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THE NATURALH When Frank Lloyd Wright turns his attention to © most important personal problems now facing everyone in our society — it is a time for rejoicing. The world’s greatest architect here meets the urgent prob- lem of suitable shelter for The Family in a democracy, in a magnificent and — as was to be expe—c chtalelendgin g book. Here, presented at last in full detail, is the natural house. The moderate cost houses described in this book and profusely illustrated with 116 photographs, plans and draw- ings, are houses — of infinite variety for people of limited mean—s i n which living has become for their owners a purposeful new adventure in freedom and dignity. Mr. Wright tells the story of the world famous “‘Usonian”’ houses, so that we now see, in text and illustrations, how they have evolved from original conception to final execution. He has also written a step-by-step description of the ‘‘Usonian Automatic,”’ explaining just how that remarkable house is built —a simplified method of construction so de- vised that the owners themselves can build it with great economy and beauty. For this purpose, there are, in addition to Mr. Wright's text, special photographs and drawings of the method and materials, showing clearly how the Usonian Automatic is built. For more than a half century Frank Lloyd Wright has been the prophet of a new idea in architecture. It is called “‘or- ganic architecture.” It has spread throughout the world. Its liberating influence now appears — or semblances of it appear — in nearly every structure being built. During this period of incomparable achievement, there has been a profoundly mistaken notion that Mr. Wright has built only for the rich. This book is convincing evidence of the error of that notion. (continued on b Digitized by the Internet Archive In 2021 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation at ntips:/archive.org/details/nejuretiouse0000wrig ¥ *& T ai i Ne oA eT Re Ik nA © Ws E ‘i fir ae FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT THE NATURAL HOUSE mmeomwr | Z ON IR Te Sys) INP ts NAY Y¥- ORT RaEK Copyright 1954 Horizon Press Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 54-12278 ISBN 0-8 180-0007-4 CONTENTS BOOK ONE: 1936-1953 3 ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE 37 BUILDING THE NEW HOUSE Al Simplicity 44 Plasticity 49 IN THE NATURE OF MATERIALS: A PHILOSOPHY oye} A New Reality: Glass 54 Another Reality: Continuity 59 Materials for Their Own Sake 62 The New Integrity 63 Integral Ornament At Last! 67 Great Power 79 THE USONIAN HOUSE | a7 THE USONIAN HOUSE II 98 Gravity Heat 115 CONCERNING THE USONIAN HOUSE BOOK TWO: 1954 129 INTEGRITY: IN A HOUSE AS IN AN INDIVIDUAL 139 FROM THE GROUND UP 139 Where to Build 142 What Kind of Land 142 A Suitable Foundation 148 Advantages of the Berm-Type 154 How to Light the House 154 The Great Luminary 155 Steel and Glass 158 The Basement 158 Insulation and Heating 160 The Kind of Roof 161 The Attic 165 Size of Kitchen 166 The Client and the House 167 Expanding for the Growing Family 168 Children’s Rooms 170 Furnishings 170 Chairs 174 Paint IVES: Air Conditioning? 178 The Contractor 181 GRAMMAR: THE HOUSE AS A WORK OF ART 186 The Architect of the Future 187 It is Valiant to be Simple Lo, THE USONIAN AUTOMATIC eed Reducing the Costs 199 How the “Usonian Automatic” is Built 215 ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE AND THE ORIENT 218 The Philosophy and the Deed Ppa) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Sources Photographers’ Credits
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