Millard House

Pasadena, United States

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The Millard House, commonly known as La Miniatura, is a three-story concrete textile block residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1924 in Pasadena, California. Built for rare-book dealer Alice Millard on a ravine-side site at 645 Prospect Crescent, it was the first of four such textile block houses Wright would construct in Greater Los Angeles during the 1920s. The structure features concrete blocks engraved with cross-shaped motifs and a stucco water table, with a floor plan shaped like two overlapping squares encompassing 4,230 square feet. Its dual entrances—pedestrian and vehicular—respond to the sloped site, while interior spaces include a dining room, living room with balconies, and bedrooms distributed across all three floors. Though the original contractor abandoned the project partway through construction, Millard and Wright completed the house themselves. Following her death in 1938, it became a notable example of organic architecture and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.