The Landscape

The Landscape

The Meyer House is located in a Wright-planned community created for scientists from the Upjohn Company just outside of Kalamazoo, MI. Surrounded by gently rolling hills and open farmland, this is a perfect place to take in the beautiful midwestern landscape.

Mr. Wright paid two visits to the site. One preliminary visit to plat out the property and one during the construction of the homes whose building was supervised by Taliesin apprentice Jack Howe. All of the homes were designed in the Usonian style. Wright proposed the use of the adjective Usonian in place of American to describe the particular character of the American landscape as distinct and free of previous architectural conventions. The distinctly American ("USA") style was to be uncomplicated and relatively economical. Frank Lloyd Wright said that his Usonian houses would encourage "more simplified and... more gracious living".