Such brilliant man that saw the horizontal lines in the American landscape. Thanks to Wright a new style was developed that reglected something considered very American.
winnipeg has a good number of prairie school-influenced houses along balmoral street from broadway south to mostyn place. 1 block. i like them but not as much as i love my gothic arches.
I see many videos about fascinating Wright homes falling into disrepair, beset by construction defects or just the ravages of time. Are early Wright house plans in the public domain? Can they be copied and rebuilt with modern construction methods?
Here's one. It's "as built" so includes a couple of later modifications. www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.il0985.sheet/?sp=6 I think the Library of Congress has a lot more. Stanford University keeps drawings of every house on campus (because they own the land, and lease the rights to the homeowners for a dollar per year) so they have the Hanna House originals.
You quite incorrectly politicized the Prairie School by your post WWI comment. Your point is way off. With the women’s movement, ie; voting rights etc. at the time, women became more active in home decisions. The ladies preferred historic styles, not the masculinity of the prairie buildings. Men abdicated.
