All Lit Up Like a Japanese Lantern: The Japanese Aesthetic in Frank Lloyd Wright's Pope-Leighey House
Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House 9000 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, Virginia 22309
Woodlawn/Pope-Leighey House
Pope-Leighey House
By 1941, the year Pope-Leighey House was completed, Frank Lloyd Wright had studied Japan for almost a half-century. He had become a serious collector of woodblock prints--even writing a book on the subject--and had won acclaim for his design of the Tokyo Imperial Hotel, one of the few buildings to survive the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. On this special tour, visitors will discover how the famous American architect incorporated his love of Japanese art, architecture, and philosophy into Usonian homes, and how this East Asian influence shines in Wright’s Pope-Leighey House. Tickets are $20 per person.
