Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
Illinois · United States
The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio tour is a chance to explore the personal and professional spaces of one of the most iconic architects of all time. This unusual complex served as his primary residence and workspace for the first 20 years of his career, during which he created the Robie House, the Larkin Building, and Unity Temple.
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10 sections · tap a section for its opening lines1Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
Welcome to the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio in Oak Park, Illinois. I am delighted to guide you through this extraordinary architectural laboratory, a place of immense historical significance. …
Listen in the app2The Exterior and Complex Approach
As we stand before the exterior of the complex, we are immediately confronted with the striking visual timeline of Frank Lloyd Wright's evolving genius. What you see is not a single, unified construction project, but rather a…
Listen in the app3The Residence Entrance and Stairwell
Crossing the threshold into the original eighteen eighty-nine home, we are immediately transported back to the exact moment when Frank Lloyd Wright began to consciously shed the heavy constraints of nineteenth-century design. The…
Listen in the app4The Living Room and Inglenook
Moving seamlessly from the stairwell, we enter the expansive, welcoming volume of the main living room. This space represents the beating, communal heart of the original family residence, and it is here that Wright's early,…
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Following the deliberate, architectural detour that drew us around the corner from the living room, we now step into the magnificent, highly formalized space of the dining room. Here, the aesthetic narrative of the house shifts…
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Leaving the formal entertaining spaces of the main floor, we ascend the stairs to the second level of the residence, preparing to experience one of Wright's most dramatic spatial manipulations. As we reach the top of the stairs,…
Listen in the app7The Studio Reception Hall
We now transition from the intimate, domestic sphere of the original family residence and step directly into the professional realm of the eighteen ninety-eight architectural studio. Our first point of entry is this central,…
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Navigating westward from the golden glow of the central reception hall, we pass through another deliberate architectural compression. A notably low, narrow, and dimly lit hallway forces us to proceed in single file, heightening…
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Moving eastward from the reception hall, we finally enter the most dramatic, breathtaking, and historically significant volume in the entire complex: the magnificent, two-story drafting room. The moment you step into this vast,…
Listen in the app10Closing
As we conclude our extensive physical journey through these historic corridors, we must take a moment to reflect on the profound transformation of this site. What began as a private, highly experimental domestic residence has…
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What is Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio?
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio is a place in Illinois · United States with 10 story sections on Tellby. You can read the opening of each section on this page; the sound plays in the app.
| Location | Illinois · United States |
|---|---|
| Type | Heritage |
| Story sections | 10 |
| Text language | English |
| Coordinates | 41.8941, -87.7997 |
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