An Insider’s Tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House
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An exterior view of the living room, which looks out at the surrounding landscape.
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A pergola serves as an open-air entry to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House, completed in 1921 and recently restored to its original splendor.
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A detail of the entry’s interior shows how Hollyhock House is prescribed not by four walls but by fragments or pieces in a nontraditional open plan.
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The cast concrete fireplace incorporates geometry from Hollyhock House’s layout and ornament generated by its namesake, the favorite plant of owner Aline Barnsdall.
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A detail of ornament over the living room fireplace.
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The living room features Wright-designed seating centered in front of the fireplace.
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The living room seating echoes the forms of the house, and the custom-designed rugs and textiles are informed by the hollyhock.
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Wright planned every detail of the interior, including lighting in the living room.
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Note all the materials Wright incorporated into this section of angled ceiling. Rigorous composition helps integrate this area with the rest of the design.
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An open-air covered circulation space with stained-glass windows faces the entry pergola on the opposite side of the courtyard.
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A view of the central courtyard from the amphitheater-like reflecting pool.
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Exterior ornament and interior glass create texture and shadow informed by Wright’s impression of the hollyhock.
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A view of the colonnade and steps to the second-level terrace. Wright’s new California vernacular took advantage of the warm weather, sunlight, and shadow.
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Wright designed all the furnishings and textiles.
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A view from the second-level terrace to the courtyard and reflecting pool.
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Hollyhock carvings form the support for the planter that faces Los Angeles.
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In the kitchen, the ceiling design combines oven exhaust, cabinetry millwork, and windows into a unified composition.
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Wright’s glass corners and stained-glass windows cast shadows and light into this second-story space.
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A detail of a carved frieze that wraps around an exterior corner of the house.
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From the exterior, a view of the glass corner that encloses the second-story space.