Frederick C. Robie House

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Frederick C. Robie House
National Register of Historic Places
National Historic Landmark
Robie House - front along the street

Robie House  - front along the street

Frederick C. Robie House (Illinois)
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location Chicago , Cook County , Illinois
Coordinates 41 ° 47 '23.2 "  N , 87 ° 35' 45.6"  W Coordinates: 41 ° 47 '23.2 "  N , 87 ° 35' 45.6"  W.
Built 1908
architect Frank Lloyd Wright
Architectural style Prairie style
NRHP number 66000316
Data
The NRHP added October 15, 1966
Declared as an  NHL November 27, 1963
Interior of the Robie House

The Frederick C. Robie House was designed in 1908 as a landmark house by Frank Lloyd Wright and built from 1909 to 1910 near the campus of the University of Chicago in Hyde Park. It is considered the most important example of the American prairie style .

architecture

The first glance falls on the cantilevered roof surfaces, which make the building appear considerably longer and lower than it is, which is reinforced by the emphasis on the horizontal joints and the use of elongated Roman tiles . This reflects the entire organization of the Robie House along an outward axis.

The entrance of the house is at the back and leads to a kind of basement, which houses the billiard room, children's room, garage and, in addition to additional ancillary rooms, the entrance hall. The staircase with the massive chimney attached as the central core of the building creates the connection to the main living area. The bedrooms are on the upper floor, most of which is located on the back of the building and so recedes in the view of the main page.

One of the themes of the building are the flowing rooms and multi-layered transitions, this is already evident on the outside through the protruding ceiling surfaces in various areas such as B. the terrace or the entrance, which is very far covered by a terrace of the living area. Elements such as the generous balconies with brick parapets, garden walls and plants should also be mentioned here, as they protect private space from the public on the one hand, but also offer the possibility of transition and connection to the outside. A special situation in the interior is the living and dining room, which is only narrowed by the incisive chimney and then expanded again depending on the view of the living or dining area.

Since November 27, 1963, the house has been a National Historic Landmark due to its architectural importance . On October 15, 1966, the Frederick C. Robie House was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a monument .


effect

In the British multi-part TV series The Forsyte Saga (2002/2003), based on John Galsworthy 's novel of the same name , the Robin Hill estate , which Philip Bosinney designed and built for Soames Forsyte, is unmistakably modeled on Robie House.

The American children's book author Blue Balliett published an architecture- centric children's crime thriller - Das Schattenhaus - in 2006, with the Robie House at its center .

Trivia

The toy manufacturer Lego has released the Robie House as a model, along with other architecture icons, as part of its Architecture series.

literature

  • Donald Hoffmann: Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House. The Illustrated Story of an Architectural Masterpiece. Dover Publications, 1984, ISBN 978-0486245829 ; E-book : Courier Corporation, 2012, ISBN 978-0486140261 , excerpt from Google Books .
  • Joseph Connors: The Robie House of Frank Lloyd Wright . University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1984, ISBN 978-0-22611-542-9 .
  • Frederick C. Robie and Frederick C. Robie, Sr .: Mr. Robie knew what he wanted. In: Architectural Forum , 109 (October 1958), 126-27, 206, 210.

Web links

Commons : Robie House  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Illinois. National Park Service , accessed July 22, 2019.
  2. ^ Robie, Frederick C., House on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 12, 2017.
  3. Book 2: The Wright 3. In: Scholastic , accessed June 3, 2017.
  4. Lego Shop Archive "Robie House"