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Inside the Robie House: Frank Lloyd Wright's Quintessential Prairie Style Home

Robie House Video with host Meghan Carter

  • A brief story of the Robie house.
  • Why the Robie house is considered one of the 10 most significant structures of the 20th century.
  • Oddities of the house's construction.
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VIDEO EPISODE 23

    The Robie House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is one of the most important structures in American architecture. The house has been called the quintessential example of Prairie Style, but what makes the Robie House so fascinating is Wright's apparent fondness for it. Threatened by demolition twice, Wright rallied to save it. The second time, even though his health was failing, Wright made a trip to the Robie House. The Robie House is the only house he designed that he ever visited to save, which makes you wonder, why was it so important to Wright? To answer that question, Meghan visited the Robie House to talk to Karen Sweeney, the director of restoration for the home.



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