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3 Years and Over $2 Million: What It Costs to Restore a Frank Lloyd Wright Home

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America’s most famous architect inspires legions of fans. So instead we sought out the next best thing: Frank Lloyd Wright homeowners and curators who would share what their restoration processes entailed. The Pratt House’s exterior is made of concrete blocks and wood, and the interior features a mix of brick, stone, and wood.

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Tracing Frank Lloyd Wright’s Influence

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From the 1930s onward, to be inspired by Wright could mean working alongside him as an apprentice or fellow at his home, studio, and architectural school Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin, and later Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona—like E. But thanks to his ideas (and his fame) his influence maps far beyond his work.

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Akira Koyama + KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS Redefine the Sakuragicho Residence Exterior

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Sakuragicho Residence – The development endeavored to re-define exterior wall tiling and balcony construction distinctive to, yet typical of, large apartment blocks. Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? Akira Koyama: In Japan, individually-owned apartments as of 2019 numbered 6.65 Year: 2021.

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Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago

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The Trust completed restoration of the Robie House in 2019, at a cost of over 11 million dollars. Detail view, exterior. The mural over the fireplace is inspired by a tale from the Arabian Nights. Exterior view of the Studio (1898) Tour group inside the drafting room. Frederick C. Living room. Central fireplace.

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Marcel Breuer's brutalist office in Connecticut reopens as Hotel Marcel

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Connecticut-based studio Becker + Becker , which bought the building from IKEA in 2019 after it had sat unused for more than twenty years, retained the facade of the Breuer-designed structure while updating the interiors. Hotel Marcel is a restored Brutalist building in Connecticut. Amenity spaces include the lobby bar.

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The Cathedral of the Holy Cross // ELKUS|MANFREDI ARCHITECTS

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Year: 2019. The architecture firm latched onto that grain of inspiration to design a comprehensive renovation that brings new life and light to the holy space—inside and out. This included backlighting the stained glass windows and lighting the façade to add exterior visibility and drama. Project Status: Built.

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Jay Osgerby, Pilar Zeta and Noella Nibakuze announced as judges for Dezeen Awards 2024

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Recent work includes a minimalist bathroom collection for German brand Bette, an exhibition of colourful cone-shaped lights for Paris-based art gallery Galerie Kreo and an office seating system for Swiss furniture brand Vitra, which was shortlisted for workplace design of the year in Dezeen Awards 2019.