Frederick C. Robie House

The Robbie House is located on the beautiful campus of the University of Chicago. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the greatest American architect. It is also one of the greatest architectural masterpieces of the twentieth century. It was selected as a National Historic Landmark on November 27, 1963. In the residences designed by Wright, the interior space always has an axial tendency to be related to the natural environment, and the factor that plays a major role in the artistic composition is the concept of place, that is, the rediscovery of the concept of place. The wide roof of Wright's house, which emphasizes the horizontal type, is completely a metaphor for the safe habitation of thatched huts or wooden huts, and has a "prairie" charm.