“The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.”

—Frank Lloyd Wright  -  Organic designs, clean lines and natural wood are the primary aspects of design Frank Lloyd Wright envisioned for his influential “prairie school” style.  Though Wright’s style encompassed commercial buildings, his architectural design in residential homes are what made this style so coveted. Spanning from the late 1890’s, the prairie school style, with low-pitched roof and minimalistic style, not only changed the way design is created, but the way we perceive it. Form follows function in this alternative to the then-dominate Classical Revival Style, bringing in indigenous materials and simple lines.

When looking for these specific home features in your next masterpiece, it won’t take you long to realize how the Renaissance design team stays true to Frank Lloyd Wright’s style. The Renaissance home at 5021 NE 26th Ave in Portland is a breathtaking example of an urban, prairie style home with a grid-based design. The home’s windows are long and low and invite the interior space to mix with the surrounding nature, while modern exterior and interior colors draw from organic hues. Although this style was once short-lived, loosing popularity in the 1920’s, the structures built to this design remain today as among the most desired. The nearly quarter of a century full of constructing prairie-centric styles have propelled modern architecture to new (un) heights (pun intended).