A Frank Lloyd Wright’s house

In 1939, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a house that only now, after 74 years, was built in the campus of Florida Southern College. At the time, the house would have been designed for a teacher, but because of the Great Depression and Second World War, was not built until now.

This ground floor house is one of the nearly 60 houses designed by the famous American architect, part of the series "Usonian houses" - a type of ornamentation free family residences, designed to present a national style while remaining affordable for a middle class family.

Instead of being used as a residence, the building forms part of Sharp Family Tourism and Education Center - a gallery and visitors centre hosting permanent and temporary exhibitions on the architect’s life and work.

"We want a place to visit and learn about Wright, its importance in the world of American architecture - if not the architecture worldwide," said Rob Tate from Florida Southern College.

The building emphasizes local materials and artisanal construction process, including about 2000 concrete blocks and 6000 blocks of colored glass, all handcrafted, used to build the walls of the house.

The furniture is specific to the "Usonian houses", also designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

The campus of Florida Southern College was masterplanned by Frank Lloyd Wright and shows the largest representative collection of the architect’s work, considered a National Historic Landmark in 2012.

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