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Robie House 100: Celebrating Modern Living.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House, an icon of modern architecture, is celebrating its centennial anniversary in 2010. Renowned for its amazing contemporary spaces, sweeping horizontal lines, dramatic overhangs, stretches of art glass windows and open floor plan, the Robie House set the standard for a new way of living that continues to influence modern design today.
To celebrate the Robie House centennial, the Preservation Trust is introducing an expanded selection of guest experiences to encourage a more personal connection with the museum.
Help us celebrate the lasting influence of the Robie House on modern living with these inspiring programs, tours and events throughout 2010.
July
LEGO Architects
Thursday, July 8. 10am
$5 Family Thursday
Inspire your budding architects’ creativity at the Robie House as they use LEGOs to create a 3D model of a floor plan of their own design.
Walk and Wine
Saturday, July 10. 4pm
Explore the architectural diversity of Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood as well as the amazingly contemporary interior spaces of the Robie House, followed by wine, beer and appetizers on the terraces of the house.
Art Glass Done Wright
Thursday, July 15. 9:30am
$5 Family Thursday
Bring your family to the Robie House for a workshop where kids design their own art glass using tracing paper, colored pencils, and examples of Wright’s art glass designs.
Robie House After Hours
Friday, July 16. 6pm
Gather with friends and wander the celebrated spaces of Wright's renowned masterpiece of modernism while enjoying cocktails, light hors d’oeuvres, and a festive, casual atmosphere.
LEGO Architects
Saturday, July 17. 10am
Inspire your budding architects’ creativity at the Robie House as they use LEGOs to create a 3D model of a floor plan of their own design.
The Wright 3 Experience
Sunday, July 18. 1pm
Explore the mysterious spaces of the Robie House as depicted in Blue Balliett’s best selling novel, The Wright 3 and expand your experience with a hands-on workshop playing with 3-dimensional Pentominos featured in the novel.
LEGO Architects - SOLD OUT
Thursday, July 22. 10am
$5 Family Thursday
Inspire your budding architects’ creativity at the Robie House as they use LEGOs to create a 3D model of a floor plan of their own design.
Ultimate LEGO Architects at Crown Hall
Build-a-World Weekend - SOLD OUT
Saturday July 24 - Sunday, July 25
Join in the creation of a large scale LEGO environment during this two-day festival of creativity at Mies van der Rohe’s spectacular Crown Hall.
Family Designing Spaces
Thursday, July 29. 6:30pm
$5 Family Thursday
Families are invited to the Robie House to experience Wright’s innovative use of space then work together to design their own floor plan under the guidance of a professional architect.
Defining Modernism: Curatorial Tours of the Smart Museum and Wright’s Robie House - SOLD OUT
Friday, July 30. 3:00pm
Experience the varied expressions of modern design during two free curator-led tours, starting with a curator led tour of the Smart Museum’s exhibition Mid-Century: Good Design in Europe and America, 1850-1950, which celebrates the ways in which modern design reshaped the world of everyday objects.
August
Family Froebel Block Workshop
$5 Family Thursday
Discover the fun and excitement of building with Froebel blocks, the geometric shapes that Frank Lloyd Wright played with as a child.
Robie House and Oriental Institute After Hours
Thursday, August 12. 6 pm
Explore these two museums within walking distance of each other enjoying cocktails and light hors d’oeuvres.
Art Glass Done Wright
Thursday, August 12. 9:30am
$5 Family Thursday
Bring your family to the Robie House for a workshop where kids design their own art glass using tracing paper, colored pencils, and examples of Wright’s art glass designs.
The Wright 3 Experience
Sunday, August 15. 1pm
Explore the mysterious spaces of the Robie House as depicted in Blue Balliett’s best selling novel, The Wright 3 and expand your experience with a hands-on workshop playing with 3-dimensional Pentominos featured in the novel.
Family Designing Spaces
Thursday, August 19, 6:30pm
$5 Family Thursday
Families are invited to the Robie House to experience Wright’s innovative use of space then work together to design their own floor plan under the guidance of a professional architect.
Robie House After Hours
Friday, August 20. 6pm
Gather with friends and wander the celebrated spaces of Wright's renowned masterpiece of modernism while enjoying cocktails, light hors d’oeuvres, and a festive, casual atmosphere.
LEGO Architects
Saturday, August 21. 10am
Inspire your budding architects’ creativity at the Robie House as they use LEGOs to create a 3D model of a floor plan of their own design.
Redrawing Wright at the Robie House and the Smart Museum
Saturday, August 21. 3pm
Create your own artistic renderings using the amazing interior spaces of Wright’s Robie House and the Smart Museum as inspiration. Led by a professional artist and educator.
Jazz Night at Wright’s Robie House
featuring Bethany Pickens
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Celebrate Robie House 100 with a remarkable evening of jazz featuring Chicago jazz artist Bethany Pickens.
LEGO Architects
Thursday, August 26. 10am
$5 Family Thursday
Inspire your budding architects’ creativity at the Robie House as they use LEGOs to create a 3D model of a floor plan of their own design.
September
Walk and Wine
Saturday, September 11. 4pm
Explore the architectural diversity of Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood as well as the amazingly contemporary interior spaces of the Robie House, followed by wine, beer and appetizers on the terraces of the house.
Robie House After Hours
Friday, September 17. 6pm
Gather with friends and wander the celebrated spaces of Wright's renowned masterpiece of modernism while enjoying cocktails, light hors d’oeuvres, and a festive, casual atmosphere.
Picturing Architecture with Tim Long
Saturday, September 18. 8amBring your camera and join noted architectural photographer Tim Long for an exclusive tour of the extraordinary spaces of the Robie House in morning light.
LEGO Architects
Saturday, September 18. 10am
Inspire your budding architects’ creativity at the Robie House as they use LEGOs to create a 3D model of a floor plan of their own design.
The Wright 3 Experience
Sunday, September 19. 1pm
Explore the mysterious spaces of the Robie House as depicted in Blue Balliett’s best selling novel, The Wright 3 and expand your experience with a hands-on workshop playing with 3-dimensional Pentominos featured in the novel.
Hyde Park Jazz Festival
Saturday, September 25
Enjoy free jazz performances throughout the day within the contemporary spaces of Wright’s Robie House.
Picturing Architecture Photo Tour
Sunday, September 26. 9am
Join a small group of shutterbugs for an in-depth tour of the Robie House as a photographer guides you through the inspiring interior and exterior spaces of the home.
Robie House and Crown Hall After Hours
Thursday, September 30. 6 pm
Explore two modernist wonders enjoying cocktails and light hors d’oeuvres. A private shuttle provides transportation between the two museums.
Centennial Excursion: Wright's North Shore - From Prairie to Usonian
Date TBA
Visit two stunning architectural statements outside of Chicago, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Muirhead Farmhouse built in his signature Usonian style as well as Mies van der Rohe’s icon of modernism, Farnsworth House.
Dine in Design
Date TBA
Enjoy fabulous food within some of Chicago’s most beautiful and architecturally intriguing restaurants.
October
Robie House Weekend Celebration
Saturday, October 9 – Sunday, October 10
Sounds and Spaces concert featuring the Chicago Chamber Musicians
Sunday, October 10. Evening
Robie House After Hours
Friday, October 15. 6pm
Gather with friends and wander the celebrated spaces of Wright's renowned masterpiece of modernism while enjoying cocktails, light hors d’oeuvres, and a festive, casual atmosphere.
LEGO Architects
Saturday, October 16. 10am
Inspire your budding architects’ creativity at the Robie House as they use LEGOs to create a 3D model of a floor plan of their own design
Shots of Modern
Sunday, October 17. 4pmJoin us for an exciting, free photographic scavenger hunt on the University of Chicago campus as we discover and photograph modern architecture around Hyde Park.
The Wright 3 Experience
Sunday, October 17. 1pm
Explore the mysterious spaces of the Robie House as depicted in Blue Balliett’s best selling novel, The Wright 3 and expand your experience with a hands-on workshop playing with 3-dimensional Pentominos featured in the novel.
University of Chicago Humanities Day
Saturday, October 23. 2pm
November
Centennial Excursion: Modern Chicago
Date TBA
Explore the architecture of the Illinois Institute of Technology, famous for its stunning modernist works, and the University of Chicago, built in a traditional Gothic style.
Robie House After Hours
Friday, November 19. 6pm
Gather with friends and wander the celebrated spaces of Wright's renowned masterpiece of modernism while enjoying cocktails, light hors d’oeuvres, and a festive, casual atmosphere.
LEGO Architects
Saturday, November 20. 10am
Inspire your budding architects’ creativity at the Robie House as they use LEGOs to create a 3D model of a floor plan of their own design.
December
Robie House After Hours
Friday, December 17. 6pm
Gather with friends and wander the celebrated spaces of Wright's renowned masterpiece of modernism while enjoying cocktails, light hors d’oeuvres, and a festive, casual atmosphere.
LEGO Architects
Saturday, December 18. 10am
Inspire your budding architects’ creativity at the Robie House as they use LEGOs to create a 3D model of a floor plan of their