Futuristic American Dreams: The Modernist Architecture History

Greene Residence (‘Prairie Chicken’ House) by Herb Greene, Norman, Oklahoma, 1961

Built as his family home four miles east of Norman, Oklahoma, Greene recruited his own architecture students to help build it. ‘This 1961 structure created an architectural sensation,’ Shulman says. ‘There was nothing about this house that resembled any other home ever created. I spent four days on assignment here, sleeping in the bed portrayed, with a spectacular view of the prairies illuminated by lightning flashes as far as you could see’

Photo: J.Paul Getty Trust/Julius Shulman