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Lloyd Wright’s vision of tranquility at Wayfarer’s Chapel

  • Wayfarers Chapel
  • April 25, 2012
An important foundation of the Los Angeles area’s architectural heritage includes the iconic designs of American master architect Frank Lloyd...
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Does This Old House Have the Wright Stuff?

Your L.A. Sightseeing Examiner is referring to Hollyhock House, Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Boulevard in East Hollywood. Of any sight your...
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Loving Frank in Los Angeles

In a city somewhat obsessed with organic food, nestled throughout our town are organic treasures of a different sort: organic architecture, notably...
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Frontierland: Returning to the Wild Wild West

Surrounded by our Pink Berries and Starbucks, it’s easy to forget that our city, Los Angeles, is still—at least geographically&mdash...
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Frank Lloyd Wright shares his panoramic view of LA

Many of the homes that line the tiny roads in the hills of Los Feliz have a similar concept behind their entrances: a house on a hill means more of...
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, Falling Water and Kentuck Knob

“America’s other great artists – our best painters, sculptors, composers – don’t really rank with the tops of all...
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Great Jewish architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright

  • Temple Beth Shalom
  • May 25, 2011
Symbolism is the use of concrete things to denote abstract ideas. One of the most impressive and astonishing modern-day concrete symbols Judaism...
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When a hurricane-proof building can’t take rain

  • Storm-proofing a building
  • May 18, 2011
Only four months old, the $36 million Dali Museum building has sprouted 29 pinhole leaks and its 18-inch-thick walls meant to withstand a Category...
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One house of scandel, one house of horror and one house of irony

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Oak Park Studio, Taliesin-East & Taliesin-WestYou will be amazed how this true story ends!One of the great mysteries...
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Call it the anti-Vegas aesthetic

What can set a building apart in a town of florid grand hotels, where every structure overdresses in the fustian garb of baronial Europe? What...
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