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Built for his son David and daughter-in-law Gladys, this Phoenix residence is one of Wright’s most innovative and unusual works of architecture.
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017
In 1903 heiress and social activist Susan Lawrence Dana commissioned Wright to remodel her family’s 1868 Italianate mansion to better suit her social ambition and extravagant entertaining needs.
James Charnley, a longtime friend of Louis Sullivan, commissioned Adler & Sullivan to design his home in 1890.
A limestone bluff above Iowa’s Wapsipinicon River provides a stunning setting for the complex of buildings that served as a summer retreat for Lowell Walter, a Des Moines businessman, and his wife.
When Michigan industrialist C. Leigh Stevens challenged Wright to create a plantation that would reflect contemporary use and economics while remaining true to its southern root, Wright designed Auldbrass.
In 1938 Frank Lloyd Wright was entering the most productive period of his life and, once again, was in the media spotlight.
The B. Harley Bradley House (also known as “Glenlloyd”) is a major transitional work that marks the beginning of Wright’s Prairie style.
This elaborate Prairie style residence, with its Coach House, Gardener’s Cottage and accompanying gardens, marks the first time that Wright used “zoned planning.” This approach involves dividing spaces based on their function and he would use it for the rest of his career.
The Heurtley House, commissioned by one of Wright’s wealthier clients, is considered one of the earliest examples of the Prairie style.