Whether you’re drawn to how he believed that a structure and space could create and convey cultural values or how he retained strong ideals of his upbringing co-mingled with innovation, Frank Lloyd Wright undeniably left his imprint on the world of architecture. From what books to stock on your shelves to house tours of renovated abodes, we have something for all FLW fans.
The original countertops’ curved edge came to life through an innovative process.
Steve Sikora
Restoring a Frank Lloyd Wright Kitchen
Attention to original details helps bring a Frank Lloyd Wright kitchen back to life at the Willey house.
A Prairie School house in Illinois.
Andy Olenick
A Wright House in Rochester
Refurbishment of this Prairie School house took a team.
Sources of inspiration: Mexican pewter, ginkgo leaves, and the catalog from the Guggenheim on the work of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Erik Kvalsvik
An Interior Inspired by Wright’s Taliesin
Inspired by his time at Wright’s Taliesin, architect Gerald Lee Morosco creates a warm and quite classical Modern environment in his own Pittsburgh row house.
A beautifully preserved Prairie style home.
Gridley + Graves
A Prairie Home Library
Prairie style books recommended by OHJ editors.
Frank Lloyd Wright Reading Recommendations
As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases made through affiliate links.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: THE ROOMS Interiors and Decorative Arts by Margo Stipe (Rizzoli 2014) Intimate immersion inside the Prairie houses, Fallingwater, Hollyhock House & more.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT PRAIRIE HOUSES by Alan Weintraub (Rizzoli 2006) Interiors and details of over 70 extant buildings of the Prairie School years. How Wright broke from Beaux Arts symmetry to create “a tartan plaid of main spaces and secondary spaces, of public rooms and circulation spaces”—with brilliant results.
THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL: Frank Lloyd Wright and his Midwest Contemporaries by H. Allen Brooks (Norton 2006) From its beginning to its end, Prairie School beyond Wright. Discusses the architects’ various contributions.
HOMETOWN ARCHITECT: The Complete Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park and River Forest, Illinois by Patrick F. Cannon (Pomegranate 2006) Houses 1887–1913; this book is the pilgrimage documenting 27 Wright houses in Oak Park and River Forest. Photos include interiors.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: THE HOUSES by Alan Weintraub (Rizzoli 2005) From the 1908 Prairie School Robie house in Chicago through his textile-block houses in Los Angeles, and on to Fallingwater and Taliesin West, here are FLW’s residential commissions all in one huge volume.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S INTERIORS by Thomas A. Heinz (Gramercy Books 2002) Shown are 1,000 interiors, including houses and public and corporate buildings, from throughout Wright’s career. Horizontal lines, natural elements, concrete, and brilliant use of three dimensions.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S GLASS DESIGNS by Carla Lind (Pomegranate 1995) Innovative design for windows, skylights, and decoration.
