Deterioration of residential homes is common over the years due to wear and tear from daily use. The cost to prevent this deterioration is usually minimal and does not reach hundreds of thousands of dollars for routine maintenance. Additionally, residential home construction has improved over the years; therefore, not as many repairs are needed over time. Engineers have developed better concepts for how homes will withstand the elements, and department stores encourage homeowners to repair and do their own maintenance on their standard home. However, there are residential homes that are not compliant and their architectural designs are what have brought these homes to the forefront of modern architecture. One of the most noteworthy and synonymous with residential homes is Frank Lloyd Wright. Known for his unique style of residential design, Frank Lloyd Wright was ahead of his time, however, the materials used in these designs proved to be unsustainable and cost homeowners hundreds of thousands, even millions, of dollars to maintain .Born shortly after the end of the Civil War in 1867, Wright grew up primarily in Madison, WI. After college, he secured a position with the prestigious Chicago architectural firm of Adler & Sullivan in 1887. A disagreement with Sullivan six years later forced Wright to start his own firm. After designing six more houses, Wright began to realize his permanent projects in architecture. He came to use repetitive design elements in his designs that included open concept, fireplaces, glazed windows and doors, and the use of organic materials that were incorporated into homes. Some of these drawings or…half of the paper…remain. Most were demolished decades ago. Those that remain require constant repairs and are financially impossible for a single homeowner to maintain. Most of the remaining homes are designated as historic sites or turned into some sort of museum to pay for their upkeep. Fallingwater's cantilevers require constant and expensive restoration to prevent the entire house from falling into the river below. Likewise, Hollyhock, with its leaky roofs and crumbling stucco, has cost the city of Los Angeles many extremely expensive renovations. While both of these homes, along with most of Wright's other homes, are excellent examples of the modern architecture with which most homes are designed today, the millions of dollars that have been spent to maintain and preserve them make these homes horribly unaffordable . It makes you wonder if the beauty is really worth the price.