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Affleck_House_(1940)_Frank_Lloyd_Wright

The Affleck House is a brick and cypress raised Usonian house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Sited in a wooded natural amphitheater, the house nestles along a gentle grade before its living area cantilevers dramatically over a small stream bed. A massive vertical brick shaft, containing the fireplace, kitchen, and utilities, roots itself in the ravine, grows through the main floor, and soars through the multiple skylights to the roof top sun deck. The loggia, open to both the stream below and the sky above by windows, provides the transitional space between the living and bedroom areas. The home's distinct functional areas blend to form a continuously flowing space. This, and the inter-relationship with its site, generates its special qualities. Information taken from National

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