Hollyhock House
- Architect
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Year
- 1921
- Style
- Mayan Revival
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
- Collection
- the wrights of los angeles
Hollyhock House is a house museum at Barnsdall Art Park in East Hollywood, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the heiress Aline Barnsdall and completed in 1921. Barnsdall had planned a theatrical arts complex on the site, known as Olive Hill, which she acquired in 1919, but only the house and its outbuildings were ever built. Its stylized, angular ornament is named for the hollyhock flower Barnsdall favored. Wright's associates Rudolph Schindler and Richard Neutra, along with his son Lloyd Wright, helped design the main house and its outbuildings. The Los Angeles city government acquired the property in 1927, establishing Barnsdall Park.
the building
A complex around a courtyard. The main house incorporates elements of multiple architectural styles in three wings arranged around a central courtyard, built alongside two guesthouses, Residence A and B, a garage building, the Schindler Terrace, and the Spring House.
A theater that was never built. Barnsdall had envisioned a full theatrical arts complex on Olive Hill starting in 1915. Only the house and its outbuildings were ever completed, and the site was never used for theatrical purposes.
Wright's collaborators. Rudolph Schindler, Richard Neutra, and Wright's own son Lloyd Wright all helped design the main house and its outbuildings alongside Wright.
the style
Hollyhock House is one of the most celebrated examples of Mayan Revival architecture in Los Angeles, individually a National Historic Landmark and recognized as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscription of Wright's major works.
the architect
Frank Lloyd Wright designed Hollyhock House for Aline Barnsdall, delegating much of the on-site design work for the house and its outbuildings to associates Rudolph Schindler and Richard Neutra and to his own son, Lloyd Wright.
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Hollyhock House carries an unusually deep stack of designations: Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #12, designated January 4, 1963, a National Historic Landmark, a National Register of Historic Places listing, and a place within a UNESCO World Heritage Site recognizing Wright's major works. The Los Angeles city government acquired the house and surrounding land in 1927 to establish Barnsdall Park, where it now operates as a house museum.