The Robert Llewellyn Wright House is a historic home located at 7927 Deepwell Drive in
Bethesda,
Maryland
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. It is an 1800-square foot two-story concrete-block structure designed by architect
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...
in 1953, and constructed in 1957 for his sixth child, Robert Llewellyn Wright (1903–86), who worked at the Justice Department.
The
Usonian house was designed using intersecting and
concentric
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segments of a circle, or "
hemicycle
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s". Initial designs were scrapped after the construction was too costly.
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The house can be seen from Deepwell Drive on a sloping lot that overlooks a stream. It is also visible from the Cabin John Stream Valley Trail, which follows the Cabin John Creek below it. In 1960, the grounds were landscaped by Lloyd Wright, brother of the client, and the son of the architect.
As of 2010, the house was inhabited by Tom Wright,][
It is one of only two Wright-designed structures in Maryland; the other is the Joseph Euchtman House in ]Baltimore County
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.
See also
* List of Frank Lloyd Wright works
Frank Lloyd Wright designed over 425 houses, commercial buildings and other works.
"The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright" is a UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of a selection of eight buildings across the United States designe ...
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References
* Storrer, William Allin. ''The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion''. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, (S.358)
External links
* , Maryland Historical Trust
Houses completed in 1957
Buildings and structures in Bethesda, Maryland
Frank Lloyd Wright buildings
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Houses in Montgomery County, Maryland
National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Maryland
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