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Usonian houses

Scope note

Designates a group of Frank Lloyd Wright's small, single-family houses constructed during the late 1930s and early 1940s and generally characterized by low cost, natural materials, open planning, and a close relationship between the building and the site and climate.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000189535

Term used for

houses, Usonian

Equivalent Terms used

Usonian house

Created

13yrs ago

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