Long before Feng shui became trendy, East-Asian designs abounded in the country homes of Japanophile and master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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Then came a meeting with David Henken, a Usonian architect and student of Frank Lloyd Wright.

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He would surprise questioners by mentioning Frank Lloyd Wright, an American traditionalist, and Le Corbusier, a Swiss-born architect famous for his massive box-like blocks of flats.

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