Ennis House, Los Angeles, California, USA (1924)
By the 1920s, Frank Lloyd Wright, pioneer of the Prairie Style, experimented with forms inspired from ancient cultures. He is well known for his love of traditional Japanese culture, but he also integrated Mayan designs into his work. Design for the Ennis House is one of the most famous applications of Mayan Revival design in architecture. And he did it by using a strange building material for residential homes at the time – concrete molded into a modern take on Mayan patterns. Built for Charles and Mable Ennis in 1924, the Los Feliz building is one of the most expensive pieces of private real estate in the region; in 2019, it sold for $18 million. Its price is driven up due to its location in Los Angeles overlooking Griffith Park, its affiliation with Wright, and its popularity as a filming location for television and movies.
