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More than 100 Frank Lloyd Wright commissions have special place names (e.g. "Hollyhock House" or "Fallingwater"). These titles were often bestowed by Wright on his designs but some were applied by clients. Only Wright projects with nicknames appear in this search.

Frank Lloyd Wright Project Drawing Detail


Block Plan of 24 Houses for Charles E. Roberts, project [Oak Park, Illinois] (1903)

Drawing: Site plan of two, four four-square swastika rotated sites,

Frank Lloyd Wright Archives Drawing Inventory Number: 0309.008

Note: Drawing number assignments shown without question marks are compliant with the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives drawing inventory as of 2011. Drawing number assignments with question marks may represent attempts by John Geiger to order chronologically Wright project drawings which appeared in publications or are held in other collections within the master sequence of the Wright Archives inventory.

Drawing held by: Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.
Drawing Type: Preliminary/Presentation.
Scale: Not given.
Media: Paper, unspecified; colored pencil; ink; ink wash.
Drawing measurements: 11 5/8 x 15"
Drawing signed by Frank Lloyd Wright: No.

Notes and comments: (a) This the same house as .010 but rotated swastika style in units of four and with no central feature. John W. Geiger 04/26/96

Bibliographic Citations

Appears as a color illustration [Figure or plate 395, page 325] in Riley, Terence and Reed, Peter (editors), Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1994).