Chicago and heading to Europe in late 1909, Frank Lloyd Wright put together blueprints for what would then be his only Prairie-style residence in California: the Emily and George C. Stewart summer cottage, located in Montecito, CA, about a half mile from the Pacific Ocean in Santa […]