| Description | The Larkin administration building, Buffalo, New York, 1903, from a fragment of film taken by Wright himself. Photos of the Larkin building, exterior and interior, together with plans for interior, and architectural drawing of exterior. Wright VO.
Architectural drawing of Unity Temple, 1904. Exterior Unity Temple with horses and carriages and passers-by in period costume. Wright VO. Narrator points out that the traditionally-styled Presbyterian church across the street was build only a few years before the Temple. Interior Unity Temple. Wright VO on the introduction of screens rather than walls, and that the reality of a building was its space rather than its structure. The Heurtley house, 1902, near Wright’s own. Exterior, interiors, designs influenced by Japanese art. Japanese prints. The Bradley house (Glenlloyd) at Kankakee. Architectural drawing for the Ward Willetts house (1902) at Highland Park. Wright VO describes this as the first great Prairie house. Exterior and interior film. Exterior and interior of the Susan Lawrence Dana house (1904), Springfield, showing details, e.g., of sumac designs in stained glass. Non-Wright features include the statue, The Flower in the Crannied Wall, and an indoor water feature, The Moon Children, by Richard Bock, and a mural depicting sumac and other plants by George Niedecken. The Gale house (1909), Oak Park. The Robie house (1909), Chicago, including contemporary photo of dining room. "The end of an extraordinary chapter." |
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