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Interview With 100 Year Old Man Who Is the Last Original Owner of a Frank Lloyd Wright House

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AD travels to Pleasantville, New York, to tour Toy Hill House, one of the architectural gems in Frank Lloyd Wright’s visionary Usonia neighborhood. In the 1940s, a group of New York City architects, guided by Wright himself, set out to build a modern, affordable utopia—a community rooted in design, nature, and innovation. This resulted in a stunning group of mid-century modern homes nestled in the woods, just an hour from Manhattan.

This lecture introduces us to the only Japanese American architect within FLW’s Usonian community. Domoto, who grew up in a family of landscapers, was imprisoned in an internment camp during WWII, where he worked on the construction and gardening crews. He later worked as a draftsman and architect, and Wright chose him to build five houses within the planned community of Usonia. There’s an interesting article here by architect Lynnette Widder, who now owns Lurie House, about her sustainable restoration of the property. Photo via hyperallergic.com

Usonia house!

Frank-Lloyd-Wright-themed illustrations.

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