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Shimpei Goto House (Project)     Tokyo, 1921

Wright did preliminary sketches of a two-story home for Baron Shimpei Goto, Tokyo's governor at the time. They demonstrate a remarkable adaptation of the Prairie style to an official residence, with a suitable formality of design and government scaling.


The design features a large reception hall on the ground floor, with a loggia from which guests could view the extensive garden.


The Goto residence was never built.  (KS)

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