Prairie School

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American architectural movement architectural style

Prairie School was an early 20th-century American architectural style, exemplified by Frank Lloyd Wright, characterized by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs, and integration with the surrounding landscape.

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Label Occurrences
Prairie School canonical 47
Prairie School architecture 6
Prairie School movement 5

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American architectural movement ⓘ
architectural style ⓘ
architecturalStylePeriod Modern architecture ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
declinePeriod 1920s ⓘ
designGoal create an indigenous North American architecture ⓘ
express the flat, expansive Midwestern prairie landscape ⓘ
emphasizes continuity between interior and exterior spaces ⓘ
floruit early 20th century ⓘ
hasCharacteristic art glass windows ⓘ
bands of windows ⓘ
broad overhanging eaves ⓘ
built-in furniture and cabinetry ⓘ
casement windows ⓘ
central hearth or fireplace ⓘ
centralized mass with extending wings ⓘ
emphasis on craftsmanship ⓘ
flat or hipped roofs ⓘ
horizontal emphasis in exterior design ⓘ
integration with surrounding landscape ⓘ
low, sheltering roofs ⓘ
low-pitched roofs ⓘ
minimal ornamentation ⓘ
open floor plans ⓘ
projecting terraces and balconies ⓘ
strong horizontal lines ⓘ
strongly defined geometric forms ⓘ
use of natural materials ⓘ
inception late 19th century ⓘ
influenced Modern architecture ⓘ
surface form: Modernist architecture

Organic architecture ⓘ
Usonian houses ⓘ
influencedBy Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
Chicago School architecture ⓘ
surface form: Chicago School (architecture)

Japanese architecture ⓘ
notableProponent Dwight H. Perkins ⓘ
Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ
George Grant Elmslie ⓘ
Louis Sullivan ⓘ
Marion Mahony Griffin ⓘ
Walter Burley Griffin ⓘ
William Eugene Drummond ⓘ
William Gray Purcell ⓘ
notableWork Dana–Thomas House ⓘ
Gamble House (Chicago area Prairie example, not Pasadena Greene & Greene) ⓘ
Robie House ⓘ
Unity Temple ⓘ
Willits House ⓘ
opposedTo historical revival styles ⓘ
relatedConcept Organic architecture ⓘ
Usonian houses ⓘ
surface form: Usonian architecture
typicalLocation Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Chicago region

Midwestern United States ⓘ
Oak Park, Illinois ⓘ

Referenced by (60)

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Arts and Crafts movement → influenced → Prairie School ⓘ
Oak Park, Illinois → hasArchitecturalSignificance → Prairie School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie School architecture
Frank Lloyd Wright Westcott House → architecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
Beverly, Chicago → architecturalStylePresent → Prairie School ⓘ
Frank Lloyd Wright → movement → Prairie School ⓘ
The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright → architecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
Dana–Thomas House → architecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
American Craftsman style → influenced → Prairie School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prairie School architecture
Marion Mahony Griffin → movement → Prairie School ⓘ
Walter Burley Griffin → movement → Prairie School ⓘ
Walter Burley Griffin → influencedBy → Prairie School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prairie School architecture
Glessner House, Chicago → influenced → Prairie School ⓘ
subject surface form: Glessner House
this entity surface form: Prairie School architects
Barnsdall Art Park → associatedWithArchitecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
Unity Temple → style → Prairie School ⓘ
Pleasant Home (John Farson House) → architecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
First Church of Christ, Scientist (Berkeley, California) → architecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
First Church of Christ, Scientist (Berkeley, California) → influencedBy → Prairie School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prairie School movement
Cardston Alberta Temple → architecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
Walter Burley Griffin Place District → architecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
Walter Burley Griffin Place District → associatedWithMovement → Prairie School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prairie School movement
Robie House → style → Prairie School ⓘ
Robie House → architecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
Taliesin → architecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo → architecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
An Autobiography → describes → Prairie School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prairie School architecture
In the Cause of Architecture → associatedWith → Prairie School ⓘ
Frank Lincoln Wright → notableFor → Prairie School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prairie School movement
Frank Lincoln Wright → movement → Prairie School ⓘ
North Kenwood District → hasArchitecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
Larkin Administration Building → architecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
A. D. German Warehouse → architecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
Plainfield station → hasHistoricArchitectureStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
Frederick C. Robie House → architecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
Jens Jensen → movement → Prairie School ⓘ
Fabyan Villa Museum and Japanese Garden → hasArchitecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
South Shore, Chicago → hasArchitectureStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
Garfield Park Conservatory → style → Prairie School ⓘ
Susan Lawrence Dana House → architecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
Mason City, Iowa, United States → architecturalStyleNotedFor → Prairie School ⓘ
subject surface form: Mason City, Iowa
this entity surface form: Prairie School architecture
Columbus Park, Chicago → style → Prairie School ⓘ
American Foursquare → hasStylisticInfluence → Prairie School ⓘ
Chicago bungalows → styleInfluence → Prairie School ⓘ
Usonian houses → influencedBy → Prairie School ⓘ
William Gray Purcell → movement → Prairie School ⓘ
William Gray Purcell → architecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
Willits House → architecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
Gamble House (Chicago area Prairie example, not Pasadena Greene & Greene) → architecturalStyle → Prairie School ⓘ
subject surface form: Gamble House (Chicago area)
Gamble House (Chicago area Prairie example, not Pasadena Greene & Greene) → designMovement → Prairie School ⓘ
subject surface form: Gamble House (Chicago area)
Winnetka Heights → hasTypeOfArchitecture → Prairie School ⓘ
William Eugene Drummond → movement → Prairie School ⓘ