 In 1921 , Wright purchased an old dairy barn at <unk> Etna Street in Berkeley , California , and hired architect Bernard Maybeck to remodel it into a home . Nicknamed " the barn " , Wright 's home featured " a soaring ceiling with room for a rope swing hung from the rafters and space enough for two grand pianos . Maybeck 's daughter @-@ in @-@ law <unk> Maybeck " remembered evenings at Cedric Wright 's studio , when the women wore evening dresses and the men wore tuxedos , and there was much music around the big stone fireplace . " 
