Ka cika wannan jumla: A cikin shekaru masu zuwa, Olbrich ya yi ayyuka dabam dabam na gine-gine kuma ya gwada zane-zane da zane-zane. Ya ƙera tukwane, kayan ɗaki, littattafan littattafai, da kayan kiɗa. Gidansa da ciki a
St. Louis World's Fair ta lashe kyauta mafi girma a baje kolin. A lokacin, "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" ya rubuta game da gidansa, "Masu zane-zane na Amurka yanzu suna magana ne game da Olbrich Pavilion. An riga an nuna shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da za a yi a World's Fair wanda zai bar alama ta dindindin a rayuwar Amurkawa". Daga baya an nada shi memba mai dacewa na Cibiyar Nazarin Gine-gine ta Amurka. Ayyukan gine-ginensa, musamman gine-ginen nunin sa na Vienna da Darmstadt Secessions, sun yi tasiri sosai kan ci gaban salon Art Nouveau.