Topic “Lloyd Wright”
Sowden House (II)
18 Feb, 2001
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)
18 Feb, 2001
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
Samuel-Novarro House
18 Feb, 2001
02/18/2001 - Samuel-Novarro House (1928), Lloyd Wright, Architect
5609 Valley Oak Drive
Los Feliz/Hollywood Hills, CA
Built for Louis Samuel and later owned by Ramon Novarro, the Samuel-Novarro house is sometimes mistakenly attributed to Frank Lloyd Wright™, Senior.
Lloyd Wright (Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr.) built a successful practice in Los Angeles after coming here to supervise his father's few Los Angeles projects in the 1920's.
Frank Lloyd Wright is a registered trademark of the Frank Lloyd Wright foundation.
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