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The house was the second of two that Wright designed for journalist Herbert Jacobs and his wife Katherine. Its design is unusual among Wright's works; he called the style the "Solar Hemicycle" due to its semicircular layout and use of natural materials and orientation to conserve solar energy. [ 4 ]
Jacobs and his wife Katherine commissioned Wright to design a house for them. This house, the Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House, was notable as the first example of Usonian architecture. Later, they commissioned Wright to design another house for them, the Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House.
Low-cost Modernist house with glass walls facing the private backyard, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1937. Considered by many the first and purest Usonian house. 66: Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House: Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House
The interior of the Rosenbaum House. Usonia (/ j uː ˈ s oʊ n i. ə /) is a term that was used by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright to refer to the United States in general (in preference over America), and more specifically to his vision for the landscape of the country, including the planning of cities and the architecture of buildings.
Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House; K. Kite Mansion; L. Jack Lamberson House; ... Louise Lincoln Kerr House and Studio; M. Merritt House (Greenbrier, Arkansas)
In contrast, Herbert Jacobs was a young newspaperman who had come to work for Madison's Capital Times after working for the Milwaukee Journal for five years. In 1936 Herbert and his wife Katherine visited Wright at Taliesen near Spring Green and challenged the architect to design and build them a home for $5,000 (equivalent to $105,972 in 2023 ...
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Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House, Madison, Wisconsin, NRHP-listed Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Jacobs House .