Built in 1903, this Prairie-style house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his friend, Robert “Robie” M. Lamp, being considered Wright’s first true “Prairie School” building, and his first major departure from his Shingle-style roots towards the more radical and organic designs he would come to be known for. The house still has some overtures to Wright’s earlier work with leaded glass diamond pane casement windows, but features a painted brick exterior rather than wooden shingle cladding, and a low-slope roof enclosed by a parapet, much more common at the time on commercial buildings than ‹
Robert M. Lamp House

Frank Lloyd Wright

Exterior · Madison, United States · 1903

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Built in 1903, this Prairie-style house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his friend, Robert “Robie” M. Lamp, being considered Wright’s first true “Prairie School” building, and his first major departure from his Shingle-style roots towards the more radical and organic designs he would come to be known for. The house still has some overtures to Wright’s earlier work with leaded glass diamond pane casement windows, but features a painted brick exterior rather than wooden shingle cladding, and a low-slope roof enclosed by a parapet, much more common at the time on commercial buildings than

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