Usonia is a term used by AmericanarchitectFrank Lloyd Wright to refer to his vision for the landscape of the United States, including the planning of cities and the architecture of buildings. Wright proposed the use of the adjective Usonian in place of American to describe the particular New World character of the American landscape as distinct and free of previous architectural conventions.
The word itself dates from the 19th century and was used by Samuel Butler, the author of the utopian novel Erewhon, and other futuristBritish writers in reference to the United States. In this incarnation, it may been the root of the Esperanto word Usono for the United States, although that word may have been created as an acronym for Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Nordameriko.
The outcome of their collaborative effort was Usonia, the only residential community developed and supervised by Wright.
Usonia, a blend of the words "union" and "United States," relied on what Wright called an "organic" architectural style that he began using in the 1930s.
The Reisleys were among the original 47 Usonia families who were interviewed to determine whether they were committed to the community's architectural and social principles.
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