a Cloverleaf Ground Subdivision, interior perspectives.
Frank Lloyd Wright, project, 1942.

b Suntop Homes, section.

c Suntop Homes, exterior view.

# Suntop Homes

## ARDMORE, PENNSYLVANIA, 1939

### Frank Lloyd Wright

The Suntop Homes and Wright's later Cloverleaf Ground Subdivision of 1942 are important attempts to increase the density of a basic suburban housing type, the single-family detached residence. Stylistically and spatially from the same mold as Wright's Usonian houses of this period, Suntop may be thought of as four Usonian houses placed in each quadrant of a cross formed by two perpendicular party walls. The unit in each corner is three floors high; it features ample balcony and terrace space on the upper floors, a carport, double-height living room, private entrance, and a private garden. The idea was to combine four three-bedroom single-family houses while still maintaining the amenities and privacy of the detached single-family residence.

In each unit the living room on the ground floor opens out to the garden. The kitchen and a small dining room occupy the second floor or mezzanine over-looking the double-height living room. The master bedroom and a double-height bathroom are also on the second level. Two small bedrooms are arranged on the third floor, with the remainder of the roof for terrace. The Cloverleaf project—really just a deluxe version of Suntop—has an interior courtyard at the intersection of the party walls, an additional bedroom on the second floor, and another bath on the third floor. The second-floor bath, originally double-height to allow ventilation from the roof, is reduced to one level and vented onto the courtyard. The bedrooms feature balconies on the courtyard side.

Copyright © The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, 1942; copyright renewed 1970

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Suntop Homes, section.

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Suntop Homes, exterior view.

Suntop Homes

ARDMORE, PENNSYLVANIA, 1939

Frank Lloyd Wright

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Suntop Homes, section.

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Suntop Homes, exterior view.

Copyright © The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, 1942, copyright renewed 1970

# Suntop Homes

## Frank Lloyd Wright

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Suntop Homes, section.

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Suntop Homes, exterior view.

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Suntop Homes

ARDMORE, PENNSYLVANIA, 1939

Frank Lloyd Wright