Wright States That Plans For The Usonian Automatic HouseAre Being Developed So That Wide Distribution May Be Made During This Winter

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959). The greatest American architect, Wright developed the Prairie style, emphasizing horizontal lines, an open interior and houses that blended with nature. He is best remembered for the Robie House, Fallingwater, the Johnson Wax Factory and the Guggenheim Museum.TLS. 1pg. 11 x 8 . January 22, 1955. Phoenix, Arizona. A typed letter signed F. Ll. W. on his classic Taliesin West letterhead. He wrote to Jack Fajans of Douglaston, New York City: Plans for the Usonian Automatic house to which you refer are being developed so that wide distribution may be made during this winter. We shall send you more detailed information concerning it withing the next few months. The Usonian Automatic house was an attempt, in the 1950s, for Wright to design houses made from modular concrete blocks; there would be various models so the purchaser could modify the home to his or her needs. The dark autograph is in blue ink and two vertical mailing folds affect nothing; it is accompanied by the original envelope.