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It was at this time, LIFE Magazine, in collaboration with The Architectural Forum, invited Wright to participate in an article called “Eight Houses for Modern Living.”

LIFE commissioned designs of a “Dream House” for four typical American families with incomes ranging from $2,000 to $10,000 a year. One traditional and one modern architect was assigned to create a house plan for each family.

Frank Lloyd Wright designed a modern house for the Blackbourn family of Minneapolis who were in the $5,000-$6,000 a year income range. The Blackbourns were taken with Wright’s scheme but ran into a number of obstacles and were unable to build the design.

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