Lloyd Wright’s Dorland house today

Scott Franklin, left and Miao Miao at home in Altadena.

With its sawtooth roof, brick, glass and wood composition, carport and grid system, Lloyd Wright’s design is reminiscent of his father’s Roland Reisley House, the third of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonia homes.

Despite its 1949 time stamp, many of the home’s elements - concrete slab flooring, radiant heating, indoor outdoor access via floor to ceiling sliders - feels of the moment by today’s standards.

A whimsical doorbell, that is not original to the house, greets visitors.

The couple named a pair of flexible cord lamps, at left, Hansel and Charlotte after their Altadena neighbors’ potbellied pig and goat. The trio of maple tables also have names: YOYO, FUFU, and KOKO.

It took four people to assemble the witty and elegant Ingo Maurer chandelier which features a collection of scribbled paper notes in place of crystals. The dining room table is a Lloyd Wright design and has been passed down from homeowner to homeowner.

A detail of the dining room table designed by Lloyd Wright specifically for the house.

“It was a great thing to be able to make a home in a piece of modernist history,” says Scott Franklin.

Miniature mouse and squirrel paintings and a sculpture by Scott Franklin infuse the house with personality along with a NONdesigns bowl and carved walnuts crafted by Miao Miao’s father.

One in a series of love notes on paper napkins that the couple have compiled in to a bound journal.

The kitchen was updated by previous homeowners.

Birch plywood chairs by NONdesigns are stacked in the guest room.

Redwood sliders allow for easy indoor- outdoor access.

In the master bedroom, a ceramic giraffe Franklin created when he was 14 is mounted next to a standing Noguchi floor lamp. “They’re like creatures,” Miao says of the paper lights. “They have so much personality.”

The master bedroom was originally a sleeping porch.

The 1,465 square foot house effortlessly connects to the lush landscape in Altadena.