CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND IN 1991, THE AMERICAN

INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS NAMED

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT ROBIE HOUSE

ONE OF THE 10 MOST SIGNIFICANT

STRUCTURES OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

THE HYDE PARK HOME WAS CLOSED

WHILE RESERVATIONISTS PUT

MILLIONS INTO RESTORING IT AND

NOW IT'S REOPENED TO THE FORMER

GLORY.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" EVAN GARCIA

VISITED THE ROBIE HOUSE TO LEARN

MORE.

>> THE FREDERICK C. ROB BRING

HOUSE ONE OF FRANK LLOYD

WRIGHT'S MOST BELOVED WORKS IS

REOPENING TO THE PUBLIC AFTER A

MASSIVE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR

RESTORATION.

>> THIS WAS REALLY HIS LAST TRUE

PRAIRIE STYLE HOUSE.

>> FINISHED IN 1910, THE

RECTANGULAR ROBIE HOUSE EMITs

PIT MID THIS PRAIRIE

ARCHITECTURE.

>> BANDS OF WINDOWS.

>> BUT AFTER SEVERAL DIFFERENT

OWNER, THE ROBIE HOUSE BEGAN TO

LOSE ITS ORIGINAL IDENTITY.

>> I WOULD HOPE THAT HE FELT WE

DID IT JUSTICE.

>> FOLLOWING YEARS OF RESEARCH

AND FUNDRAISING, THE FRANK LLOYD

WRIGHT TRUST STARTED RESTORING

THE INTERRIOR OF THE HOME IN

JANUARY OF 2018.

>> BUT AGAIN YOU CAN APPRECIATE

THE ART GLASS WINDOWS.

RECREATING ORIGINAL COLOR

SCHEMES AND WALL TEXTURES.

>> WE REPAIRED AND REPLACED

PLASTER THAT DID NOT MATCH THE

TEXTURE OF THE WALLS.

AFTER THAT WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY

PAINT FINISHES TO BRING IT BACK

TO THE ORIGINAL APPEARANCE.

>> BRINGING BACK OUTDATED

LIGHTING WAS IMPORTANT.

>> ALL THE WOOD FRAMES FOR THE

LIGHTS IS ORIGINAL.

WE CREATED REBLY KA REPLICA

GLASS ORBS.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CLOUDY.

SO WE ULTIMATELY SETTLED ON

SMOKING THE GLASS.

AND AS A RESULT WE WERE ABLE TO

GET THAT ORIGINAL APPEARANCE OF

HOW THE LIGHT FILTERED THROUGH.

>> PERHAPS MOST IMPRESSIVELY

SOME ORIGINAL ITEMS RETURNED TO

THE HOME.

THE GUEST ROOM IS NOW FULL OF

FURNITURE DESIGNED BY WRIGHT AND

THE DINING ROOM HAS ONE NOTABLE

ADDITION.

>> WE NOW HAVE THE ORIGINAL

ROBIE HOUSE DINING ROOM TABLE

BACK ON DISPLAY HERE IN THE

DINING ROOM.

SO THIS IS THE TABLE THAT FRANK

LLOYD WRIGHT DESIGNED FOR ROBIE

HOUSE.

>> OTHER ITEMS WERE

RECONSTRUCTED BASED ON

PHOTOGRAPHS.

LIKE THE FRONT DOOR SHATTERED

DURING A STUDENT WAR PROTEST IN

THE 1960s.

OR THIS NEXT TO THE FIREPLACE.

>> BUT THE ENGEL NOOK PROVIDED A

PLACE FOR SOMEONE TO SIT BY THE

WARM FIRE.

>> THESE NEW EDITIONS GIVE

GREATER SHAPES TO WRIGHT'S

DESIGN VISION.

>> IF YOU HAVE A WIDE OPEN SPACE

IT IS NOT COMFORTABLE IT DOESN'T

FEEL LIKE A HOME.

BY USING THESE KINDS OF GESTURES

IN THE SPACE YOU CREATE ROOMS

WITHIN ROOMS.

AND MAKE THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT

MAKE A HOME WHAT IT IS.

>> LIKE ANY HISTORIC HOME

BEARING THE CHICAGO ELEMENTS

UPKEEP IS ALWAYS A WORK IN

PROGRESS.

>> THE IDEA, OF COURSE, IS TO

BUILD A PLAN WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO

ATTACK ISSUES AS THEY COME UP

AND CONTINUE DOING THAT IN A

CYCLE.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M

EVAN GARCIA.

>> THE ROBIE HOUSE IS OWNED BY

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

BUT THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TRUST

PRESERVES AND MANAGES THE HOME.

ROBIE HOW'S EXTERIOR AND