At the beginning of the 20th century, concrete blocks were already a common building material in the US. In developing his textile-block system, Frank Lloyd Wright’s aim was to refine this economic material and create a precise, standardized product of superior strength and high design quality. The first four buildings in which this system was applied were erected in Los Angeles (La Miniatura, the Ennis House, the Freeman House and the Storer House), using richly ornamented reinforced concrete blocks.
