Frank Lloyd Wright Jr., commonly known as Lloyd Wright, was an American architect active primarily in Los Angeles and Southern California. Born as the eldest son of renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Catherine Lee Tobin, he grew up at his father's Oak Park, Illinois home and studio. After briefly studying agronomy and engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Wright joined the landscape firm Olmsted and Olmsted in Boston in 1911, specializing in botany and horticulture.
He later moved to California, where he worked on the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego alongside architects Irving Gill, Bertram Goodhue, and Carleton Winslow. Wright began his independent architectural career in 1920, after supervising construction of the Hollyhock House for his father. In 1922, he married actress Kyra Markham (divorced 1925), then Helen Taggart in 1926, with whom he had son Eric Lloyd Wright in 1929. His career spanned landscape architecture, residential design, and institutional projects until his death in Santa Monica in 1978.
NOTABLE WORKS
Taggart House (1922-1924), Los Feliz – LAHCM #195
Samuel-Novarro House (1926-1928), Hollywood – LAHCM #130
Lloyd Wright Studio and Residence (1927), West Hollywood – LAHCM #235
Wayfarer's Chapel (1946-1971), Rancho Palos Verdes – NRHP, NHL
Sowden House (1926), Los Angeles – NRHP, LAHCM #762
Samuel-Novarro House (1926-1928), Hollywood – LAHCM #130
Derby House (1926), Glendale – NRHP, Glendale Historic Landmark, Mills Act
Oasis Hotel Tower (1923-1924), Palm Springs – Class 1 Historic designation
