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Robie House

Also Known As Frederick C. Robie House
Residential Buildings

A house in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1910, widely counted among his finest Prairie style buildings. Its low horizontal massing, cantilevered roofs and open interior plan helped popularize design details, including picture windows and integrated garages, that spread through American residential architecture long after.

Facts
Building Type
House 2
Location
Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States 2
Completed Year
1910 2
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 2
Connections

Designed By

Frank Lloyd Wright, Architects and Designers
Source Wikipedia

Has Building Type

House, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Prairie School, Styles and Movements
Source Wikipedia

Uses Element

Brick, Architectural Materials
Source Robie House (Wikipedia)
Concrete, Elements and Materials
Source Robie House (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Robie House (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
    The Frederick C. Robie House is a historic house museum on the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Prairie style, it was completed in 1910. The house was built for the manufacturing executive Frederick Carlton Robie and his family. George Mann Niedecken oversaw the interior design, while associate architects Hermann von Holst and Marion Mahony also assisted with the design. The Robie House, described as one of Wright's best Prairie style buildings, was one of the last structures he d
  • Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia lead
    The facade and perimeter walls are made largely of Roman brick, with concrete trim, cut-stone decorations, and art glass windows.
  • Uses Element: Concrete, Wikipedia lead
    The facade and perimeter walls are made largely of Roman brick, with concrete trim, cut-stone decorations, and art glass windows.
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2. Wikipedia
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Frederick C. Robie House, full name
    The Frederick C. Robie House is a historic house museum on the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
  • Frederick C. Robie House, lead section
    The Frederick C. Robie House is a historic house museum on the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Prairie style, it was completed in 1910.
  • Frederick C. Robie House, construction section
    it was completed in 1910
  • Frederick C. Robie House, lead and significance sections
    The Robie House, described as one of Wright's best Prairie style buildings, was one of the last structures he designed at his studio in Oak Park, Illinois.
  • In Style: Prairie School, Frederick C. Robie House, style section
    one of Wright's best Prairie style buildings
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Wikidata: Robie House
Wikidata Q929965, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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