9781422271834

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

structure is placed, while the terracotta frieze beneath the eaves enhances the horizontal effect. The simple symmetrical front elevation, with its fine Roman brickwork emphasizing the white features of doorway and windows, contrasts with the amplified asymmetrical rear, approached through the porte cochère on the left, which is in the form of the simplified Romanesque semi circle. At the rear, the stair tower and the dining room bay enliven the design, which has a much less controlled and more traditional aspect and provides the opportunity for solving awkward necessities, such as servants’ quarters and services.

PLATES 8, 9, and 10 William H. Winslow House, River Forest, Chicago, Illinois 1893 In the 1890s, River Forest, like Oak Park (and contiguous with it) was a suburb of Chicago, and Wright extended his practice there. The Winslow house was the first of Wright’s independent commissions after leaving Sullivan and is a bold statement of his ideas at the time. Its most obvious features are the heavy roof form and overhanging eaves, tying the house to terra firma , and established by the low platform on which the whole

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