Frank Lloyd Wright drew inspiration from the Midwest to develop his famed Prairie School of architecture. His vision for this organic style emphasized the simple, horizontal line, the use of materials natural to the setting, and the dominance of colors found in nature—tans, golds, greens, and browns. Wright based this style on forms readily found in nature: the circle, square, and triangle, for example. Hence, structures built in the Prairie Style have an apparent simplicity such as that found in The Westcott House, shown above. Sited back from a busy thoroughfare, this house is built of stucco and illustrates Wright's emphatic use of the horizontal line of the prairie.
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