Mrs. Thomas Gale House in Oak Park

Photo of Mrs. Thomas Gale House in Oak Park, Illinois
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz

Upload photos icon
Click here to upload your photos of Mrs. Thomas Gale House

  • RT @KellyJonesinChi: inconvenience in the south loop today a small price 2 pay 4 being safe in our neighborhood.Thank u CPD! #NATO - Mon, 21 May
  • "We're gonna stand here as long as it takes!" -Occupy Chicago spokeschick just before she ran from police. #NATO #Occupy #Lame - Mon, 21 May
  • RT @Suntimes: Obama on #NATO: “Why is everybody making such a big fuss? This isn’t as big as Taste of Chicago.” http://t.co/rMMGq16o #NATO - Sun, 20 May
  • There are 21 boats with machine guns parked in the Chicago River downtown | The Chicago Architecture Blog http://t.co/6BH66RUd - Fri, 18 May
  • Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West now 100% solar powered | The Chicago Architecture Blog http://t.co/WQz3MbDe #architecture #scottsdale #AZ

See more Tweets... RSS feed

Choose Your Destroyer.

Posted to the Flickr Pool by joshuamellin

Add your photos!

Royalty-free architecture stock photography

Mrs. Thomas Gale House

6 Elizabeth Court, Oak Park, Illinois, Oak Park 60302
← Previous   Random   Next →


Print this page   •   Share this page   •   Map This

On a private drive in a private community it only makes sense to use one of Frank Lloyd Wright's more private designs. Wright had a thing for horizontal walls. Sometimes they are used to evoke feelings. Sometimes to accent. Or, as in this case, they are used to obscure. The lower floor features a long low wall keeping prying eyes out of the family's main living space. A parallel wall is used as a balcony railing on the second floor, further obscuring views and giving the occupants privacy where it is most needed. This is particularly important because the openness of the window wall continues through to the other side of the home. But like many aspects of a Wright design, there are dual uses. The long walls continue in the rear of the building where they frame a series of terraces and balconies to view the backyard. Similarly, the roof is only slightly pitched so that the eye remains firmly on the main mass of the building, rather than travel upward to some fancy gable. On a lot with lots of tall trees as vertical elements, the house becomes an intersection for visual lines, and a base from which the trees can sprout, rather than joining them in the canopy.

Chicago Spire Condo Information
Quick Facts
Forum Discussions Talk about this building with other architecture enthusiasts
Rate This Residential
method='post' action='/Building.php?ID=1201#Rate'>Current rating:50% 80%  name='Rating' id='Rating' value='Praise' class='Plain'> name='Rating' id='Rating' value='Raze' class='Plain'>
Nearby Buildings

Upload photos icon Click here to upload your photos of Mrs. Thomas Gale House

Your Thoughts

There are no comments. You can be the first to add your thoughts to this page.

Name:

Please tell us your name (Example: "Jim W.")
It doesn't have to be your real name, but it's more social that way.

E-mail address:

E-mail address is used for validation only. It will not be displayed.
We do not spam.

Your location:
Your rating:
Your comments:
Current month (MM): This helps fight spam bots.
Current year (YYYY): This also helps fight spam bots.
  CAI Community   CAI Extras   CAI Tools   CAI Sister Sites
Copyright 2012 Artefaqs Corporation. Artefaqs® and the Artefaqs logo are registered trademarks of the Artefaqs Corporation.
Neither text nor images from this web site may be used without permission.
All your skyscrapers are belong to us.