Concepts

Open Plan

Also Known As Open Floor Plan

Spatial Concept

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Architecture and Design Atlas. "Open Plan." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-architecture.interactiveatlas.org/concepts/open-plan.

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Architecture and Design Atlas. (n.d.). Open Plan. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-architecture.interactiveatlas.org/concepts/open-plan

BibTeX

@misc{architectureanddesignatlas-open-plan,
  author = {Architecture and Design Atlas},
  title = {Open Plan},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-architecture.interactiveatlas.org/concepts/open-plan},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Interior space with as few fixed partitions as possible, made practical when frames of steel and reinforced concrete took the loads out of interior walls. Frank Lloyd Wright's flowing Prairie interiors and Le Corbusier's free plan opened the idea, and it has governed houses and offices ever since, along with the running argument over how much openness people actually want.

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Frank Lloyd Wright

The flowing interiors of the Prairie houses opened the modern open plan.

Source Encyclopedia Britannica

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