Best of Frank Lloyd Wright

Wright’s design for a Usonian house he called Project #5909 had been on his drawing board when he died in 1959. The dwelling was meant for his client Louis Penfield, who already had one home designed by Wright (built in 1953) on his property in Willoughby Hills, Ohio. When the Dykstras bought the land in 2018, they decided to make Project #5909—now known as RiverRock House—a reality. Photo: Malissa Mabey Photo

Discover the most unique Airbnbs the country has to offer, including this four-bedroom Schwartz House on the shores of Lake Michigan. It showcases trademark Frank Lloyd Wright features, from the built-in banquettes to interior brick walls. #FrankLloydWright #architect #architecture #design #brick #retro #woodpaneling

Frank Lloyd Wright houses are more than just the output of one creative mind—they are the blueprint for so much of American architecture. Architect John Lautner said it best when he wrote that Wright “contributed so many ideas that there are details of work, each one of which could create a whole new architectural style,” in AD in 1971. Born in 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin, Wright had a career that spanned 70 years, during which he designed more than 1,100 projects. Impressively...

A graphic shot of the Guggenheim | archdigest.com

Mother-daughter team Debbie and Sarah Dykstra set themselves a challenge most people wouldn’t take on: building a home using the plans from a 1959 design by Frank Lloyd Wright. Starting September 3, you can watch the whole process on The Last Wright: Building the Final Home Design of America’s Greatest Architect, which premieres on the Magnolia Network and will stream on HBO Max the following day. Executive-produced by Chip and Joanna Gaines, this four-part series follows the complex...

Wright initially planned to build a 21-house Usonian community for a group of scientist friends who all worked at Upjohn in this town 10 miles east of Kalamazoo, Michigan, but only four homes were constructed in The Acres, including the three-bedroom Eppstein House. As an example of Wright’s Usonian style, the ranch-level home’s concrete and mahogany—a feature in the other three homes too—blend into the rolling landscape you can observe from one of the three terraces. #sponsored

Architectural historian Mark Anthony Wilson creates a striking compendium of Frank Lloyd Wright’s West Coast projects | archdigest.com

Wright's 1953 masterpiece, Fallingwater, a residence in rural southwestern Pennsylvania | archdigest.com

The desert that surrounds Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home and studio, is no stranger to camping. Which is perhaps why it is the perfect place to unveil the Airstream Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian Limited Edition Travel Trailer, a new collaboration between the architect’s eponymous foundation and the American travel trailer brand. Photo: Andrew Pielage

The living room at Wright's 1923 Storer house in Los Angeles | archdigest.com

The kitchen features extensive use of mahogany, and six-and-a-half-foot ceilings | archdigest.com

Built in the early 1960s by the noted Angeleno architect Frank Lloyd Wright Jr. (otherwise known as Lloyd Wright) for film star Daniel De Jonghe, the residence hints at Taliesin West, the Arizona home and studio of Wright’s famous father. Bill Kaulitz, the German singer-songwriter and Tokio Hotel frontman, knew this was the house for him just by laying eyes on the driveway, a carefully and elegantly carved swath in the terrain. “I fell in love immediately,” he says, recalling the home’s...

Crafted from brick and Wright’s signature tidewater cypress and based on an equilateral triangle design, this three-bedroom home spans two wooded acres only a mile from the University of Michigan’s campus. Completed in 1950 for William and Mary Palmer, who lived in the house until 2009, it features Wright’s signature long hipped roof boasting deep overhangs, as well as a cantilever above the terrace. Staying in this multilevel marvel is a true Wright immersion, as many Wright-designed...

"We used a concrete floor, but instead of staining it red, we ground it down so it looks like terrazzo and added a gray stain to give it a different color," says Washatko. "It’s done in the nature of the floor of the original house but doesn't mimic it." Shown here is the pool house kitchen | archdigest.com

Next to the master bedroom was once a dressing room and nursery, which Washatko combined into one larger space that could fit a soaking tub | archdigest.com