Frank Lloyd Wright Lanterns

To go along with the Grace's post on Frank Lloyd Wright Panels and the running theme this week of outdoor lighting we love these Frank Lloyd Wright block lanterns inspired by his Textile Block Homes.

Thanks to reader True Blue for sending us the link. Our favorites are the Ennis House Inspired Lantern (maybe because it's in LA?) and the Storer Lantern. They can be used indoors or out and are lit by a candle. See the whole line here.

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everyone who lives in LA should visit Barnsdale Art Park, where you can take a tour of FLW's Hollyhock House. it's amazing that the park is just sitting on top of a hill in the middle of LA-- you'd never notice it from the street and once you're up there, you don't even know the city is below!

http://www.barnsdallartpark.com/
http://www.hollyhockhouse.net/index.htm

posted by my little apartment on March 14th 2008 at 8:59am
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Going to be showin' my geek here, but does that second shot look like a weighted companion cube to anyone else?

posted by plausibledenial on March 14th 2008 at 10:02am
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Does anyone know if these bricks were only used for FLW designed buildings or if they were used on other buildings as well? The reason I ask is because there is a building in St. Louis, MO that has blocks nearly identical to the one pictured on the left. The building is now kind of run down, but I can tell it was quite nice back in the day. Just curious if it was designed by FLW or his firm.

posted by threadless1430 on March 14th 2008 at 11:12am
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Beautiful!

posted by Melissa82 on March 15th 2008 at 6:36am
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threadless, I think he only built them in Southern California. They were a southwest-specific design.

posted by Shawn on June 25th 2008 at 9:50am
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