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[kenkuhl]

These are some photos I took in May of 2002 during visits to Chicago and LA of homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. (All homes except for Unity Temple, one of my favorites.) These were taken with my old digital camera and I don't consider them to be that great...but I was learning.

I'm just posting some of my favorites here, but you can see the rest on my website photo album at: photo.kenkuhl.com/franklloydwright

Chicago first:

Arthur B. Heurtley House (1902)


Nathan G. Moore House (1895-1923)


Edward R. Hills House (1906)


Frank W. Thomas house (1901)


Unity Temple (1905)


Unity Temple exterior detail:


Unity Temple exterior:


Unity Temple interior:


Unity Temple interior:


Los Angeles:

La Miniatura was under significant renovation at the time, so all I really got was a shot of the front gate:


The Ennis-Brown House has been in several movies (Blade Runner, Grand Canyon, & House on Haunted Hill):


the other (up-hill) side of Ennis-Brown:


Ennis-Brown courtyard:


The Freeman House is tiny, at least from the street. This is about all of it that you can see from the street:


This is a detail of one of the Freeman House blocks:


The Storer House is one of my favorites. It is a private residence.


Storer House again:


Sturges House:


Sturges House again:

[RD Milhollin]

Wright's work amazes me. Is design work of that quality being done today? I was a passenger in a car trying to find a residence in the northside of Chicago recently and saw the Hills house while just driving by. It jumps out at you, there is no mistaking that it is something special even though it is roughly the same size and dimensions as the neighboring homes. Amazing stuff; and nice photos to boot!

Prairie Style Pup

[John T Roberts]

Ken, those are great pictures of Frank Lloyd Wright homes.

Pup, I would say that the quality of design is not there in today's homes and buildings. However, I will add one footnote, many of Wright's structures have suffered from design flaws (so have many other architects, as well).

[Donna C]

I was in Pontiac, Illinois (about 2 hours southwest of Chicago) and found that my friend lives next door to a Frank Lloyd Wright designed home. Pontiac is a fairly small town (when compared to Fort Worth, definitely!). (This was January 2003.)

Here it is...