Robert and Rae Levin House
House in Kalamazoo, Michigan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert and Rae Levin House, also Robert Levin House and Robert Levin Residence, is a single-family home in Kalamazoo, Michigan and designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Robert and Rae Levin House | |
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General information | |
Type | House |
Architectural style | Usonian |
Location | Kalamazoo, Michigan |
Coordinates | 42.262816°N 85.632425°W / 42.262816; -85.632425 |
Completed | 1949; playroom with basement added 1960[1] |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Frank Lloyd Wright |
In 1949,[clarification needed] Robert and Rae Levin worked with Frank Lloyd Wright to build a house, the first one to be constructed in Parkwyn Village, a planned community of Usonian houses. Usonia is a word used by Frank Lloyd Wright and refers to the residents of the United States Of North America.[2] Those houses were meant for the common man at that time.[2] The finished house was constructed of textile blocks (patterned blocks made by pouring concrete into a mold), big windows and skylights, built-in furniture, and a mix of shallow and grand sloping ceilings. Wright designed the house to be connected closely to nature.[2]