Context Poster

To get started on our next project for our Studio, the class was split into different groups and assigned a topic relating to either early 1900 design, or design for an art studio. My topic was prominent US architects of the 1930s, and I chose to research William Gray Purcell. I had no idea who he was, but his named kept popping up when I was searching. I learned a lot about Prairie Style design, a very common design type of the early 1900s. It was developed by Louis Sullivan, who taught Purcell, and was carried out by many architects including Frank Lloyd Wright, and Purcell himself. This style is reflected in the depot we are rehabilitating, so learning its origins and other ways it was applied was very helpful.