and achieved so well in the Tomek House. It became a successful marriage of nature, landscape and architecture, in contrast with the Robie House, which was not a successful residence for very long, and certainly not for its first owners. Its ceiling in the so very long, narrow living room reminds one of the throbbing repetition of railroad ties. Had Wright not left for Europe and instead kept an eye on the building of the Robie house, he might have made changes so it would have the repose that he sought, as one finds in the ceilings of others of his previous creations, but especially in those of the Tomek House.
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