FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOLLYHOCK HOUSE - LOS ANGELES, CA - BUILT 1917 - CLIENT ALINE BARNSDALL
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The Aline Barnsdall Hollyhock House in the East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright originally as a residence for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall. Perched on a 36-acre hilltop in East Hollywood, Wright’s first West Coast design.
Variously described as Mayan, Aztec, Asian, Egyptian, and as a “California Romanza” by the architect himself, the Hollyhock House was a transitional structure for Wright. Stylized hollyhocks, Barnsdall’s favorite flower, appear on roof finials, furniture, art glass windows, and the ornamental bands of cast-concrete on the structure’s exterior. Address: 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA