Frank Lloyd Wright's Pope-Leighey House

In Frank Lloyd Wrights Pope-Leighey House, architect Steven M. Reiss presents the updated and detailed story of one of Wrights few Virginia commissions. Designed and built for Loren and Charlotte Pope and later purchased by Marjorie and Robert Leighey, the Pope-Leighey House stands as a stunning example of an innovative form of shelterwhich Wright called Usonianfor families beset by the Great Depression. Here, and elsewhere, Wright offered a unique and unprecedented approach for homes that would be small yet architecturally significant, carefully sited, and constructed of readily available local materials. He believed that anyone with an acre of land should have the opportunity to own a Usonian home. In this amply illustrated book, Reiss echoes Wrights reminder that small, carefully built structures should be the starting point of sustainable and environmentally responsible house design.