When Frank Lloyd Wright turns his attention to one of the most important personal problems now facing practically everyone in our society - it is a time for rejoicing. The world's greatest architect here meets the urgent problem of suitable shelter for The Family in a democracy, in a magnificent and - as was to be expected - challenging book. Here, presented at last in full detail, is the natural house. The moderate cost houses described in this book and profusely illustrated with 116 photographs, plans and drawings, are houses - of infinite variety for people of limited means - in which living has become for their owners a purposeful new adventure in freedom and dignity. Mr. Wright tells the story of the world famous "Usonian" houses, so that we now see, in text and illustrations, how they have evolved from original conception to final execution. He has also written a step-by-step description of the "Usonion Automatic," explaining just how that remarkable house is built - a simplified method of construction so devised that the owners themselves can build it with great economy and beauty. For this purpose, there are, in addition to Mr. Wright's text, special photographs and drawings of the method and materials, showing clearly how the Usonion Automatic is built.
Author(s): Frank Lloyd Wright
Publisher: Horizon Press
Language: English
Pages: 223
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FRONTISPIECE-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
70 WILLEY HOUSE, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
82 JACOBS HOUSE, WESTMORLAND, WISCONSIN
92 STURGES HOUSE, BRENTWOOD HEIGHTS, CALIFORNIA
102 GOETSCH-WINKLER HOUSE, OKEMOS, MICHIGAN
SUNTOP HOMES, ARDMORE, PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSING PROJECT NEAR PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
ROSENBAUM HOUSE, FLORENCE, ALABAMA
USONIAN EXHIBITION HOUSE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
PEW HOUSE, NEAR MADISON, WISCONSIN
183 LAURENT HOUSE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
188 MILLER HOUSE, CHARLES CITY, IOWA
204 ADELMAN HOUSE, PHOENIX, ARIZONA
208 BOOMER HOUSE, PHOENIX, ARIZONA
BOOK
SIMPLICITY
PLASTICITY
A NEW REALITY: GLASS
ANOTHER REALITY: CONTINUITY
THE NEW INTEGRITY
INTEGRAL ORNAMENT AT LAST!
GREAT POWER
THE
HOUSE
GRAVITY HEAT
CONCERNING THE
USONIAN HOUSE
BOOK
WHERE TO BUILD
WHAT KIND OF LAND
A SUITABLE FOUNDATION
ADVANTAGES OF THE BERM-TYPE
HOW TO LIGHT THE HOUSE
THE GREAT LUMINARY
STEEL AND GLASS
THE BASEMENT
INSULATION AND HEATING
THE KIND OF ROOF
THE ATTIC
SIZE OF KITCHEN
THE CLIENT AND THE HOUSE
EXPANDING FOR GROWING FAMILY
CHILDREN’S ROOMS
FURNISHINGS
CHAIRS
PAINT
AIR CONDITIONING?
, SPRING GREEN; WISCONSI
THE CONTRACTOR
THE ARCHITECT OF THE FUTURE
IT IS VALIANT TO BE SIMPLE
REDUCING THE COSTS
THE PHILOSOPHY AND THE DEED
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SOURCES
PHOTOGRAPHERS’ CREDITS
