This school's style is exemplified by the Willits House and the Dana-Thomas House, both of which are organized around a central chimney and utilize clerestory windows, overhanging eaves, and a horizontally linear design.
A low-cost version of this structural strategy de-emphasizing ornamentation and eliminating attics and basements during the Great Depression was called "Usonian" by this school's founder. This school's style is exemplified by the Willits House and the Dana-Thomas House, both of which are organized around a central chimney and utilize clerestory windows, overhanging eaves, and a horizontally linear design. Also describing the Robie House in Chicago, this is, FTP, what style of American building pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright in the early 20th century?
A low-cost version of this structural strategy de-emphasizing ornamentation and eliminating attics and basements during the Great Depression was called "Usonian" by this school's founder.
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