We took a train to Oak Park yesterday to see the home and studio of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. He lived and worked in Oak Park for the first 20 years of his career, from 1898 to 1909, and developed his Prairie Style of 'organic architecture' there. The home is not as impressive as some of his commissioned works that I've visited before, such as Fallingwater. He was after all 21 years old and just getting started when he designed and built it. But his office and studio, built as an octagon to accommodate perhaps a dozen artists and draftsmen, did impress me with its wonderful indirect light and ingenious design elements.
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