A Dialogue Spring Means Wright Plus
For Members of the Volume 42 : Issue 1 Winter – Spring 2016 Frank Lloyd Wright Trust Wright Angles: A DIALOGUE SPRING MEANS WRIGHT PLUS From the President & CEO The surprise addition of William Winslow House to the 2016 Wright Plus Housewalk has created a wave of excitement. It was featured on the Trust’s Housewalk in 1977, and now 39 years later, this private home will open to local, national and international Wright Plus guests. Designed by Wright in 1893 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, Winslow stands at the threshold of Wright’s Prairie style. Wright met William Winslow through his association with Adler and Sullivan, and the young architect seized the opportunity of this commission Frank Lloyd Wright’s William Winslow House, 1893, a bonus house on the to establish a new style of American architecture, Wright Plus housewalk this year. Photo by James Caulfield. blending Sullivan’s theories with his own emerging modern vision. This spring, join architect Gunny Harboe for a lecture and tour update on the Unity Temple restoration, and at Robie House participate in a discussion with architect John Vinci and cultural historian Tim Samuelson on Richard Nickel, one of Chicago’s great preservationists. 2016 Board of Directors Also this spring, join our new Wright in the Region John Rafkin, Chairman tours to Dana House in Springfield and Milwaukee’s Robert Miller, Vice Chair and Chair, Executive Committee Steven E. Brady, Treasurer and Chair, Finance Committee System-Built Homes. Prairie Avenue to Prairie Style David Dunning, Secretary is a glorious day of touring Chicago’s great historical homes.
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