{"id":486,"date":"2015-09-09T03:10:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T07:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larkinbuilding.com\/?p=486"},"modified":"2015-09-09T03:25:37","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T07:25:37","slug":"large-atrium-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/larkinbuilding.com\/?p=486","title":{"rendered":"Large Atrium Desk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Light court Worktable<\/h2>\n<p>Although there were many variations of furniture configurations in the atrium light court over the buildings lifespan, the original design\u00a0consisted of two desk arrangements. 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-509 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/larkinbuilding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/larkin2-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"larkin2-Edit\" width=\"281\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"http:\/\/larkinbuilding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/larkin2-Edit.jpg 281w, http:\/\/larkinbuilding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/larkin2-Edit-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a>The light court of the Larkin Administration building.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/larkinbuilding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/larkinimage81.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-508 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/larkinbuilding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/larkinimage81.jpg\" alt=\"larkinimage8\" width=\"1023\" height=\"686\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p>[i] Jack Quinan, Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s Larkin Building-Myth and Fact, The Architectural History 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