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owe] FOUNDATIONS TUDIO|KAML CLARK PRECEDENT ANALYSIS: HOLLYHOCK HOUSE ‘The man knowa as the most important architect ofthe 20°%century is Prank Lioyd Wright. Wright has designed eight distinct sites which earned a place ‘on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list. This is an honor indicating substantial universal value educationally, scientifically, ander culturally (UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Sientific, and Cultural Organization). Wright made a name for himself during his sover Jong earcer and catalyzed the moder architecture movement in California. lecade Theatee producer and oil heitess, Aline Barnsdall, pad Wright to construct her an impressive house on Olive Hill in Los Angeles (built 1919-1921). A large inspiration of Wrights for the picce was Barnsdalls favorite lower the hellyhock. He represented the flower throughout the house from textiles and furniture to art glass and omamental stone. Barnsdall and Wright butted hoads (he weat over budget) and she did not lke his finished product. She hardly lived there and ended up giving the house away to the City of Los Angeles, Precedents Wright set with this home included the iconic Hollywood mansion on a hill, blurring the lines between the inside and out, and using cement not as something of heavy substance, but “as a thing of charm and be DODHADELD Ababa bbb Exterior mage Exterior Image ~ shows a pathway which blurs lines between the Inside and outside eee io Exterior Image — demonstrates use of cement for “chatm and beauty”; hollyhock representation Exterior Image Inspiration Interior Image (note hollyhock emblem on rug & walls) Interior image Floorplan Section a Elevation - Wright's original comm Floorplan, section, elevation of bedroom wing Wright's original ‘Approach

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