Sowden House (Lloyd Wright; Los Angeles, CA - 1926) article

DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:36 pm

LAistory: Sowden House

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Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:09 pm

My first apartment in Hollywood was next door to Elizabeth Shorts'.

JimM · Post by **JimM** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:24 pm

That's a disgraceful and disrespectful remodel of arguably Lloyd Wright's most important work.

DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:03 pm

Video of Sowden: Amazing Wright Home - [3:58]

David

ozwrightfan · Post by **ozwrightfan** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:37 pm

Does any one have any period photos of the interior of this home or maybe a floor plan?

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:12 am

I don't have a scanner but Lloyd Wright designed furniture for this house which is now gone and scattered. If you have any books showing the Storer house when it was owned by Joel Silver you can see an example of a dining table and chairs originally from the Sowden.

All of the furniture was very theatrical - as if from a 1920s German expressionistic film. One can only imagine a wild party there complete with flappers and bootleg gin.

Plans are in either the Gehard or Hess books on Lloyd's work or here in the Smithsonian's American Memory project along with some photos: http://tiny.cc/JeSWh

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:10 pm

Photograph by Paul Rocheleau or Michael Freeman

Roderick Grant · Post by **Roderick Grant** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:12 pm

An early issue of Fine Homebuilding (#14 or 15) had an excellent article about Snowden. The Hess book on Lloyd includes an interior shot of Lloyd's home and studio (pg 109) with the Snowden dining table and a couple of dining chairs. Joel owns the piano Lloyd designed for Snowden. There is also a preliminary plan in the Hess book (pg 79).

josquin · Post by **josquin** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:27 pm

A bit changed from the last time I was there. See the pictures below. The Snowden house is now available for your next event.

http://www.sowdenhouse.com/index.html

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Sat Jun 14, 2014 6:01 am

And now apparently some of the furniture from Lloyd's Bowler house has found it's way to the Sowden.

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Sat Jun 14, 2014 5:59 pm

The issue of Fine Homebuilding is April/May 1983, # 14. Snowden is the front and back cover images. Article is pp 66 - 73, with the original plan (back cover), the as-built plan, an axonometric of the interior spaces, a transverse section, a detail section, and drawings of various details. There are 4 B + W photos showing original furnishings, and an early B + W photo of the courtyard, with two large pylons no longer extant.

peterm · Post by **peterm** » Sat Jun 14, 2014 6:15 pm

It seems as if it would be Snowden. We have been inundated with that name recently, but it's actually "Sowden", no relation to Edward in exile...

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Sat Jun 14, 2014 7:05 pm

The plan published in the Alan Weintraub monograph shows a very simple courtyard arrangement, for a 75 by c. 150-foot lot. The elevation is labeled "Front," implying an end-condition site. The cubic geometry of the twin terminal elements is still under study at this point; compare to as-built drawings here:

http://eloisemoorehead.com/post/3152522 ... wden-house

Original condition of north end of court, at left

Color photos by Alan Weintraub

DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:58 am

Lloyd Wright's 'Sowden Residence' back on the market

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