Museum
Frederick C. Robie House
Horizontal Prairie masterwork of cantilevered roofs, Roman brick and long bands of art glass.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Frederick C. Robie House in Chicago opens with a strange question: why did Frank Lloyd Wright leave for Europe in October 1909, just as the house he'd designed on Woodlawn Avenue was still being finished, walking away from his family and a full slate of commissions? It follows the scandal that stalled his career for years afterward, then turns to 1957, when the house's owner planned to demolish it and an aging Wright fought to save the very building he'd once fled.
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