A raft of homes by Frank Lloyd Wright are on sale in the US right now, and they include some of his most famous residences.
We’ve picked out the most striking, ranging from his Mayan-influenced Ennis House, whose exterior starred in the 1982 film Blade Runner, to a rare spiralling concrete home.
Kalil House, Manchester, Hampshire
2 bedrooms; $850,000 via Paula Martin
This Usonian Automatic house – built in 1955 for Dr Toufic and Mildred Kalil – is a sophisticated affair, with a mostly wooden interior. In pristine condition, with all of its original furnishings and fixtures intact, concrete blocks form multi-paned windows and create a coffered ceiling in the reception room. See more.
Kalil House, Manchester, Hampshire
2 bedrooms; $850,000 via Paula Martin
This Usonian Automatic house – built in 1955 for Dr Toufic and Mildred Kalil – is a sophisticated affair, with a mostly wooden interior. In pristine condition, with all of its original furnishings and fixtures intact, concrete blocks form multi-paned windows and create a coffered ceiling in the reception room. See more.
Kalil House, Manchester, Hampshire
2 bedrooms; $850,000 via Paula Martin
This Usonian Automatic house – built in 1955 for Dr Toufic and Mildred Kalil – is a sophisticated affair, with a mostly wooden interior. In pristine condition, with all of its original furnishings and fixtures intact, concrete blocks form multi-paned windows and create a coffered ceiling in the reception room. See more.
Kalil House, Manchester, Hampshire
2 bedrooms; $850,000 via Paula Martin
This Usonian Automatic house – built in 1955 for Dr Toufic and Mildred Kalil – is a sophisticated affair, with a mostly wooden interior. In pristine condition, with all of its original furnishings and fixtures intact, concrete blocks form multi-paned windows and create a coffered ceiling in the reception room. See more.
Kalil House, Manchester, Hampshire
2 bedrooms; $850,000 via Paula Martin
This Usonian Automatic house – built in 1955 for Dr Toufic and Mildred Kalil – is a sophisticated affair, with a mostly wooden interior. In pristine condition, with all of its original furnishings and fixtures intact, concrete blocks form multi-paned windows and create a coffered ceiling in the reception room. See more.
Ennis House, Los Angeles, California
3 bedrooms, $23m via Branden Williams and Rayni Williams of Hilton & Hyland
Often referred to as the Blade Runner house, this 1920s Mayan Revival-style home is one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s textile block houses, which features patterned concrete blocks on its exterior and interior. The temple-like property looks like a set from Raiders of the Lost Ark and features collonaded hallway and high-ceilinged rooms, offering bird’s eye views of Los Angeles.
Ennis House, Los Angeles, California
3 bedrooms, $23m via Branden Williams and Rayni Williams of Hilton & Hyland
Often referred to as the Blade Runner house, this 1920s Mayan Revival-style home is one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s textile block houses, which features patterned concrete blocks on its exterior and interior. The temple-like property looks like a set from Raiders of the Lost Ark and features collonaded hallway and high-ceilinged rooms, offering bird’s eye views of Los Angeles.
Ennis House, Los Angeles, California
3 bedrooms, $23m via Branden Williams and Rayni Williams of Hilton & Hyland
Often referred to as the Blade Runner house, this 1920s Mayan Revival-style home is one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s textile block houses, which features patterned concrete blocks on its exterior and interior. The temple-like property looks like a set from Raiders of the Lost Ark and features collonaded hallway and high-ceilinged rooms, offering bird’s eye views of Los Angeles.
Ennis House, Los Angeles, California
3 bedrooms, $23m via Branden Williams and Rayni Williams of Hilton & Hyland
Often referred to as the Blade Runner house, this 1920s Mayan Revival-style home is one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s textile block houses, which features patterned concrete blocks on its exterior and interior. The temple-like property looks like a set from Raiders of the Lost Ark and features collonaded hallway and high-ceilinged rooms, offering bird’s eye views of Los Angeles.
Ennis House, Los Angeles, California
3 bedrooms, $23m via Branden Williams and Rayni Williams of Hilton & Hyland
Often referred to as the Blade Runner house, this 1920s Mayan Revival-style home is one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s textile block houses, which features patterned concrete blocks on its exterior and interior. The temple-like property looks like a set from Raiders of the Lost Ark and features collonaded hallway and high-ceilinged rooms, offering bird’s eye views of Los Angeles.
David and Gladys Wright House, Phoenix, Arizona
3 bedrooms, $9.99m via Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty
The concrete block-built house sits above the ground on piles, affording it sweeping views of Camelback Mountain. David and Gladys Wright House is one of only three spiral designs created by Frank Lloyd Wright its circular motif is repeated throughout the 1952 structure. The most dramatic example is the car ramp, which sweeps up to the first floor.
David and Gladys Wright House, Phoenix, Arizona
3 bedrooms, $9.99m via Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty
The concrete block-built house sits above the ground on piles, affording it sweeping views of Camelback Mountain. David and Gladys Wright House is one of only three spiral designs created by Frank Lloyd Wright its circular motif is repeated throughout the 1952 structure. The most dramatic example is the car ramp, which sweeps up to the first floor.
David and Gladys Wright House, Phoenix, Arizona
3 bedrooms, $9.99m via Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty
The concrete block-built house sits above the ground on piles, affording it sweeping views of Camelback Mountain. David and Gladys Wright House is one of only three spiral designs created by Frank Lloyd Wright its circular motif is repeated throughout the 1952 structure. The most dramatic example is the car ramp, which sweeps up to the first floor.
David and Gladys Wright House, Phoenix, Arizona
3 bedrooms, $9.99m via Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty
The concrete block-built house sits above the ground on piles, affording it sweeping views of Camelback Mountain. David and Gladys Wright House is one of only three spiral designs created by Frank Lloyd Wright its circular motif is repeated throughout the 1952 structure. The most dramatic example is the car ramp, which sweeps up to the first floor.
David and Gladys Wright House, Phoenix, Arizona
3 bedrooms, $9.99m via Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty
The concrete block-built house sits above the ground on piles, affording it sweeping views of Camelback Mountain. David and Gladys Wright House is one of only three spiral designs created by Frank Lloyd Wright its circular motif is repeated throughout the 1952 structure. The most dramatic example is the car ramp, which sweeps up to the first floor.
865 Masonridge Road, St. Louis, Missouri
4 bedrooms; $1.1m via Dielmann Sotheby’s International Realty
This 1955 flat-roofed house was made using Wright’s Usonian Automatic modular design system which used precast concrete blocks as building materials. The interior of fortress-like building glows a soft red, filled with light filtered in through its terracotta-coloured block-built walls infilled with glazing. See more.
865 Masonridge Road, St. Louis, Missouri
4 bedrooms; $1.1m via Dielmann Sotheby’s International Realty
This 1955 flat-roofed house was made using Wright’s Usonian Automatic modular design system which used precast concrete blocks as building materials. The interior of fortress-like building glows a soft red, filled with light filtered in through its terracotta-coloured block-built walls infilled with glazing. See more.
865 Masonridge Road, St. Louis, Missouri
4 bedrooms; $1.1m via Dielmann Sotheby’s International Realty
This 1955 flat-roofed house was made using Wright’s Usonian Automatic modular design system which used precast concrete blocks as building materials. The interior of fortress-like building glows a soft red, filled with light filtered in through its terracotta-coloured block-built walls infilled with glazing. See more.
865 Masonridge Road, St. Louis, Missouri
4 bedrooms; $1.1m via Dielmann Sotheby’s International Realty
This 1955 flat-roofed house was made using Wright’s Usonian Automatic modular design system which used precast concrete blocks as building materials. The interior of fortress-like building glows a soft red, filled with light filtered in through its terracotta-coloured block-built walls infilled with glazing. See more.
865 Masonridge Road, St. Louis, Missouri
4 bedrooms; $1.1m via Dielmann Sotheby’s International Realty
This 1955 flat-roofed house was made using Wright’s Usonian Automatic modular design system which used precast concrete blocks as building materials. The interior of fortress-like building glows a soft red, filled with light filtered in through its terracotta-coloured block-built walls infilled with glazing. See more.
Norman Sykes House, Phoenix, Arizona
3 bedrooms; auction without a reserve, Heritage Auctions
This 1951 house is sat wedged in the rocky desert landscape of Arizona’s Palm Canyon, appearing like a ship marooned on rocks. Its curving shape – formed of interlinked circles – capture the patterns of light and shadows created by the sun as moves around the canyon. It is being auctioned on October 16, and its midcentury furnishings are included in the sale.
Norman Sykes House, Phoenix, Arizona
3 bedrooms; auction without a reserve, Heritage Auctions
This 1951 house is sat wedged in the rocky desert landscape of Arizona’s Palm Canyon, appearing like a ship marooned on rocks. Its curving shape – formed of interlinked circles – capture the patterns of light and shadows created by the sun as moves around the canyon. It is being auctioned on October 16, and its midcentury furnishings are included in the sale.
Norman Sykes House, Phoenix, Arizona
3 bedrooms; auction without a reserve, Heritage Auctions
This 1951 house is sat wedged in the rocky desert landscape of Arizona’s Palm Canyon, appearing like a ship marooned on rocks. Its curving shape – formed of interlinked circles – capture the patterns of light and shadows created by the sun as moves around the canyon. It is being auctioned on October 16, and its midcentury furnishings are included in the sale.
Norman Sykes House, Phoenix, Arizona
3 bedrooms; auction without a reserve, Heritage Auctions
This 1951 house is sat wedged in the rocky desert landscape of Arizona’s Palm Canyon, appearing like a ship marooned on rocks. Its curving shape – formed of interlinked circles – capture the patterns of light and shadows created by the sun as moves around the canyon. It is being auctioned on October 16, and its midcentury furnishings are included in the sale.
Norman Sykes House, Phoenix, Arizona
3 bedrooms; auction without a reserve, Heritage Auctions
This 1951 house is sat wedged in the rocky desert landscape of Arizona’s Palm Canyon, appearing like a ship marooned on rocks. Its curving shape – formed of interlinked circles – capture the patterns of light and shadows created by the sun as moves around the canyon. It is being auctioned on October 16, and its midcentury furnishings are included in the sale.
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