Usonian houses
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Term applied to 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. The term was coined by the architect. http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300189535
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
[Peter and Cornelia Brierly] Berndtson architectural drawings and records
Collection
Identifier: AA-0000-0001
Scope and Contents
The Peter Berndtson Collection comprises specifications, contracts, correspondence, numerous photographs, and over 1700 sketches, renderings, working drawings and blueprints documenting nearly 100 projects. This collection of records is especially complete and illustrates all aspects of an architectural practice. The collection includes Berndtson's office records, augmented with materials from a 1971 exhibit at the University of Pittsburgh's University Art Gallery, and materials from the...
Dates:
Other: 1947-1999