12021-01-27T12:58:53-06:00Jane Darcovich74607e991e3aae385523e2a142f659c2efe610991311plain2023-10-06T13:40:47-05:00Dan Harpereff3db32ed95b3efe91d381826e2c10c145cd452Additional resourcesThe Prairie School architectural movement began in the 1890s in Chicago. It rapidly spread through the Midwest and later influenced architects worldwide. Largely focusing on residential buildings, Prairie School design reflected a prairie landscape through horizontal lines, simple ornamentation, the use of natural materials, and the integration of houses with that landscape. Frank Lloyd Wright is undoubtedly the most famous Prairie School architect, but Robert C. Spencer, Myron Hunt, and, Dwight Perkins, the famed forest preserve advocate, contributed to the Prairie School style as well.
12021-03-02T09:46:22-06:00Avery Coonley House, circa 19119Avery Coonley House, Riverside, Illinois. Frank Lloyd Wright: Ausgefuehrte Bauten, 1911, page 118. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe rare book collection, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Illinois Chicago Library.plain2023-09-15T15:39:54-05:00
