American Model D1 American System-Built Houses, Frank Lloyd Wright – Historic Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of American Model D1 American System-Built Houses, Frank Lloyd Wright. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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American Model D1 American System-Built Houses, Frank Lloyd Wright
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Model D1 belongs to Frank Lloyd Wright's American System-Built Homes, a line of standardized house designs he developed in the early 1910s. Its plan and proportions reflect his Prairie style, with low rooflines, horizontal emphasis, and open living spaces. Wright intended the system to bring well-designed houses within reach of middle-income families by having components cut in a factory and assembled on site. The idea was ambitious, and only a limited number of these houses were actually built, which makes surviving examples and original drawings of particular interest to architectural historians.
| Original scan | 1,163 × 1,465 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216284 |
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