This week marked the anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright’s birth, which reminded me of driving around recently when something caught my eye. A house looked so familiar that I had to turn around. Was that a Wright design? The western suburb of Wheaton has a replica not of Wright’s famous prairie style, but one of his “bootleg houses”. All architects have to start somewhere, Frank Lloyd Wright was no exception. While employed as a draftsman at the architectural firm of Adler & Sullivan, the 25-year-old worked on his own commissions, designing around eight “bootleg houses,” including the
Copy of a Frank Lloyd Wright "Bootleg"
Copy of a Frank Lloyd Wright "Bootleg"
Copy of a Frank Lloyd Wright "Bootleg"
This week marked the anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright’s birth, which reminded me of driving around recently when something caught my eye. A house looked so familiar that I had to turn around. Was that a Wright design? The western suburb of Wheaton has a replica not of Wright’s famous prairie style, but one of his “bootleg houses”. All architects have to start somewhere, Frank Lloyd Wright was no exception. While employed as a draftsman at the architectural firm of Adler & Sullivan, the 25-year-old worked on his own commissions, designing around eight “bootleg houses,” including the