Building with Frank Lloyd Wright: An Illustrated Memoir

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 in­novations--floor heating, flat roof, con­crete floor, solid walls, grouping of utili­ties, carport, seclusion from the street but openness to a garden through banks of door windows--that made their house the revolutionary "Usonia Num­ber 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 con­struction that became the prototype for such buildings. The 89 illustrations show the construction and important details of both houses.Mr. Herbert Jacobs PhD is the author of 'Building with Frank Lloyd Wright: An Illustrated Memoir', published 1986 under ISBN 9780809312917 and ISBN 0809312913.