To: Mia T
"The Usonian house was Wright's attempt to fulfill the Jeffersonian ideal that land and home ownership were the birthright of all Americans, Wright's goal was to create well-designed, efficient homes for the American middle class." If you look back at the Sears-Roebuck "mail-order homes" that were available to folks in the 30's, 40's and 50's, you can see some available plans that mimic FLW's architecture's strong horizontality and bold roof overhangs. No denying Wright's influence on American design, that's fer sure.
FReegards...MUD
To: Mudboy Slim
True about FLW.
My taste is more Richard Meier, beautiful old houses and quirky, vernacular stuff (including old barns/silos)...
As for Sears, I recently came across an old barn that was a Sears mail order item.
46 posted on
11/18/2002 1:35:42 PM PST by
Mia T
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