Original Owner:    Kenneth Laurent
Address: 4646 Spring Brook Road, Rockford
Year Built: 1949

Wright designed this house with the needs of Mr. Laurent, who is confined to a wheelchair, in mind.  It is all on one floor, and Wright made sure the hallways and doorways were wide enough to be completely wheelchair accessible.

The house is another of Wright's solar hemicycles; the plan is dominated by circles.  The arc of one circle defines the glass wall of the living room, a second circle with a different center defines the outside pool and terrace wall.  The two circles intersect to form the football shaped outer terrace.

The house is built of Tidewater cypress and common brick.  A bedroom was later added off the carport by John Howe.

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