Eric Lloyd Wright
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Eric Lloyd Wright is an American architect and grandson of the famed Frank Lloyd Wright.
Wright was born in Los Angeles on November 9, 1929 to architect Lloyd Wright, son of Frank Sr., and Helen Taggart.
Educated at UCLA, Eric worked under his grandfather's (1948-1956) and father's (1956-1978) firm as an apprentice before establishing his own firm, Eric Lloyd Wright Architects and Planners, in 1978. He is also responsible for a number of restoration projects to his grandfather's buildings:
- Storer Residence - Los Angeles, California
- Ennis Residence - Los Angeles, California
- Auldbrass Plantation - Yemassee, South Carolina
- Eric Lloyd Wright Boulder House - an adaptation of a original design by his grandfather in Malibu, California
- Greer Ranch - Murrietta, California
- Murrietta Oaks - Murrietta, California
A list of projects worked on by Eric:
- Walker Residence, Carmel, California
- Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
- Tonkens Residence, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Monona Terrace, Madison, Wisconsin
- The Wayfarer’s Chapel, Palos Verdes, California
- First Christian Church, Thousand Oaks, California
- The Good Shepherd Church, Des Plaines, Illinois
- The Institute of Mental Physics Yucca Valley, California
- Student & Faculty Housing Project for U.C., San Diego, California
- Solar Farms Project, Farming & Education, Apple Valley, California
- Humane Society Animal Shelter and Office, Ventura, California
- Swedenborge Church Conference Center, Westchester, Pennsylvania
- Visitor’s Center for The Wayfarer’s Chapel Palos Verdes, California - as consultant to Dean Andrews
- Tenemos Conference Center Dormitory for the Swedenborgian Church, Westchester, Pennsylvania - with Jay Cooperson
Most of Wright's work is in the United States, but he worked on housing in Japan in 1995. He also helped established Chi-Am Group Incorporated and Chi-Am Consortium, a Chinese-American architectural firms in 1993.
