The Larkin Administration Building was an office building at 680 Seneca Street in Buffalo, New York, United States. Constructed for the Larkin Soap Company, it was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright with
The Larkin Building in 1906
Before Wright was hired to design the Administration Building, he designed the George Barton House (pictured) for Darwin Martin.
Frank Lloyd Wright (pictured in later years) drew up plans for the Administration Building primarily between January 1903 and April 1904.
Site of the Larkin Administration Building
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Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. 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 architectur
Larkin Administration Building
…Building) was an office building at 680 Seneca Street in Buffalo, New York, United States. Constructed for the Larkin Soap Company, it was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright with ornamentation by the sculptor Richard Bock. The building, Wright's first-ever commercial design, was completed in 1906 and demolished in 1950. It…
Wright in 1954
Wright's home in Oak Park, Illinois (1889)
The Walter Gale House in Oak Park, Illinois (1893). While a Queen Anne in style, it features window bands and a cantilevered porch roof, which hint at Wright's developing aesthetics.
William H. Winslow House in River Forest, Illinois (1893)