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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. His admirers congregate in Facebook Groups, like the 120,000-member Frank Lloyd Wright Nation , to share photos of his structures and discuss his brilliance on the daily. Still, Wright’s structures are notorious for aging poorly.

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Atak Architekti creates Liberec library by restoring and extending a former rectory

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Atak Architekti restored and extended a former rectory Looking to maintain the character of the existing building, its deep foundations were used to carve out a semi-recessed basement level, housing reading rooms and spaces to be used by local clubs. Photography is by Tomáš Souček.

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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? The brickwork-grooved exterior wall was originally planned to be painted in black. Year: 2021.

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Tracing Frank Lloyd Wright’s Influence

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Over his 70-year career, Frank Lloyd Wright designed more than 1,000 structures—museums, homes, churches, commercial buildings—532 of which were built. Meanwhile, Lloyd Wright’s son, Eric Lloyd Wright , also went on to become an architect and spent much of his career restoring his father’s and grandfather’s buildings.

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Art House: The Inspiring Architecture of Art Studios

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Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletter. . Studio Weave describes Midden Studio as the lovechild of rock and manor, drawing inspiration from the vernacular agricultural buildings, the rocky granite landscape, and the flourish of the ‘Scottish Baronial’ style present in the local area.

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SOM designs "terminal in a garden" for Bangalore airport

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The gridded structure is made from engineered bamboo The 255,000-square-metre terminal is fronted by a transit hub that will serve as a key connection point between the existing Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) and Bangalore city, while also accommodating outdoor retail, event and entertainment space.

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15 Single floor house designs for inspiration (+detailed floor plan)

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This specified the distribution of structure in a “T” shape, with the pool in the centre, to widen the views of the valley ahead. The quest to restore her childhood resulted in the creation of an introspective dwelling that welcomes an oasis inside. The site had a slanted topography towards the street, facing east.