This is the first-hand account of a young couple who in 1936 challenged Wright to produce a decent house for $5,000. Wright responded with the in novations--floor heating, flat roof, con crete floor, solid walls, grouping of utili ties, carport, seclusion from the street but openness to a garden through banks of door windows--that made their house the revolutionary "Usonia Num ber One." Within five years the Jacobs moved to the country, where Wright designed the "Solar Hemicycle," which featured a windfoil design and the ...
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This is the first-hand account of a young couple who in 1936 challenged Wright to produce a decent house for $5,000. Wright responded with the in novations--floor heating, flat roof, con crete floor, solid walls, grouping of utili ties, carport, seclusion from the street but openness to a garden through banks of door windows--that made their house the revolutionary "Usonia Num ber One." Within five years the Jacobs moved to the country, where Wright designed the "Solar Hemicycle," which featured a windfoil design and the passive solar con struction that became the prototype for such buildings. The 89 illustrations show the construction and important details of both houses.
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