Frederick C. Robie House

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Completed in 1910, the house Wright designed for Frederick C. Robie is the consummate expression of his Prairie style. The house is conceived as an integral whole—site and structure, interior and exterior, furniture, ornament and architecture, each element is connected.

Make your event or meeting a memorable one. Host in one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most celebrated structures, his icon of modern design, the Robie House in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. The museum offers a stunning setting perfect for intimate cocktail receptions, professional meetings, dinner parties and more. Each event is custom crafted to meet your specific needs. Special programs can be provided to enhance the experience for your guests, such as museum interpretation.

Throughout the 19th century, home design in America took its cues from our European ancestors: Gothic revival cottages, Victorian mansions, Italianate villas. Pointy, gabled roofs were the rule, and interior space was chopped into small, boxy rooms.

Designed as two large rectangles that seem to slide past one another, the long, horizontal residence that Wright created for 28-year-old Frederick Robie, boldly established a new form of domestic design: the Prairie style.

Completed in 1910 in Chicago, United States. Designed and built between 1908-1910, the Robie House for client Frederick C. Robie  and his family was one of Wright's earlier projects. Influenced...

The University of Chicago is a private, nondenominational, culturally rich and ethnically diverse coeducational research university located in Hyde Park, Chicago.

This week marks the 150th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright's birth and to celebrate we're looking back at five of his most pioneering projects

When Frederick Robie commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a home for him and his growing family in 1908, neither man knew that the home’s iconic design would become the celebrated jewel that it is today. Considered by many architectural scholars to be one of the most influe

A displaced Chicagoan returns to her hometown to visit Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House—and finds a family abode way ahead of its time and tinged with sadness.

The Robie House on the University of Chicago campus is considered one of the most ... It was created by Frank Lloyd Wright for his client Frederick C. Robie, ...

Robie House: Robie House, residence designed for Frederick C. Robie by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in Hyde Park, a neighbourhood on the South Side of Chicago. Completed in 1910, the structure is the culmination of Wright’s modern design innovations that came to be called the Prairie style. With its restless,

The Frederick C. Robie House is a U.S. National Historic Landmark on the campus of the University of Chicago in the South Side neighborhood of Hyde Park in Chicago, Illinois. Built between 1909 and 1910, the building was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright[4] and is renowned