Eric Lloyd Wright House + Complex, Malibu, California

            I had the distinct pleasure of visiting architect Eric Lloyd Wright and his wife Mary at their monumental home in the hills of Malibu Canyon yesterday.  The appointment was scheduled to give Eric a gift; a photograph I took of him with his son Devon while giving a lecture at the Anais Nin-Rupert Pole Residence in Silver Lake a few years ago (for the Silver Lake History Collective).  I had given the portrait to Bob Herzog, Chairperson of the Collective, to give to Eric as a "thank you" for the time spent together.   I didn't think much about it, but after Bob Herzog passed away last November, I listed his house for sale earlier this year, and rummaging through his things left behind, discovered the photograph.  

I called Eric to tell him the story about the photograph, and much to my delight, he invited me out to the house for a visit.  Situated on a remote, partially unpaved  private road, the unfinished house is a masterpiece of contemporary design.  While Eric is working on the house, he and his wife Mary live and work in make-shift housing; the office is an assortment of decks and living space superimposed on an expanded "airstream" style trailer.  The main house itself is nothing short of monumental.  Situated on a bluff high above the Pacific Ocean, the house appears as something ancient with a contemporary twist, exactly as one would expect from a master of "organic' architecture.

The Eric Lloyd Wright house is located at 24680 Piuma Road in Malibu, California.  Please do not use this image in any media without my permission. © All rights reserved

Taken in: United States / California / Monte Nido (show map)

Taken on: October 15, 2012

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