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 BRINGING BACK OUTDATED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