Mayan Revival architecture
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Mayan Revival is a modern architectural style popular in the Americas during the 1920s and 1930s that drew inspiration from the architecture and iconography of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures.
Mayan Theater, Los Angeles
Detail of the intricate pattern work characteristic of classic Maya art, 450 Sutter Street.
Kukulkanob public pavilion in Mérida.
An example of Mayan decorative paneling, 450 Sutter Street.
Ennis House
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The Ennis House is a residence at 2607–2655 Glendower Avenue in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles in California, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Mayan Reviva
Mayan Revival architecture
…Olive Hill in Los Angeles copied the shape of temples from Palenque, and the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo was in the shape of a Mesoamerican pyramid. His Ennis House, Millard House (La Miniatura), Storer House, and Freeman House in Los Angeles are built in his concrete textile block system, with bas reliefs and…
Ennis House front view 2005
The house as seen from a nearby building
The house's main entrance gate, looking toward the motor court
Detail of the house's roof