The servants bedrooms occupy the space above the garage.
Robie house roof.
Read more about the house its history and how it defied tradition.
The basis of the composition is a long two story block with apparently symmetrical porches each featuring a sloped roof at each end.
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The robie house is constructed of red roman brick and was one of the first residences to incorporate steel beams into its design.
Inside the typical warren of rooms is discarded for a light filled open plan centered around a main hearth.
Completed in 1910 the structure is the culmination of wright s modern design innovations that came to be called the prairie style.
Robie and his family was one of wright s earlier projects.
Roofs of prairie style houses are either flat or a hippe with a very low slope.
On the first floor of the south facade.
More specifically at 5757 woodlawn avenue chicago illinois.
Robie house residence designed for frederick c.
Wright designed a three bay garage for robie which is pretty impressive for 1910.
Robie house s horizontal lines low pitched roof and incorporation of natural materials mimic the midwestern landscape.
The open plan design was revolutionary for the time and created a modern flexible living space for the robie family consisting of a dining area and a living area.
These strong beams were necessary to create the cantilevered balconies which appear to be suspended in mid air.
Robie by frank lloyd wright and built in chicago.
A dramatic twenty foot cantilevered roof shades ribbons of art glass windows below creates privacy and seamlessly connects the interior and exterior.
The steel i beams make the roof cantilever possible while the detailing of exterior brickwork reinforces the horizontal emphasis by tooling the horizontal joints in a matural mortar and leaving vertical joints flush in a brick colored mortar.
Designed and built between 1908 1910 the robie house for client frederick c.
Roof overhangs or eaves are massive and contribute to the horizontal emphasis.
Robie house location plan section elevation characteristics interiors details.