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Having met Winslow while working at Adler and Sullivan, a newly independent 26-year old Wright would claim the Winslow House as his first independent commission.
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017
The Ward Willits House represents a radical step forward in Wright’s emerging design maturity and is considered his first true Prairie house.
The house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1951 for Patrick Kinney (a Lancaster, Wisconsin attorney), his wife Margaret, and their three children.
Kentuck Knob, where architecture and sculpture are seamlessly integrated into the beautiful landscape. Located in the Laurel Highlands of western Pennsylvania, Kentuck Knob is an excellent illustration of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian architecture.
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).
The residence, built as a retirement home for Harold Price and his wife, is a true desert dwelling, located on a 9-acre plot on the outskirts of Phoenix.
Located on four acres in the northern suburbs of Cincinnati, this exemplary Usonian Automatic home incorporates 11 different patterns of concrete block and over 400 inset windows.
When the Bogks commissioned Wright to build their house, he was preparing to set sail for Japan to oversee construction of the Imperial Hotel.
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.