Topic “Concrete Block”

Sowden House (II)

Franklin Avenue
Hollywood, California

Lloyd Wright, Architect 1926

Although his father ultimately abandoned textile block construction, Lloyd Wright employed patterned concrete blocks in a number of his own designs.

This is a detail of the cavelike front entrance of the house.

Sowden House (I)

Franklin Avenue
Hollywood, California

Lloyd Wright, Architect 1926

The fortess-like exterior of the Sowden house hides a private courtyard which can be glimpsed very briefly during a party scene in L.A. Confidential

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