Frederick C. Robie House, University of Chicago
- Title:
- Frederick C. Robie House, University of Chicago
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Wright, Frank Lloyd (American architect, 1867-1959)
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1910 (photograph)
1909 (building)
- Location:
- North and Central America: United States
Illinois, Chicago - Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- 10046114
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00366
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 10046114.jpg
- Style/Period:
- Prairie School
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- universities (buildings)
Robie House, Chicago, Illinois
porches
houses
Brick walls
stained glass (material)
University campuses
photographs - Measurement:
- 15.24 x 23.1775 (centimeters)
- Description:
- The Frederick C. Robie House, 'which Frank Lloyd Wright designed in 1906 for a bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer, is one of the world's most famous buildings. Magnificently poised, like a great steamship at anchor, it is the distilled essence of Wright's Prairie School style and th e culmination of his search for a new architecture.' Source: Sinkevitch, AIA Guide to Chicago (1993): 433. 'The affinity of its striking horizontal lines to the flat landscape of the Midwestern prairie came to be associated with an architectural style popularly known as the 'Prairie School.' The building's low, overhanging roof and the long wall around its base give a sense of privacy to the occupants, w hile the roof's sweeping horizontality makes the house seem longer and lower than it actually is. This design, which was a marked contrast to traditional houses of the period, signaled a turning point in modern residential architecture.' Address: 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave. Year Built: 1909 Source: City of Chicago Landmarks, .
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.