Andrew B. Cooke House

Andrew B. Cooke House
General information
Type House
Architectural style Usonian
Location Virginia Beach, Virginia
Coordinates 36°52′38″N 75°59′22″W / 36.877203°N 75.989394°W / 36.877203; -75.989394Coordinates: 36°52′38″N 75°59′22″W / 36.877203°N 75.989394°W / 36.877203; -75.989394
Construction started 1959
Height 3,000 sq ft (280 m2)
Design and construction
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright

The Andrew B. Cooke House in Virginia Beach, Virginia, was designed in 1953 and completed in 1959 for Andrew B. & Maude Cooke. Along with the Pope-Leighey House and the Luis Marden House, it is one of three Frank Lloyd Wright designs in Virginia. A variation of Wright's solar hemicycle designs, the Cooke House features yellow-gold brick and a copper, cantilevered roof.

References

  • Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University Of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.360)


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