Rudolph Schindler: Irving house (Wilmette, Ill.)

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Description

The James B. Irving house was a temporary home designed by Schindler while he was employed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Schindler designed the home quickly, after Irving requested a temporary home since his had been destroyed by a tornado.
The Irvings lived in this small home until 1928, when they commissioned John Van Bergen (another former associate of Wright) to design a Prairie style home. The Bergen house was on the same parcel of land as the Schindler/Wright temporary house. Both houses were extant until 2014 when the Bergen house was moved to Evanston and the Schindler/Wright house was dismantled and put into storage to make way for a new development.

Creator

Rudolph Schindler, architect
Frank Lloyd Wright, architect

Source

R. M. Schindler papers, Architecture & Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Date

1920

Rights

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Citation

Rudolph Schindler, architect Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, “Rudolph Schindler: Irving house (Wilmette, Ill.),” UCSB ADC Omeka, accessed April 26, 2024, http://www.adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/435.