Hollyhock House Los Angeles’s UNESCO World Heritage Site

Los Angeles’s UNESCO World Heritage Site

Hollyhock House is one of eight structures to join the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2019 as part of “The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright.” The collection spans 50 years of Wright’s career and also includes Unity Temple, the Frederick C. Robie House, Taliesin, Fallingwater, the Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House, Taliesin West, and the Solomon Guggenheim Museum.

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Take a Virtual Tour

The Hollyhock House Virtual Accessibility Experience allows audiences to explore Los Angeles’s first-and-only UNESCO World Heritage site from home. With striking 360° photography, easy navigation, room descriptions, and collection highlights, this virtual tour provides an immersive and inclusive experience for visitors of all abilities.

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Archiving 100 Years of History

Archiving 100 Years of History

2021 marked Hollyhock House’s centennial. Learn more about the site’s rich history online. The Hollyhock House Archive contains original drawings and blueprints detailing plans for the ambitious arts complex that was partially realized by Aline Barnsdall and her architect Frank Lloyd Wright. With 81 digitized documents, this repository offers a closer look at the history of Hollyhock House and Barnsdall Park as well as architectural inspiration for all.

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IKEBANA ON VIEW
SUMMER SEATING: LAUN & BZIPPY
10/12: PUPPETS IN THE PARK

Now, with a radical client like Miss Barnsdall, a site like Olive Hill, a climate like California, an architect head on for freedom, something had to happen… So this Romanza of California came out on Olive Hill.

 

Frank Lloyd Wright: An Autobiography, 1943

 

Built between 1918 and 1921, Hollyhock House was Frank Lloyd Wright’s first Los Angeles commission and an ode to California—its freedom and natural beauty. Designed for Aline Barnsdall, this house was intended to be the centerpiece of a 36-acre arts complex, which was only partially realized.

 

Hollyhock House is a harbinger of California Modernism, inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage List along with seven other Wright sites, and today is owned by the City of Los Angeles and operated by the Department of Cultural Affairs.

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