Movement
Prairie School
Explore in the Atlas →An early-twentieth-century Midwestern American style led by Frank Lloyd Wright, defined by horizontal lines, low-pitched roofs, open plans and natural materials integrating the house with the flat prairie landscape.
Dwelling Settlement
Details
- Origin
- Chicago, United States
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- ObservationLived experience
- Subject
- Human centred
- Degree of codification
- Pattern based
- Mode of transmission
- ApprenticeshipText drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Sources
- H. Allen Brooks. The Prairie School: Frank Lloyd Wright and His Midwest Contemporaries. University of Toronto Press, 1972.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Prairie School." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/prairie-school/. Accessed July 17, 2026.