Night Light Ennis House Block Art lay flat to dry

lay flat to dry

Inspired by the Ginkgo on the grounds of Wright's Home & Studio

this handcrafted piece is a beautiful blend of art and function

A System of Architectural Ornament

Night Light Ennis House Block Art lay flat to dryIn the early 1920s Frank Lloyd Wright gave new life to concrete blocks with a new building system he called textile block construction, a reference to his idea of weaving concrete blocks on the warp and weft of reinforced steel, forming an interlocking system for the fabric of the house. Crowning a ridge at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains, the Ennis House is the most monumental and complex of the four textile block homes Wright designed. The