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John Garn
Prairie Style House
Wright’s goal was to create organic, natural
architecture
He believed houses had to be an integration of structural
and aesthetic beauty and above all a sensitivity to human
life.
Strong low horizontal lines, gently sloping roofs, banks of
windows, overhanging eaves, inner gardens and low
proportions defined the outside of the house
Blended with the landscape
Made from indigenous materials
Open, flowing floor plan and a central hearth marked the
interiors
Goal was to develop a “type”
of house
Modernize both plan and construction
Symbolic expression through formation of a “type”
Adjust form to the local region to make it appropriate “as
a house on the prairie
One of the best examples of Wright’s Prairie Style was
the Frederick C. Robie
House, built in 1909, in Hyde Park, a suburb of Chicago
Low cantilevered eaves, bands of art glass windows and
Roman brick exterior
Frederick C. Robie House
Cantilevered construction
Horizontal architectural
element
Vertical support on one end
only
Equilibrium is maintained by a
support and counterbalancing
weight inside the building
Requires using materials with a
strong tensile strength
Wright pioneered the use of
reinforced concrete
Used steel girders for large
building and wooden beams for
small buildings