W hen frederick robie commissioned frank lloyd wright to design a home for him and his growing family in 1908 neither man knew that the home s iconic design would become the celebrated jewel that it is today.
Robie house floor plan dimensions.
Designed and built between 1908 1910 the robie house for client frederick c.
The last and best of the houses in wright s prairie era the robie house seems designed for a plain rather than the narrow corner lot where it is located in hyde park a suburb of chicago.
Completed in 1910 in chicago united states.
At the time it was built its elongated horizontal profile seemed an exceedingly strange appearance among its conventional and vertical neighbors.
Robie and his family was one of wright s earlier projects.
National historic landmark now on the campus of the university of chicago in the south side neighborhood of hyde park in chicago illinois built between 1909 and 1910 the building was designed as a single family home by architect frank lloyd wright and is renowned as the greatest example of prairie school the first architectural style considered.
Robie and his family was one of wright s earlier projects.
While wright s prairie houses are typically horizontal like the midwest landscape the robie house site helped wright determine the design of the building.
Influenced by the flat expanisve prairie landscape of the.
The long narrow corner lot is three times as long as it is wide.
Designed and built between 1908 1910 the robie house for client frederick c.