Image Courtesy Wikipedia Commons.īoth Wright’s first work in the San Francisco region and his first work with non-rectangular structures, the Hanna House (also known as the Hanna-Honeycomb House) was designed as part of a 25-year collaboration with Stanford Professor Paul Hanna and his wife, Jean. Both the Home and Studio are open for tours and, when you’re done, you can take a self-guided audio tour of the Oak Park neighborhood, which boasts the world’s largest collection of Wright-designed buildings. A National Historic Landmark, the Home and Studio is owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and has been restored, maintained, and operated as a museum by the The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust. Originally quite small, Wright designed a number of additions during the twenty-year period in which he lived in the home with his wife and six children. Adjacent to the home is Wright’s studio, which buzzed with fellow artisans and architects. Let’s start with Wright’s first home, shall we? Built in 1889 when Wright was only 22, his Oak Park residence served as the architect’s laboratory where he experimented with concepts that led to the development of his iconic Prairie Style of architecture. While there are numerous must-see Frank Lloyd Wright structures scattered across the United States, we’ve selected the sixteen best residences we feel exemplify Wright’s pioneering vision and relentless quest to create efficient and beautiful places to live.įrank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio. Thanks to the efforts of non-profit organizations, countless devotees, scholars, preservationists and curators helping keep these treasures alive, Wright's work continues to inspire new generations of designers and design lovers. To this day, Wright's legacy continues to live on through both museum exhibitions across the country - the Milwaukee Art Museum and MoMA both celebrated the 150th anniversary of his birth this year with retrospectives - and the abundance of his structures that remain intact and open to the public.
During the course of his 70-year career, Wright designed more than 1,000 homes, offices, schools, and other structures across the United States and abroad, seeing more than half of them to completion. One of the most notorious and revered architects in American history, Wright changed the face of modern living forever (we have him to thank for inspirations such as open floor plans, carports, and air conditioning).
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