Building a Dream

Follow the story of how Sara and Melvyn Maxwell Smith came to work with Frank Lloyd Wright on the creation of their home.

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During a 1951 visit, Wright called this home “My Little Gem”.

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Author Kathryn Watterson takes readers inside the Smiths’ adventure of working and building with Wright to create their home in Bloomfield Hills, MI (1946). Their story “is a fairy tale with blueprints, a unique blend of architecture and affection, of serendipity and staying the course.” Length: 250 pages. Beautifully illustrated with both black and white and color photographs.

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