Who designed the Robie House in Chicago?

Who designed the Robie House in Chicago? Frank Lloyd Wright designed it.

Built in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood between 1909 and 1910, the Robie House was commissioned by Frederick C. Robie, a businessman and engineer, and his wife, Lora. Wright designed it as a highly private family home near the University of Chicago.

The house is one of the defining examples of Wright’s Prairie School architecture. Its long horizontal lines, low-pitched roof, projecting eaves, art-glass windows, and open-plan interior were intended to relate the building to the flat Midwestern landscape. Wright also integrated furniture, lighting, and decorative details into the overall design.

People sometimes confuse the Robie House with later European modernist buildings by Mies van der Rohe or Le Corbusier. Wright’s work predates those architects’ most famous buildings and helped influence modern architecture internationally. The house survived several proposed demolitions and is now operated as a museum by the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust.