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With more than a thousand projects to his name—created over a 70-year career that straddled the turn of the century and made way for modernism—it’s safe to say Frank Lloyd Wright is among the most masterful and beloved architects of our time. Today, his impact continues because of his enduring design philosophies and formal teachings.
As a salute to the great FLW and his achievements, we’ve created a compendium of our recent reporting on him and his sphere of influence. Whether you’re looking to learn more about the architect’s design thinking or just poke around inside Frank Lloyd Wright homes that have surfaced on the market, scroll ahead and indulge.
TOP PROJECTS AND DEEP DIVES
When it comes to Frank Lloyd Wright, we’ve covered everything from book launches and peer remembrances to preservation efforts and demolitions. Delve into these pieces that elucidate his oeuvre.
Dwell traveled to Florence, Arizona, to speak with Guerrero, who was hired at age 22 by Wright to be Taliesin West’s house photographer, marking the start of an artistic bond that would last until the architect’s death in 1959.
It made the cover of TIME magazine in 1938—touted as Frank Lloyd Wright’s "most beautiful job"—and was recently added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. To truly appreciate Fallingwater, you have to experience Fallingwater. So, Dwell went there, and reported back.
The Boulter House in Cincinnati—one of Wright’s Usonian home designs—has all the classic features of its type, including an open floor plan, abundant horizontal lines, and material combinations of wood and concrete.
Spanish architect David Romero resurrects one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s unrealized designs for a car-centric, circular ziggurat atop Sugarloaf Mountain, Maryland, with a planetarium at its heart.
Learn more about the architect’s career-long obsession with creating affordable, sometimes prefabricated, housing for the masses.
In 2019, the book Frank Lloyd Wright’s $10,000 Home: History, Design, and Restoration of the Bach House was published, exploring how the 1915 residence distilled the tenets of Wright’s work. The property’s current owners have also made it available for nightly rentals on Airbnb.
It’s not every day that a Frank Lloyd Wright home becomes available for sale, and when one does, it usually doesn’t stay listed for long. While the following homes have most likely found buyers, at least the listings allow for a look inside.
Even With a Bargain Price, the Flared Dormers and Pagoda-Style Details of This Wright-Designed Home in Chicago Were a Surprise for Most Chicago Buyers
Location: Chicago, Illinois Year Built: 1900Previous Asking Price: $175,000 (sold for $135,000)
Though the architect could not design enough homes for us all to live in, at least his fantastic 1953 Eppstein House has been recently restored and converted into an Airbnb that’s currently available to rent on Airbnb.
A Gem Among Wright’s Prairie School and Usonian Projects, The Restored Eppstein Property Offers Nightly Guests Original Furniture and Midcentury Splendor
Location: Kalamazoo County, MichiganYear Built: 1953Reservations are $340 per night.