Wright, Lloyd, 1890-1978
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Lloyd Wright: b. 1890, Oak Park. Ill.; d. Santa Monica, Calif. 1978; architect and landscape architect. Son of Frank Lloyd Wright.
From the description of Wayfarers' Chapel Fonds, 1937-1979. (Centre canadien d'architecture). WorldCat record id: 486957935
Lloyd Wright, eldest son of Frank Lloyd Wright, was born in 1890; trained as a draftsman/delineator in his father's Oak Park Studio; studied engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin, 1908-9; joined Olmsted and Olmsted in Boston, MA; sent to San Diego, CA, to work on Panama California Exposition, 1911; worked for Irving J. Gill; formed landscape architectural practice with Paul Thiene and continued professional activities as landscape architect through the 1920s; worked with father, Frank Lloyd Wright, on Hollyhock House and other Los Angeles projects, 1922-24; produced project for multilayered civic center, Los Angeles, 1925; provided the shells for the Hollywood Bowl, 1924-5 and 1928; much of his work from 1930s through post-WWII dealt with variations of California ranch houses; produced Swedenborg Memorial Chapel (or Wayfarer's Chapel) at Palos Verdes, CA, 1946-71; died in 1978.
From the description of Papers, 1920-1978. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38060775
An American architect and landscape architect, Lloyd Wright was the son of noted architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959).
From the description of Architectural drawings (photographs), 1908-1965. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78126340
American architect; son of Frank Lloyd Wright.
From the description of Architectural records, 1927, 1960-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78524961
American architect, son of Frank Lloyd Wright.
From the description of Photographs of architecture, ca. 1920-ca. 1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80569372
Biography
Lloyd Wright, eldest son of Frank Lloyd Wright, was born in 1890; trained as a draftsman/delineator in his father's Oak Park Studio; studied engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1908-09; joined Olmsted and Olmsted in Boston, Massachusetts; sent to San Diego, California, to work on Panama California Exposition, 1911; worked for Irving J. Gill; formed landscape architectural practice with Paul Thiene and continued professional activities as landscape architect through the 1920s; worked with father, Frank Lloyd Wright, on Hollyhock House and other Los Angeles projects, 1922-24; produced project for multilayered civic center, Los Angeles, 1925; provided the shells for the Hollywood Bowl, 1924-25 and 1928; much of his work from 1930s through post-World War II dealt with variations of California ranch houses; produced Swedenborg Memorial Chapel (or Wayfarer's Chapel) at Palos Verdes, California, 1946-71; died in 1978.
From the guide to the Lloyd Wright papers, 1920-1978, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)
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Subjects:
- Architecture, Domestic
- Architects
- Architecture
- Architecture
- Architecture
- Architecture, Modern
- Chapels
- Church buildings
- Interior decoration
- Palos Verdes Estates (Calif.)
Occupations:
- Architects
Places:
- California--Los Angeles (as recorded)
- California (as recorded)
- California, Southern (as recorded)
- California--Los Angeles (as recorded)
- California (as recorded)
- Los Angeles (Calif.) (as recorded)
- Québec (Province)--Laval (as recorded)
