Brickwork

Use brick decoratively. Brick comes in any color and size imaginable. So vary the color, size, placement and location when laying a brick wall. Also consider changes to the mortar joints. By changing colors at different courses and by deeply raking the horizontal joints while filling the vertical joints flush, Frank Lloyd Wright achieved amazing visual effects. The Huertley House of 1902 designed by Frank Lloyd Wright represents an early Prairie style home. The hip roof with deep overhangs, emphasis on horizontal lines, ribbon windows and central chimney mass are all features of the style.

brickwork

Frank Lloyd Wright

different types of brick

Brick pattern

rosy and darker pink exterior

Use brick decoratively. Brick comes in any color and size imaginable. So vary the color, size, placement and location when laying a brick wall. Also consider changes to the mortar joints. By changing colors at different courses and by deeply raking the horizontal joints while filling the vertical joints flush, Frank Lloyd Wright achieved amazing visual effects.

flw pots

planters out front

brick patterning

beautiful one level living, beautiful hardscape

If Only it were pos.

Frank Lloyd Wright "Oak Park Home"

Wright

It's not surprising that Frank Lloyd Wright's first works, such as his Oak Park home, were in the Shingle Style because that was the first step in the creation of the Prairie Style. Low, long and all horizontal, the house is no longer a collection of box-like rooms. It's a totally new way of creating domestic spaces that celebrated the open and connected rather than the closed and cave-like.

saw this one!!!!

Linear nature

exterior

flw

First let's briefly discuss some of these 20th-century precursors of modern and contemporary architecture. One of the most influential architects of all time is Frank Lloyd Wright, who lived in Oak Park early in his career and built numerous houses there and in other parts of Chicago. This 1902 house in Oak Park is an example of his Prairie style, which uses strong horizontal lines, overhanging roofs, and other distinctive features to relate the house to the region's landscape. This influence can be found in both traditional and modern architecture today.

Fachada

the siding+the windows

Interesting.

The first architect that I took notice of is Frank Lloyd Wright. I visited several of his homes in Chicago and decided that I still like them, but couldn't live in one. Before my visit I wanted to find one that I could buy.

Like

the architects concept of external horizontal lines finishes

lanai gate

nice roof line and nice lies around the house == don't like the tiny windows

prairie exterior

FLW

Frank Lloyd Wright house

The Huertley House of 1902 designed by Frank Lloyd Wright represents an early Prairie style home. The hip roof with deep overhangs, emphasis on horizontal lines, ribbon windows and central chimney mass are all features of the style.

prarie style windows and brick and hip roof

Huertley House

cool roof shingles

One story

back yard

Frank Lloyd Wright Huertley House in Oak Park, IL

The Huertley House of 1902 designed by Frank Lloyd Wright represents an early Prairie style home. The hip roof with deep overhangs, emphasis on horizontal lines, ribbon windows and central chimney mass are all features of the style.