Inside L A.s Most Iconic Example of Mid-century Modern Architecture

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• RESTAURANT FLOOR & CRUISE ROOFTOP
• Frank Lloyd Wright Houses and Buildings in Los Angeles
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• LIVE MUSIC ON 2 FLOORS
• Miranda Lambert Will Be the First Female Country Star to Have Her Name on a Downtown Nashville Bar
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• Florida Georgia Line Is Opening a Restaurant Venue in Nashville: All the Details

It was Wright's first commission in Los Angeles and one of his first open floor plans. All kidding aside, FGL House is worth a visit, even if it's just to walk through and say you've been there. I'm not sure it has the staying power to become a downtown Nashville mainstay, but FGL has proven their fanbase are among the most dedicated. With multiple bars and restaurants backed by country stars popping up this year, FGL House will likely set the pace for a rapidly changing tourist district. The drink menu was overall delicious, but be prepared to spend at least $12 on each cocktail. But hey, you might need it after hearing "Cruise" for the fifth time during your meal.

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One of the four textile block Wright houses in this pre-Columbian-inspired style in the Los Angeles area, the Storer House is unique because of its four-block designs. If you’re looking for a fun restaurant with amazing views and delicious food, head to FGL House when you’re in Nashville, Tennessee. As one of the most well-known restaurants in the city, FGL House has one of the biggest rooftops, called “The Cruise,” for you to enjoy views of downtown Nashville.

Frank Lloyd Wright Houses and Buildings in Los Angeles

Built between 1919 and 1921, it represents Wright's efforts to develop a style of architecture for Southern California. This twist on an old fashioned adds a lot of sugar and fruit flavors, but also has a fourth more whiskey than the traditional version. If you want whiskey and you want to get a fast buzz, this is the drink for you. I mean, it has the restaurant's name on it, so it has to be good.

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The Arch Oboler Gatehouse and Eleanor's Retreat buildings are the only example of desert rubblestone construction, the same style Wright used at Taliesin West in Scottsdale Arizona. The builders sourced materials from the surrounding area to make it feel as if the buildings were an extension of the desert floor thus the "rubblestone" moniker. Walking in, I was pretty surprised at how tame the interior of the restaurant was.

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All featured products are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Vanity Fair may earn an affiliate commission. Wright was commissioned to build Millard House by Alice Millard, a rare-book dealer after he built a home for her in Illinois twenty years prior. This was Wright's first Usonian-style structure on the West Coast with a design that seems to grow out of the side of the hill.

Millard House

Others are in an elegant area of Pasadena that any architecture lover will enjoy visiting. Earlier this summer, equally beloved and hated bro-country pair Florida Georgia Line announced they would soon become restaurant owners. FGL House in downtown Nashville hastily opened during the massively popular CMA Music Festival. Naturally, fans flocked to the brand new dining spot, causing lines to form around the block hours before the restaurant and bar opened its doors.

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The home was built in 1923 and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Skyewiay Road in Brentwood Heights, is considered a masterpiece of American design, often compared to Wright's legendary Fallingwater in southwest Pennsylvania. The Storer House found at 8161 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles is known for its drama. Although Wright believed in designing structures that blended seamlessly into their natural surroundings, this 3,000-square-foot house does anything but. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and has been listed as a California Historical Landmark and as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. If you only have a couple of hours to spare and you want to see a Frank Lloyd Wright home, opt for the Hollyhock House where you can take a guided tour.

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In 1986, the Freeman House was bequeathed to the USC School of Architecture. After the completion of renovations, the university plans to use it as a residence for distinguished visitors, as well as a setting for seminars and meetings. The Freeman House located at 1962 Glencoe Way in Los Angeles is one of three textile block houses Wright designed in the Hollywood Hills in the 1920s. If you're a tourist or a local looking for good food on or near Lower Broadway, there aren't that many amazing choices.

FGL House features a world-class kitchen that fuses unique Southern style cuisine with California flair. They have bars on each floor that serve local craft beers and deliciously mixed cocktails. It also boasts the largest "Cruise" rooftop Nashville has to offer, dedicated to an all-day and all-night party with stunning views of the Music City skyline. The textile block design homes are examples of Wright's pre-Columbian inspired or early Modernist architecture.

The rest are private homes not open to the public, but that won't stop you from driving by and admiring the architecture from the street. You can see all of Frank Lloyd Wright's Los Angeles houses in a well-planned day. The options will also include organic choices from local farms. However, only a gatehouse and a small studio were actually built.

The rooftop will feature an “all-day and all-night party” with views of Music City and a huge dance floor and stage for people to enjoy into the late hours of the evening. For a more relaxed environment, people can get a cocktail in the basement-level lounge that features a vintage vibe and baby grand piano. The first floor will feature a massive wall that will showcase the latest videos from the band on a loop as well as other country stars and popular sporting events.

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All products featured on Vanity Fair are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Shulman’s famous seven-minute exposure captures the house and its sprawling city backdrop.

In March 1954, Clarence “Buck” Stahl and Carlotta May Gates drove from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and got married in a chapel. It was as conspicuous as it was forbidding, visible from the couple’s house on nearby Hillside Avenue. “This lot was in pure view—every morning, every night,” Carlotta Stahl recalled. Locals called it Pecker Point, presumably because it was a prime makeout venue. For the Stahls, it became the blank screen on which they projected their dreams of a life together, a place to build a future, a family, and a house like no other. Some of the homes perch atop the Hollywood Hills with magnificent views of the city below.

The Storer house is a private residence and not open to the public. The Rodeo Drive shops called Anderton Court are a little-known Wright design and not widely recognized as one of his better works. Multiple modifications obscure the original facade, but you can still see hints of the tower designs he repeated in other structures. Named after original owner Aline Barnsdall's favorite flower, Hollyhock House was just part of a living and arts complex set on 36 acres.