Hollyhock House

Los Angeles, United States

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Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for heiress Aline Barnsdall, the Hollyhock House stands in the East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles as a landmark of Mayan Revival architecture. Completed in 1921, the house takes its name from the hollyhock-inspired motifs decorating its design. The structure consists of three wings arranged around a central courtyard, with walls of hollow clay tiles, wood frames, and stucco that slope inward at their tops. Wright was assisted by Rudolph Schindler, Richard Neutra, and his son Lloyd Wright in designing the main house and its accompanying buildings—two guesthouses, a garage, the Schindler Terrace, and the Spring House. Originally envisioned as part of a larger theatrical complex on the then-named Olive Hill, only these structures were ultimately built. The city of Los Angeles acquired the property in 1927, establishing it as Barnsdall Park. The house, spanning 6,000 square feet across its living, dining, kitchen, gallery, and bedroom wings, is accessed by a long loggia and surrounded by terraces and pools. Now a house museum and UNESCO World Heritage Site, it remains a masterwork of early modernist residential design.

Architect

Frank Lloyd Wright

Movement

Mayan Revival architecture

Built: 1921
Type: historic site, single-family detached home, historic house museum
Heritage: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, National Register of Historic Places listed place
Place: Los Angeles, United States

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