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Following Frank: The Emil Bach House
It’s easy to be swept up in Frank Lloyd Wright’s grand designs, especially when you first discover his work. Once you begin to dig deeper, though, you begin to appreciate the finer aspects of each site, especially his home designs. There are many details that, once you see them in a Wright house, seem conspicuously […]
Following Frank: The Rookery Light Court
After a day of exploration in Oak Park that includes a tour of the Home & Studio, a walk down Forest Avenue, and an afternoon in Unity Temple, your next destination needs to be something pretty special. For a true Frank Lloyd Wright enthusiast, almost any site would be a worthwhile adventure. If you want […]
Following Frank: Unity Temple
There are, perhaps, few things more important to understanding Frank Lloyd Wright’s philosophy of architecture and design than his lifelong association with the Unitarian Universalists. Not only did the Unitarian Church provide the opportunity for his formal entry into the profession of architecture at the age of nineteen, but it would continue to provide opportunities […]
Following Frank: Wright In Oak Park
Any great admirer of Frank Lloyd Wright is obliged to visit Oak Park, Illinois. This is the place where Wright would develop his unique style, while continuing to do work of a more traditional nature. Probably nowhere else can you find a better cross-section of Frank Lloyd Wright designs than in this quentissential early 20th […]
Following Frank: The Oak Park Home & Studio, Part 2
Like most Wright sites, it is difficult to fully appreciate the design of the Home & Studio from pictures alone. Wright was a master of space, which can be difficult to convey in a two-dimensional image. His designs are also highly detailed and tightly integrated with the sites upon which they are constructed. The Home […]
Following Frank: The Oak Park Home & Studio, Part 1
Like most Wright designs, I first saw it in a book. From that moment, I was captivated and inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Home and Studio in Oak Park, Illinois. Those feelings only intensified as I learned more about Wright and his relationship to this incomparable structure at the corner of Chicago and Forest. I […]
