Prairie Style

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• Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Prairie style
• Prairie houses were designed to blend in with the flat, prairie landscape

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• The first Prairie houses were usually plaster with wood trim or sided with horizontal board and batten
• Later Prairie homes used concrete

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• Prairie houses can have many shapes: square, L-shaped, T-shaped, Y-shaped, and even pinwheel-shaped.

Prairie style features

• low-pitched roof
• horizontal lines
• open floor plan
• overhanging eaves
• central chimney
• clerestory windows

Famous Prairie Houses by Frank Lloyd Wright

• 1893: William Winslow Residence
• 1901: Frank W. Thomas House
• 1902: Arthur Heurtley House
• 1909: Robie Residence

William Winslow Residence (1893)

Frank W. Thomas House (1901)

Arthur Heurtley House (1902)

Robie Residence (1909)

Questions

• Who invented the prairie house style?
• Name a famous prairie style house.

Answers

• Frank Lloyd Wright
• William Winslow Residence, Frank W. Thomas House, Arthur Heurtley House, or Robie Residence

Source

• http://architecture.about.com/od/periodsstyles/ig/House-Styles/The-Robie-Ho...