Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio Tour

Today I had the greatest opportunity, I was able to take a tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio in Oak Park,IL. I have read so much about Wright and his designs and I finally got to see some of his designs in real life, it was amazing! Although I wasn't able to take pictures of the interior of his home or studio I was able to take a few pictures of the exterior.

Frank Lloyd Wright, for those of you who don't know, is one of the most famous, designers and architects from the United States. He has designed so many famous and influential residential homes and commercial landmarks. He is the father of the prairie style of design and architecture; which is characterised by the aspects of nature. Prairie style,is a lot like "green design" which is what we have today; when the structure or home is blended with nature to seem as though it is part of nature. Frank Lloyd Wright has such a great appreciate for nature that he actually credits all his inspiration's for his designs and creativity to it. It was interesting in the tour, when she was telling us a little about Wright, she said that he only went to college for two semesters before he dropped out and he doesn't tell people he went to college at all because he says that he doesn't credit any of his creativity or designs to what he learned in his short time there; which I thought was interesting and maybe a little discouraging to hear while I am in my fifth and final year of school...

This house I visited today was where Wright lived with his first wife, Catherine, and their six children, before he abandoned them and moved away with his mistress. The house started out being a little over 2,000 square feet and after all the renovations and the addition of his studio, it ended up being over 6,000 square feet!Wright's attention to detail and the materials he used in his designs were truly amazing, his own home being one of his first designs before he was extremely famous made it even more amazing. I am so glad that I was able to see it while I was here. I posted the few pictures that I took of the exterior of the home, and on Monday I will be visiting Frank Lloyd Wright's "Robbie House" which is one of his most famous houses.