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Prairie SchoolTRANSCRIPT
Prairie School(Frank Lloyd Wright)
“Any building, or group of buildings, should defer to the character and scale of the site or area where they are built. Whether a building is done on the outskirts of a city,
far out in the hinterlands, or smack-dab in the middle of a town, this is a principle worth abiding by."
ROBIE HOUSE
The Robie House, Frank Lloyd Wright 1909 Chicago
Prairie School
• Horizontal Lines - bands of windows.• Hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves.• Heavy, wide chimney.• Integration of nature - plantings.• Open floor plan with a central fireplace.• Integrated furnishings, appliances, fixtures.• Earth-tone colors inside.• Art-glass windows.
Front
side
prow
Brick detail
Drawing with vines
plans
Low wall and planter
Front
Stair to porch
Wasmuth Portfolio
Living room (steel beams, no real walls)
Living/dining
Dining room
chair
window
Winslow House 1893 River Forest
Heller House 1897
Heurtley House, 1902 Oak Park
Ward Willits House, 1901 Highland Park
Gale House, 1904 Oak Park
Pettit Memorial Chapel 1906 Belvidere Cemetary , IL
Prairie house
The steel beams that support the front roof cantilever over the terrace are revealed in the folded and dropped ceiling along the edges of the main rooms inside. There are no real walls in the living room, only plaster-faced posts between the windows and doors which are continuous around the entire room. The wood-trim boards which bend to follow the ceiling line as they cross the room are spaced to align with the door posts
The steel beams that support the front roof cantilever over the terrace are revealed in the folded and dropped ceiling along the edges of the main rooms inside. There are no real walls in the living room, only plaster-faced posts between the windows and doors which are continuous around the entire room. The wood-trim boards which bend to follow the ceiling line as they cross the room are spaced to align with the door posts