Kentuck Knob A Perforated Board | Clerestory| AlaModerna Color:Cherry Stain and deep cantilevered eaves

and deep cantilevered eaves

Most of the windows of the house contain only a narrow leaded border

In the early 1920s Frank Lloyd Wright gave new life to concrete blocks with a new building system he called “textile block construction

This complex window is believed to have been designed for the Chauncey Williams House

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Kentuck Knob A Perforated Board | Clerestory| AlaModerna Color:Cherry Stain and deep cantilevered eavesDesigned on a hexagonal module, Kentuck Knob is a small, one story Usonian house located in the Laurel Highlands of western Pennsylvania. Usonian is a term that Frank Lloyd Wright coined to describe something that was made for the people of the United States. He created this style of affordable home for the middle class in the era of the Great Depression. Both dramatic and serene, the house, situated just below the crest of the hill, appears almost