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110 MICHIGANAVEMAG.COM PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMES CAULFIELD, COURTESY OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TRUST (HEURTLEY HOUSE); DON KALEC, COURTESY OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TRUST (EXTERIOR OF WRIGHT'S HOME); HEDRICH BLESSING, COURTESY OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TRUST (WRIGHT'S DRAFTING ROOM); ALFRED EISENSTAEDT/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION/GETTY IMAGES (WRIGHT) "EVERY FRANKY LLOYD WRIGHT BUILDING HAS ITS OWN VISION AND ITS OWN PURPOSE." —celeste adams Walk this way: The Wright Plus 150 housewalk features exclusive tours of masterworks by Frank Lloyd Wright (center), like the 1902 Arthur B. Heurtley House (pictured here and at right); the 1889/1898 Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio (bottom left and right); and the 1909 Laura Gale House (previous page). within the Prairie School aesthetic— from the sprawling roof of the Arthur B. Heurtley House to the Japanese influences of the Hills DeCaro House. Adams also singles out the Laura Gale House ("a milestone in 20th-century architecture") as a particular can't-miss: Featured on the housewalk for the first time since 2009, the home evokes conven- tional Prairie tenets—pronounced angularity, respectful integration with the surrounding landscape— while foreshadowing Wright's future work: "[With its] two large porches that project from the front of the house, it's sometimes seen as a prototype of Fallingwater," notes Adams, referring to Wright's iconic Pennsylvania retreat. The parallel underscores the event's cachet: To tour Oak Park in 2017 is to not only experience Wright's turn-of-the-century vision but is to be privy to his later, genre-busting blueprint for modern design and architecture. And while the wealth of attrac- tions is potentially dizzying (countless hours can be spent dissecting a single Wright structure, much less 11), at just a mile long the circuit can be tackled in a day—but with an estimated 2,500 ticket holders, expect to jockey with Wright worshippers for prime space. "Photos don't do justice," says Adams. "In the work of Frank, you have to experience the building." May 20, 9 am to 5 pm; flwright.org/wrightplus . above: The master at work at Taliesin, his estate in Spring Green, Wisconsin, which was completed in 1911. SPACE ARCHITECTURE