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    The Robie House, completed in 1909, was designed by renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago. It is considered a prime example of Wright's Prairie School style, characterized by horizontal lines, broad eaves, bands of windows, and an emphasis on integrating the home with the landscape. The home was commissioned by Frederick C. Robie, owner of a bicycle and automobile manufacturing company, who wanted a more modern floor plan than typical Victorian homes of the era. Constructed of brick and steel on an elongated corner lot, the Robie House features a central chimney, low-pitched roof, overhanging eaves, and other horizontal design elements that evoke the Midwestern prairie landscape.

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    The Robie House, completed in 1909, was designed by renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago. It is considered a prime example of Wright's Prairie School style, characterized by horizontal lines, broad eaves, bands of windows, and an emphasis on integrating the home with the landscape. The home was commissioned by Frederick C. Robie, owner of a bicycle and automobile manufacturing company, who wanted a more modern floor plan than typical Victorian homes of the era. Constructed of brick and steel on an elongated corner lot, the Robie House features a central chimney, low-pitched roof, overhanging eaves, and other horizontal design elements that evoke the Midwestern prairie landscape.

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    The Robie House, completed in 1909, was designed by renowned American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago. It is considered a prime example of Wright's Prairie School style, characterized by horizontal lines, broad eaves, bands of windows, and an emphasis on integrating the home with the landscape. The home was commissioned by Frederick C. Robie, owner of a bicycle and automobile manufacturing company, who wanted a more modern floor plan than typical Victorian homes of the era. Constructed of brick and steel on an elongated corner lot, the Robie House features a central chimney, low-pitched roof, overhanging eaves, and other horizontal design elements that evoke the Midwestern prairie landscape.

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    ROBIE HOUSE

    FRANK LLYOD WRIGHT

    SNEHA COUTINHO
    S.Y.B.ARCH ‘A’ ROLL
    NO. 7
    BHARATI VIDYAPEETH C.O.A.
    INTRODUCTION
    • ARCHITECT:
    FRANK LLYOD
    WRIGHT

    • LOCATION: NEAR
    THE UNIVERSITY
    OF CHICAGO
    • OWNER: FREDRICK.C.ROBIE, OWNER OF A
    BICYCLE AND AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING
    COMPANY

    • TYPE: RESIDENTIAL

    • TIMELINE: COMPLETED IN 1909

    • STYLE: PRARIE STYLE

    • CLIMATE: TEMPERATE

    • CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM: BRICK AND STEEL


    ARCHITECTURE
    • Prairie School was a late 19th and
    early 20th century architectural style
    • Most common to
    the Midwestern United States.
    • The style is usually marked by
    horizontal lines, flat or hipped
    roofs with broad overhanging eaves,
    windows grouped in horizontal
    bands, integration with the
    landscape, solid construction,
    craftsmanship, and discipline in the
    use of ornament.
    • Horizontal lines were thought
    to evoke and relate to the
    native prairie landscape.
    CENTRAL
    CHIMNEY

    LOW PITCHED
    ROOF

    HORIZONTAL
    LINES

    OVERHANGING
    EAVES
    CONCEPT
    • THE OWNER DIDN’T WANT A TYPICAL
    VICTORIAN STYLE HOME THAT WAS PREVALENT
    IN THOSE DAYS.HENCE THE PRARIE STYLE WAS
    USED.

    • THE REQUIREMENTS THAT HE PROVIDED WERE OF A


    MORE MODERN FLOOR PLAN IE. GARAGE,
    PLAYROOMS FOR CHILDREN, ETC

    • THE MATERIALS USED MADE THE HOME FIREPROOF


    AS PER THE DEMAND OF THE OWNER
    SITE DEVELOPMENT AND
    CONSTRUCTION
    • SINCE THE SITE WAS ELONGATED AND ON A CORNER
    LOT, IT ENABLED HIM TO CREATE AN ATTENUATED
    HORIZONTAL COMPOSITION.

    • THE HOUSE WAS CLADDED IN ROMAN BRICK AND


    MORTAR.

    • THE STEEL I-BEAMS MAKE THE ROOF CANTILEVER


    POSSIBLE WHILE THE DETAILING OF EXTERIOR
    BRICKWORK REINFORCES THE HORIZONTAL
    EMPHASIS BY TOOLING THE HORIZONTAL JOINTS IN
    A MATURAL MORTAR AND LEAVING VERTICAL
    JOINTS FLUSH IN A BRICK COLORED MORTAR.
    DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
    • THE HOUSE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO WINGS KEEPING
    THE PUBLIC AREAS TOWARDS THE STREET AND THE
    SERVICE AREAS NEAR THE INNERMOST SECTIONS
    OF THE HOUSE

    • THE FLOOR COMPOSITION IS BASED ON TWO


    ADJACENT HORIZONTAL BARS THAT ARE MIXED IN A
    CENTRAL SPACE WHICH ARE ANCHORED BY THE
    VERITCAL COLUMN OF THE FIREPLACE
    SITE PLAN
    GROUND FLOOR PLAN

    A game room and billiard room make up this level, separated by a fireplace. In
    both spaces, Wright chose to showcase the system of structural beams in the
    ceiling, to give a greater sense of altitude to the rooms.
    This level also houses the utility equipment, laundry, pantry space, and a 3-car
    garage. Access to the house is at this level, with access to the main living area via
    stairs.
    FIRST FLOOR PLAN

    The space is divided into two areas, the living and dining areas separated by the
    fireplace, but visually connected.
    On both ends of this space the two long galleries form triangular areas that are more
    intimate, for relaxing or eating.
    SECOND FLOOR PLAN

    The bedrooms are at this level, overlooking the


    house in a sort of tower-style.
    ROOF PLAN
    FRONT ELEVATION
    BACK ELEVATION
    LEFT ELEVATION
    RIGHT ELEVATION
    The perimeter wall
    surrounding the
    house, or the low
    ceilings and high
    walls, wright made
    the house
    applicable for a
    private space for its
    tenants.
    Wright recognised a house as a place for
    solitude and comfort thus provided an entrance
    secluded away from the street
    LONGITUDINAL SECTION
    STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
    INTERIOR
    SPACES
    FIREPLACE
    REFERENCES
    • http://littledoseofevy.blogspot.in

    • http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Robie_House

    • http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Robie_Residence.html

    • http://gowright.org/MoodleWright/mod/book/view.php?id=59&chapterid=1
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    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robie_House

    MADE BY: SNEHA COUTINHO, NIYATI BHANSALI, DHWANI KARIA

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