Frank Lloyd Wright vs Russell Barr

In the wake of the failure of the American System Built Homes project “in which Wright and Williamson had invested over three years of mutual effort ” the men never spoke again and, tellingly, erased the experience from their professional and personal Curricula Vitae. Nicholas Hayes, author and co-steward of Wright’s Elizabeth Murphy House, will reveal the causes of a split that never mended and altered lives, legacies and the course of American suburban architecture.