Suntop Homes
Ardmore, United States
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Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and commissioned in 1938 by the Tod Company's Otto Tod Mallery, the Suntop Homes in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, represented an experimental approach to affordable suburban housing based on Wright's 1935 Broadacre City vision. Originally conceived as a quadruple residence intended to increase single-family dwelling density while establishing new standards for entry-level housing, only the first of four planned units was completed in 1939, with master builder Harold Turner's involvement. The ambitious development faced escalating construction costs, World War II's disruption, and local opposition to multi-family housing, halting further construction. Two of the original dwellings suffered fire damage—one severely burned and left as a shell for decades before restoration, the other lost in the 1970s during renovation—while carports in other units were later enclosed for additional interior space. The design influenced subsequent projects, including an unrealized 1941–42 quadruple housing scheme for the federal government near Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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- Type
- single-family detached home
- Place
- Ardmore, United States
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