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| − | '''Midwest architecture''' has long been a leader for the [[United States]], dating back at least to the work of [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]. | + | '''Midwest architecture''' has long been a leader for the [[United States]], dating back at least to the work of [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] and his [[Chicago]]-based mentor, [[Louis Sullivan]], who created the skyscraper. |
The ''Prairie School'' was a style of architecture that began in the [[Midwest]] in the late 1800s and then spread to acclaim worldwide. | The ''Prairie School'' was a style of architecture that began in the [[Midwest]] in the late 1800s and then spread to acclaim worldwide. | ||
Revision as of 21:45, October 15, 2021
Midwest architecture has long been a leader for the United States, dating back at least to the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and his Chicago-based mentor, Louis Sullivan, who created the skyscraper.
The Prairie School was a style of architecture that began in the Midwest in the late 1800s and then spread to acclaim worldwide.
Its residential architecture was dubbed the nation's most exciting by Architectural Digest in 2017.[1]