The Robie House

by Robert Palmer, Weston Favell, Northampton, England

The Robie House, on the University of Chicago campus, is considered one of the most important buildings in American architecture.  It was created by Frank Lloyd Wright for his client Frederick C. Robie, a forward-thinking businessman.  The house was designed in Wright's Oak Park studio in 1908 and completed in 1910.  The building is a masterpiece of the Prairie style, and it is renowned as a forerunner of modernism in architecture.  

Prairie Style
The term describes designs by Frank Lloyd Wright and other architects around the beginning of the 20th century.  Prairie Style has a truly American look, without European influences.  It is inspired by the environment.
Characteristics include:
      open floor plan
      low, horizontal design that reflects the Midwestern prairie
      geometric forms
      windows grouped in a series—or band—known as ribbon windows
      limited exterior materials (wood, stone, brick, stucco), usually only one or two
      integrated furniture, often built-in
      colors taken from the palette of Nature

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The actual building.  It says Anker to me!

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