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| Essential
Architecture- Chicago
South and West Heller House |
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architect |
Frank Lloyd Wright |
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location |
5132 S. Woodlawn Ave. |
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date |
1897 |
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style |
Prairie School |
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construction |
Brick |
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type |
House |
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A significant turning point in the work of famed architect Frank Lloyd
Wright, this design helped introduce a new aesthetic that was to
culminate in the now-famous Prairie School style. Here, Wright abandons
the more picturesque and traditional styles of the day, substituting his
own strongly geometric style along with the decorative richness of his
mentor and former employer, Louis Sullivan. The decorative frieze was
executed by sculptor Richard Bock. This building was designed for
Isidore H. Heller, a meatpacker. |
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links |
With special thanks to the City of
Chicago website,
www.egov.cityofchicago.org , for much of the info on this page.
Photos copyright City of Chicago. |
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