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News and updates from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation

1922-1934

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Samuel Freeman House

Samuel and Harriet Freeman fell in love with Wright’s architecture as guests at the Hollyhock House.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Nakoma Golf Resort

Frank Lloyd Wright conceived of the Nakoma Clubhouse in 1923 at the request of the Nakoma Country Club in Madison, WI.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

John Storer House

One of four Mayan Revival-style textile block houses that Wright built in Southern California between 1922-1934, the Storer House is notable for its richly textured concrete walls and is the only of its kind to employ multiple patterns on its blocks (four in all).

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Graycliff

Perched on a cliff high above Lake Erie on the outskirts of Buffalo, NY, Graycliff is one of the most ambitious summer estates Wright ever designed, and has been aptly called “the Jewel on the Lake.” Wright had remained friends with the Martins ever since designing their Buffalo residence some twenty years earlier.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Ennis House

The Ennis House—a veritable Hollywood icon, with over 80 screen appearances—is the last and largest of Wright’s four Los Angeles-area “textile block” houses.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Blue Sky Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Cemetery

Wright designed Blue Sky Mausoleum at the request of Darwin D. Martin, the secretary of the Larkin Soap Company (Wright’s first public commission) and Wright’s longtime friend.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017

Arizona Biltmore Resort

Though the extent of Wright’s involvement with this project remains unclear, the Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Cottage complex is generally recognized as a collaboration between Wright and Albert Chase McArthur, a former draftsman in Wright’s Oak Park studio.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017