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Cabinet secretary nominates Hollyhock House for UN World Heritage
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Cabinet secretary nominates Hollyhock House for UN World Heritage
It’s not the Taj Mahal, but it may someday share World Heritage status with that famed Indian “wonder of the world." A cabinet secretary today nominated Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House in Los Angeles for a very special designation.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he’s proposing to include 11 Frank Lloyd Wright properties on the United Nations’ list of World Heritage sites. One of those is Hollyhock House, located in Barnsdall Art Park in East Hollywood. Wright described its style as “California Romanza” with rooftop terraces, porches and glass doors connecting house to gardens.
To qualify for World Heritage status, a building must be not only an “outstanding” example of architecture, but a “masterpiece of human creative genius.” Salazar says Wright created an “organic architecture” that influenced building design around the world.
If chosen by an international committee, Hollyhock House could make the World Heritage list in 2014. Aside from prestige, the designation would also make it easier to attract funds for conservation.
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