Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House

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Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House - Chicago Tour

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Brent Hull is on a field trip in Chicago checking out some famous Frank Lloyd Wright houses. Today he's on site at the Robie House from 1910. We'll explore some fun features that were quite innovative for the time.
For starters, a garage was way ahead of its time. One of the features that makes it what we call Prairie Style is it's long, linear structure. He designed with long horizontal bricks and dark lines on the gutter. There's also gutters but no down spouts. Instead, he'd create drains in the ground that were meant to catch the water. Also, check out the narrow nature of the house with a hidden front door for a feeling of protection. And that's just the beginning. Wright was great at creating comfortable spaces, which we'll see here. We'll also take a walk inside the house for some more cool features.
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@theofarmmanager267 3 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t be more thrilled to find your channel. As I have said before, these videos are criminally short (I know, they are free and you have to work for a living). I love the aesthetics that FLW, Stickley, Greene amd Greene, Voysey, Morris etc. evolved. Some are of the period and would not suit our modern life well but all of them provoke thoughts in me about how can I introduce something into our house. Thank you so much for taking the time to do these videos. Your love of the work shines through

@BrentHull 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard! Thanks for watching. I plan to do more.

@jonlebon5086 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve done a Frank Lloyd Wright house in upstate NY, we cement stuccoed the huge 4’ wide soffit all the way around and stone faced the entire home with stone, as I was told his homes have to use local materials to appear that it came out of the ground. The only problem we had was that the local stone is mostly shale and not quite big enough to adhere to the walls, and for the larger stones it wasn’t cost effective to veneer what stones we did get so we settled on a cultured stone that had a similar color and texture to match. It did have copper gutters and cedar fascia that would darken with time to make it old and part of the landscape. All in all it was a great experience because it took me out of the mundane ranch and newer colonial home designs.

@BrentHull 3 жыл бұрын

Working to mimic the past, is more interesting and makes us better craftsmen. Thanks for sharing.

@benjaminfisher5809 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing building

@BrentHull 3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Thanks

@Jeannified Жыл бұрын

I really want to see this house!!!

@BrentHull Жыл бұрын

Go! Its a landmark.

@Jeannified Жыл бұрын

@@BrentHull My favorite FLW living room is at the Samrara house, in Indiana. It is warm, intimate, and inviting. It is lively too, with some color. The funny thing is that I heard that the clients wife really wanted some colorful accent pieces. FLW wouldn't relent, BUT...his wife (his last one), was at the house with him and the clients. She quietly assured the clients wife that she would, indeed, have her colorful accents. It definitely makes the house feel softer and more homey. There are green plants in it too. I just love it! Naturally the design of the living room itself, is sublime!

@3jackysil 3 жыл бұрын

I learn so much from you!

@BrentHull 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@danielgigandet2938 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing channel. Thank you.

@BrentHull 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@CheeseBae 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see Brent appreciating some early modern instead of focusing only on traditional style.

@BrentHull 3 жыл бұрын

LOL, I like a lot of good modern, probably should get a little more love. Thanks for watching.

@Niels_Dn 3 жыл бұрын

It is as if mr. Wright makes you say his name a lot when you’re there :)

@BrentHull 3 жыл бұрын

LOL, my wife said the same thing.

@chriskappert1365 11 ай бұрын

1910........if you sayd 2010 nobody would cal you a lier ! FLW was SOOOOOOOO far ahead of his time , he even influenced a few of the most famous Dutch architects like Berlage , Dudok and Brandes , fenomenal ! ❤

@BrentHull 11 ай бұрын

Ha, true. Yes, he was amazing.

@BanBiofuels Жыл бұрын

*MY BEEF WITH OPEN ARCHITECTURE* - I think open architecture is great except when people join the kitchen with the living area and the TV/stereo space. I have never heard a silent refrigerator. The kitchen should be separate with doors that really seal out all of the noise and smells. An eat in kitchen is fine, so why do you need a breakfast nook?

@BrentHull Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@user-tv3bu9jd3v 3 ай бұрын

Architecturally striking but ergonomically flawed. The living room dining room had 56 feet of French doors and with the two glass doors to the side porch and the glass door overlooking the garage courtyard and the glass door overlooking the entrance courtyard there was a total of 16 glass doors in that unit room representing tremendous heat loss particularly with harsh Chicago winters. I read that the third owners, the Wilburs, had to install a much more powerful boiler heating system to cope with the tremendous heat loss. Before the heating system was replaced I read the temperature in the living room in the winter was 55° Fahrenheit. That's uncomfortably cold!

@BrentHull 3 ай бұрын

Yikes. True.