George Sturges House

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name = George Sturges House
location_town = Los Angeles
location_country = United States
coordinates = 34°04′00.78″N, 118°28′52.51″W
architect = Frank Lloyd Wright
client = George D. Sturges
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completion_date = 1939
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style = Usonian|The George Sturges House is a single-family house, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and built for George D. Sturges in the Brentwood Heights neighborhood of Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. Designed and built in 1939, the one-story residence is fairly small, convert|1200|sqft|m2, but features a 21-foot panoramic deck.Gordon Smith, [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050717/news_1h17hollybar.html More of Wright's buildings] , "The San Diego Union-Tribune", July 17, 2005.] The home is made out of concrete, steel, brick and redwood. [ [http://timboyle.com/architecture/sturges/sturges.html Frank Lloyd Wright's Sturges House ] ] Wright hired Taliesin fellow John Lautner to oversee its construction. [ [http://www.johnlautner.org/Goldstein_Offce_Application.pdf James Goldstein Office – Historic Cultural Monument Application] , The John Lautner Foundation, August 19, 2005.]

The Sturges House is the only structure in Southern California built in the modern style Wright called Usonian design. [ [http://www.laokay.com/FrankLloydWright.htm Frank Lloyd Wright - Things To Do In Los Angeles ] ] Other Wright homes in the area were built in the 1920s with interlocking, pre-cast concrete blocks, which he named "textile block" style, and seen in such homes as the Ennis House.Gordon Smith, [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050717/news_1h17hollybar.html More of Wright's buildings] , "The San Diego Union-Tribune", July 17, 2005.] The home remains a privately owned residence, but can be viewed easily from the street (449 Skyewiay Rd).Gordon Smith, [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050717/news_1h17hollybar.html More of Wright's buildings] , "The San Diego Union-Tribune", July 17, 2005.] It was designated as L.A. Historic Cultural Monument #577 on May 25, 1993. [ [http://cityplanning.lacity.org/complan/HCM/dsp_hcm_result.cfm?community=Brentwood%20-%20Pacific%20Palisades Historic-Cultural Monument Report: Brentwood - Pacific Palisades] , Department of City Planning, City of Los Angeles.]

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