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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.

Alternative placename: "Quadruple Block Plan"

"Quadruple Block Plan" for the Ladies Home Journal [No location] (1901)

Note: The following information concerning this project represents original research and analysis by John Geiger, and is based in his long and detailed study of the Frank Lloyd Wright literature as well as personal contacts with members of the Taliesin Fellowship and architectural historians. In addition, he added his own categories of building type and compositional form, as well as other points of consideration that he deemed important to understanding of the design.

Name of client: Ladies Home Journal.

Sobriquet or alternative place name: Quadruple Block Plan.

Design Status (as of 2011): Unbuilt.

Occupancy form or use: HOUSING/Residential/Single Family.

Principal building materials: Not assigned.

Number of drawings for this project detailed in the database: 8.

Drawing Number and Description

0019.??1     Perspective of one house from front left (in Ausgefurte Bauten, 1910)
0019.??2     Aerial perspective of three units and site plans (in Ausgefurte Bauten, 1910)
0019.001     Study plan and perspective
0019.002     Perspective of two units
0019.003     Aerial perspective of 3 units
0019.004     Site plan of several units
0019.008     Aerial perspective of 3 units
0019.009     Template for different size blocks

Notes And References

Comments by John Geiger and/or sources of attribution None recorded.