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Wright maintained a lifelong interest in prefabricated housing, as demonstrated by his American Systems-Built Houses of 1911-1917.
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 4, 2017
The only Wright structure in New Mexico, this home stands adjacent to the Santa Fe National Forest and marks the first built version of Wright’s hexagonal “teepee” idea, which looks back to a 1920s design for a resort in Lake Tahoe.
Wright designed his American System-Built structures between 1911-1917, motivated by his lifelong interest in affordable housing.
Elsie—the wife of governor, senator, and newspaper publisher Henry J. Allen—commissioned Wright to design the couple’s home in College Hill, a newly developed residential neighborhood of Wichita.
This building, exemplary of Wright’s Usonian style, represents the architect’s answer to low-cost housing for the average American.