The George Sturges House is a single-family house

House

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, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...

 and built for George D. Sturges in the Brentwood Heights neighborhood of Brentwood

Brentwood, Los Angeles, California

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, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

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, California

California

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. Designed and built in 1939, the one-story residence is fairly small, 1200 square feet (111.5 m²), but features a 21-foot panoramic deck. The home is made out of concrete

Concrete

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, steel

Steel

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, brick

Brick

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 and redwood. Wright hired Taliesin

Taliesin (studio)

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 fellow John Lautner

John Lautner (architect)

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 to oversee its construction.

The Sturges House is the only structure in Southern California

Southern California

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 built in the modern style Wright called Usonia

Usonia

Usonia was a word used by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright to refer to his vision for the landscape of the United States, including the planning of cities and the architecture of buildings...

n design. Other Wright homes in the area were built in the 1920s with interlocking, pre-cast concrete blocks, which he named "textile block" style, and seen in such homes as the Ennis House

Ennis House

The Ennis House is a residential dwelling in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA, south of Griffith Park. The home was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Charles and Mabel Ennis in 1923, and built in 1924....

. The home remains a privately owned residence (owned by Jack Larson

Jack Larson

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), but can be viewed easily from the street (449 N. Skyewiay Rd.). It was designated as L.A. Historic Cultural Monument #577 on May 25, 1993.