Frank Lloyd Wright (Architect)

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Male, US, born 1867-06-08, died 1959-04-09

Associated with the firms network

Taliesin Fellowship; Wright, Frank Lloyd, Studio, Oak Park

Professional History

Frank Lloyd Wright spoke on modern architecture in a talk at the University of Washington in early spring 1931.

Personal

Before the construction of Wright's Marin County Civic Center, the Marin County Board of Supervisors and the Civic Center Committee attended a lecture by the architect held at UC Berkeley 04/26/1957. They met with him later that day in San Francisco about the design of the building. Born Frank Lincoln Wright.

Associated Locations

  • Richland Center, WI (Architect's Birth)
    Richland Center, WI
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  • Phoenix, WI (Architect's Death)
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PCAD id: 292

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
Ablin, George and Millie, House, Bakersfield, CA1958BakersfieldCA
All Steel Houses Project, Los Angeles, CA1937Los AngelesCA
Anderton Court Shops, Beverly Hills , CA1952-1953Beverly HillsCA
Barnsdall Park Municipal Gallery Project, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1954Los AngelesCA
Barnsdall, Aline, House, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1917-1920Los AngelesCA
Berger House, San Anselmo, CA1950San AnselmoCA
Bollman, Henry House, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1922Hollywood, Los AngelesCA
Brandes, Raymond and Mimi, House, Sammamish, WA1952SammamishWA
Capitol Journal Building Project, Salem, ORSalemOR
Christian Science Church Project #2, Bolinas, CA1957
City of Los Angeles, Department of Recreation and Parks, Barnsdall, Aline, Park, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1927Los AngelesCA
County of Marin, Civic Center, San Rafael, CA1960-1966San RaphaelCA
Ennis, Charles and Mabel, House, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, CA1923-1924Los AngelesCA
Freeman, Samuel and Harriet, House, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA1923Los AngelesCA
Gordon, Conrad and Evelyn, House, Silverton, OR1963-1964SilvertonOR
Griggs, Chauncey L., and Johanna, House, Lakewood, Tacoma, WA1946-1954LakewoodWA
Hanna, Paul R. and Jean Shuman, House, Stanford, CA1936-1937StanfordCA
House Beautiful Living Room, Los Angeles, CA1954Los AngelesCA
Kundert Medical Clinic, San Luis Obispo, CA1954San Luis ObispoCA
Mauer, Dr., House #1 Project, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Millard, Alice House, Pasadena, CA1923PasadenaCA
Monolith Home Project, Racine, WIRacineWI
Morris, V.C. Store, Union Square, San Francisco, CA1949San FranciscoCA
Oboler, Arch and Eleanor, Eleanor's Retreat, Malibu, CA1940-1941MalibuCA
Oboler, Arch and Eleanor, Gatehouse, Malibu, CA1940-1941MalibuCA
Oboler, Arch and Eleanor, House #2, Malibu, CA1954-1955MalibuCA
Oboler, Arch and Eleanor, Studio Project, Malibu, CA1940-1944MalibuCA
Pearce, Wilbur C., House, Bradbury, CABradburyCA
Redding Pilgrim Congregational Church, Redding, CAReddingCA
Stewart, George C. and Emily, House, Montecito, CA1909MontecitoCA
Storer, John, House, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA1923-1924Los AngelesCA
Sturges, George D., House, Brentwood Heights, Los Angeles, CA1938-1939Los AngelesCA
Tracy, William and Elizabeth, House, Normandy Park, WA1955Normandy ParkWA
Walker, Della, House, Carmel, CA1948CarmelCA

Publications

"Landscape into Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House and the Romance of Southern California", AA Files, 3, 22-41, 1983-01. Canty, Donald J., "Client's eye view of a Wright classic: The Hannas write about their 'honeycomb house' at Stanford", AIA Journal, 70: 13, 64-67, 1981-11. "Hanna, Paul R. Residence, Palo Alto", Architect and Engineer, 3, 08/1937. "Ennis Brown House article", Architectural Digest, 36: 8, 10/1979. "Morris, V.C., Store article", Architectural Forum, 2/1950. "F.LL.W at Carnegie Tech", Architectural Forum, 91: 3, 26, 28, 9/1949. Knecht, Barbara, "Seismic upgrade for Frank Lloyd Wright's 1937 Hanna House at Stanford University", Architectural Record, 188: 11, 175-176, 2000-11. "On shaky ground", Architectural Record, 179: 6, 104-115, 1991-06. Woodbridge, Sally B., Woodbridge, John B., Architecture San Francisco: The Guide, 5, 1982. Antoniades, Anthony C., Architecture and Allied Design: An Environmental Perspective, Second Edition: 122, 1986. Antoniades, Anthony C., Architecture and Allied Design: An Environmental Perspective, Second Edition: 121, 1986. Antoniades, Anthony C., Architecture and Allied Design: An Environmental Perspective, Second Edition: 123-124, 1986. Antoniades, Anthony C., Architecture and Allied Design: An Environmental Perspective, Second Edition: 64, 122-123, 1986. "Rolling Shape for Rolliing Marin Hills", Architecture/West, 6-7, 10/1962. "Frank Lloyd Wright", Arts + Architecture, 1: 3, 7, 08/1982. Simo, Frank, Barnsdall Park : a new master plan for Frank Lloyd Wright's California Romanza, 1997. Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, Drexler, Arthur, Built in USA: Post-War Architecture, 118-119, 1952. Joncas, Richard, Turner, Paul V., "Paul and Jean Hanna House, 737 Frenchman's Road", Campus Guide Stanford University, Second Edition, 76-77, 2006. Morris, Edward Bateman, Century of AIA, 1957. Moore, Charles W., Allen, Gerald, Dimensions Space Shape and Scale in Architecture, 55, 1976. Moro, Ginger, "Wright the Weaver's Textile Block Houses: Restore or Destroy?", Echoes, 37, 64, 9/2001. Moro, Ginger, "Wright the Weaver's Textile Block Houses: Restore or Destroy?", Echoes, 37, 65, 2001-09. Moro, Ginger, "Wright the Weaver's Textile Block Houses: Restore or Destroy?", Echoes, 37, 62-67, 89-91, 93-97, 9/2001. Moro, Ginger, "Wright the Weaver's Textile Block Houses: Restore or Destroy?", Echoes, 37, 65, 9/2001. Moro, Ginger, "Wright the Weaver's Textile Block Houses: Restore or Destroy?", Echoes, 37, 66, 9/2001. Storrer, William Allin, Frank Lloyd Wright Companion, 217, 1993. Storrer, William Allin, Frank Lloyd Wright Companion, 284-285, 1993. Storrer, William Allin, Frank Lloyd Wright Companion, 336-337, 1993. Maddex, Diane, "Hollyhock House", Frank Lloyd Wright Inside and Out, 108-111, 2001. Maddex, Diane, "Morris Gift Shop", Frank Lloyd Wright Inside and Out, 228-231, 2001. Maddex, Diane, "Ablin House", Frank Lloyd Wright Inside and Out, 202-203, 2001. Maddex, Diane, "Storer House", Frank Lloyd Wright Inside and Out, 18-19, 2001. Maddex, Diane, "Hanna House", Frank Lloyd Wright Inside and Out, 130-131, 2001. Maddex, Diane, "Anderton Court Shops", Frank Lloyd Wright Inside and Out, 236-237, 2001. Maddex, Diane, Frank Lloyd Wright Inside and Out, 142-143, 2001. Maddex, Diane, "Kundert Medical Clinic", Frank Lloyd Wright Inside and Out, 240-241, 2001. Maddex, Diane, "Tracy House", Frank Lloyd Wright Inside and Out, 194-195, 2001. Maddex, Diane, "Brandes House", Frank Lloyd Wright Inside and Out, 182-183, 2001. Maddex, Diane, "Berger House", Frank Lloyd Wright Inside and Out, 176-177, 2001. Maddex, Diane, "Walker House", Frank Lloyd Wright Inside and Out, 166-167, 2001. Maddex, Diane, "Oboler Retreat", Frank Lloyd Wright Inside and Out, 146-147, 2001. Maddex, Diane, "Ennis House", Frank Lloyd Wright Inside and Out, 118-119, 2001. Maddex, Diane, "Marin County Civic Center", Frank Lloyd Wright Inside and Out, 248-251, 2001. Maddex, Diane, "Freeman House", Frank Lloyd Wright Inside and Out, 116-117, 2001. Maddex, Diane, "La Miniatura", Frank Lloyd Wright Inside and Out, 112-113, 2001. Hanna, Paul R., Hanna, Jean S., Frank Lloyd Wright's Hanna House; The Clients' Report, 1981. Longmead, Donald, Frank Lloyd Wright: A Bio-Bibliography, 384, 2003. Longmead, Donald, Frank Lloyd Wright: A Bio-Bibliography, 2003. Longmead, Donald, Frank Lloyd Wright: A Bio-Bibliography, 384, 2003. Longmead, Donald, Frank Lloyd Wright: A Bio-Bibliography, 383, 2003. Longmead, Donald, Frank Lloyd Wright: A Bio-Bibliography, 385, 2003. Longmead, Donald, Frank Lloyd Wright: A Bio-Bibliography, 386, 2003. Longmead, Donald, Frank Lloyd Wright: A Bio-Bibliography, 383, 2003. Frampton, Kenneth, "Frank Lloyd Wright, La Miniatura, Millard House, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.", GA Document Special Issue #3 Modern Architecture 1851-1945, 244-245, 1983. Frampton, Kenneth, GA Document Special Issue #3 Modern Architecture 1851-1945, 366, 1983. Seidler, Harry, Grand Tour, 524, 2003. Seidler, Harry, Grand Tour, 524, 2003. Levine, Neil, "Frank Lloyd Wright and His/story An Inclusive View", Journal of Taliesin Fellows, 11-12, Spring 1996. Levine, Neil, "Frank Lloyd Wright and His/story An Inclusive View", Journal of Taliesin Fellows, 19, 16-17, Spring 1996. Joncas, Richard, "Pedagogy and "reflex": Frank Lloyd Wright's Hanna House revisited", Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 52: 3, 307-322, 1993-09. Weil, Martin Eli, "Hanna honeycomb house restoration outlined", Journal of the Taliesin Fellows, 7, 5-9, 1992 Summer. Jencks, Charles, Kings of Infinite Space, 43-44, 1983. Jencks, Charles, Kings of Infinite Space, 38-44, 1983. Jencks, Charles, Kings of Infinite Space, 46-48, 1983. Jencks, Charles, Kings of Infinite Space, 52-56, 1983. Moss, Eric Owen, Lawson - Westen House, 6, 1995. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "19. Freeman House, 1924", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 150, 1994. Gebhard, David, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 97, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 128, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Millard House", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 371-373, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Hollyhock House", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 171, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 152, 1994. Kaplan, Sam Hall, "California Architects Honor Own: Experiments Hailed As State Council Lauds Achievements", Los Angeles Times, 1, 1986-03-09. Eastman, Janet, "Modern then, modern now", Los Angeles Times, F7, 9/11/2003. "New Residence Tract Opening", Los Angeles Times, 4, 1921-03-13. "Finding the Wright stuff for a Hollyhock House remake", Los Angeles Times, 1, 1989-05-02. Boehm, Mike, "Some Unfinished Business", Los Angeles Times, 2003-06-01. Vaughn, Susan, "Building on a Rich Tradition", Los Angeles Times, 37, 1993-07-09. Borden, Gail Peter, "Ennis-Brown House Frank Lloyd Wright Los Angeles, California", Material Precedent The Typology of Modern Tectonics, 32-33, 154-158, 2010. "Wright lecture", Pacific Builder and Engineer, 37: 23, 03/21/1931. Sarnitz, August, R.M. Schindler Architect 1887-1953, 84, 1988. Gebhard, David, Romanza: the California architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, 1988. Smith, Kathryn, Schindler House, 17, 2001. Smith, Kathryn, Schindler House, 13-14, 2001. "Seattle's 10 Greatest Homes Tracy Residence", Seattle Met, 44, 01/2012.

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