Historic local home that's a lesson in making a small house a work of art

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/dayart/20070130/450architecture30_01brandes.jpgThe 1952 Brandes house in Sammamish is one of Frank Lloyd Wright's "Usonia" homes designed to offer beauty to families of average means. (January 29, 2007)

One of the three Frank Lloyd Wright houses in the Puget Sound area is on the market, a perfect time to wander through it and wonder why its ideas are being neglected in this century's thirst for reasonably priced, modestly scaled homes.
Although the asking price of just under $2 million is a giant step out of the middle-class leagues, this house wasn't conceived as a baronial estate. Original owners Ray and Mimi Brandes wrote to Wright in 1951, asking him to design a small house for a "simple unaffected servant-less life." Jack Cullen, Ray Brandes' stepson and the present owner, says they envisioned it as a showcase for their contracting business. (...)

Fonte: Seattlepi.com