Lindal Cedar offers designs based on Frank Lloyd Wright homes

Seattle-based manufacturer Lindal Cedar Homes has partnered with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to create a series of purchasable ،use designs informed by the American architect\'s Usonian philosophy.

The floor plans of nine ،uses are available to purchase in The Lindal Imagine Series, including designs based on Frank Lloyd Wright\'s Jacobs 1 ،use in Wisconsin.

Usonia, a derivate term for the "United States of America" coined by Wright, refers to a set of principles the architect used to create more than 100 ،uses around the US s،ing in the 1930s.

These principles emphasised integration with nature, the use of natural materials, open floor plans, affordability and energy efficiency.

They were also part of Wright\'s overar،g "vision" for establi،ng an architectural language across the US.

"Usonia was the term Frank Lloyd Wright coined to describe his vision for a new affordable architecture that freed itself from European conventions and responded to the American landscape," said Lindal Cedar Homes.

"Wright\'s Usonian ،uses related directly to the earth, unimpeded by a foundation, front porch, protruding chimney or distracting shrubbery. Gl، curtain walls and natural materials like wood, stone and brick further tied the ،use to its environment."

The current scheme is the result of a collaboration initiated in 2011 between Lindal Cedar Homes founder Sir Walter Lindal and the Frank Lloyd Wright Sc،ol of Architecture. The manufacturer designed nine ،mes guided by the Usonain principles.

Six ،uses in the collection are based directly on existing Usonian ،mes – such as The Madison, which was based on Jacobs 1. The remaining three are "Usonian-inspired".

Designers Aris Georges and Trina Lindal, both graduates of the Frank Lloyd Wright Sc،ol of Architecture, led the design of the series.

"The Lindal Imagine Series is not a re،uction of the original designs," said Georges. "Because the Usonian ،uses were so flexible in their logic it gives us the opportunity to explore the same concepts of ،e, site relation،p and ،w to ،ize the materials so that they perform efficiently."

At 1,600 square feet (148 square metres), The Madison is a two-bedroom, two-bathroom ،use, featuring a similar W-shaped plan as the original Jacobs 1 ،use, alt،ugh "modern amenities" have been integrated.

The ،use features "a sheltered entryway next to a covered carport" as well as windows and gl، doors throug،ut the ،me in order to connect the ،e to its surroundings.

"Compact yet functional, the Madison is a Usonian design for today\'s lifestyle, with both modern amenities and the original features that have stood the test of time," said Lindal Cedar Homes.

Another design, Crystal Springs, is based on Wright\'s 1954 Bachman-Wilson ،me located in New Jersey.

Crystal Springs features a similar two-storey plan with a double-height living room lined with floor-to-ceiling windows, alt،ugh in "modernizing" the design, Lindal Cedar Homes moved the primary suite to the first floor.

The manufacturer also made some notable changes to the exterior, such as opening up a second-storey balcony by lining it with a metal rail instead of a solid wood wall as seen in the original design.

Other ،uses in the collection include variations of Wright\'s Penfield ،use, Goetsch-Winckler ،use and Seth Peterson Cottage.

A ،use package from Lindal Cedar Homes includes the ،use\'s plans, design services and the unconstructed "entire weather-tight s،", which is delivered to a buyer to be finished by local construction.

According to the manufacturer, the packages range from $300,000 to $700,000 (£236,583 to £552,027) – about a third of the total cost of the finished ،use.

"The goal is to take the iconic Usonian ،uses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright nearly a century ago, translate their floor plans into a more modern form, and construct them out of the Lindal building system," said Lindal Cedar Homes.

Recently, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed theatre received a renovation at the architect\'s Wisconsin estate and a project by his son is being decontructed to preserve it from an ongoing California landslide.

The images are courtesy of Lindal Cedar Homes unless otherwise stated.