Frank Lloyd Wright

The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio served as Wright’s primary house and studio from 1889 to 1909. Wright used his house as an architectural laboratory, experimenting with space, form, light, materials, furnishings and decorative arts. The building was always in transition, showcasing the architecture's evolving design philosophy. In 1895, Wright extended the living space of the house, and in 1898 he added the studio, from which he designed more than 150 structures, including such famous buildings as the Robie House, Larkin Building and Unity Temple. This amazing Home and Studio complex served as the birthplace of the first fully American style of architecture. Here, Wright conceived the Prairie style of architecture, developing ideas that founded their fullest expression in many of the surrounding houses he designed for clients.