Frank lloyd wright

Frank l loyd wright

Architect (1867–1959)

Frank Lloyd Wright was a modern architect who developed an organic and distinctly American style. He designed numerous iconic buildings.

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His architectural career lasted almost 70 years.

Frank Lloyd Wright developed the theory "Form and Function Are One.“

During his final years, he designed two of his most famous projects, the Guggenheim Museum and the Marin County Civic Center.

Frank Lloyd Wright designed 1141 homes and buildings, of those 532 were completed by his death.

Frank Lloyd Wright had a global impact on modern architecture, influencing design styles not only in America, but also in Europe and Asia.

Basic principles of wright designs :

Organic coloursSimple geometric shapesIntegration of building with natural surroundingsStrong horizontal lines and Frank

Lloyd Wright Home hidden entries and StudioOak Park, Illinois (1889)

Famous Buildings: Fallingwater (Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. Residence), Bear Run, Pennsylvania, 1935–1937Frederick C. Robie Residence, Chicago, Illinois, 1909Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, 1956–1959Unity Temple,Oak Park, Illinois, 1904Price Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1952–1956

FALLING WATER, SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

The site chosen was a natural landscape area for the weak end home with a water stream with it.

It was thought that the building would have a view of stream but fl wright made it over the stream.

Spaces are designed to bring nature inside the four walls

Cluster organisation around central core

Wright used only 4 materials to build Fallingwater— sandstone, reinforcedconcrete, steel and glass.

Horizoantal element – concrete.planes differentiated and accentuate by changes in colour, texture, and material .

vertical element – native stone. gives a sclupture quality highlighting the horizontal

Interiors are simply through vibrant because of use of triadic colours for furnitures and monochromatic brown colour for walls, ceiling , floor

• Wright used a lot of clear glass to allow the outside to flow freely into the inside.

• At certain times of day, the glass becomes very reflective and reminds some people of the mirror-like surfaces of a calm pool of water.• At night, the glass seems to disappear.• Wright chose the pale ochre color of the

concrete to match the back of a fallen rhododendron leaf.

Plans and section :

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, new york , united states.

• Established in 1937• Type Art museum• Frank Lloyd Wright created the Guggenheim Museum as a series of organic shapes. • Circular forms spiral down like the interior of a shell. • Visitors to the museum begin on the upper level and follow a sloping ramp downward through connected exhibition spaces.

Concept :

• The building itself became a work of art.

• At the core, an open rotunda offers views of artwork on several levels.

• From the street, the building looks like a white ribbon rolled into a cylindrical

shape, slightly wider at the top than at the bottom.• Internally, the galleries form a spiral.

Its design was inspired by a "Ziggurat" Babylonian temple pyramid, inverted.

ROBIE HOUSE ,CHICAGO

• The Robie House of 1910 is generally considered to be Wright’s “best”Prairie style work.• This style is characterized by a dominating horizontal axis, bandedwindows, and a spacious and open

interior plan. • The exterior is dominated by a lowhipped

roof, simple building materials (mainly brick, wood, and stucco)

Fl wright principle was followed in this house:strong horizontal lineshidden entriessimple geometric shapes were followed in robie house glass

concept :

• The house was designed for Frederick C. Robie, a bicycle manufacturer, who did not want a home done in the typical Victorian style.

• Robie desired a modern floorplan and needed a garage, and a playroom for children.

• He also required that his home be fire-proof, yet retained an open floor plan free of closed, box-like rooms that

would prevent the uniformity of decoration and design.

Unity temple , lake street , oak park, , united states

Background :• In 1905, after the original Unity Church burned down, the 

Universalist congregation of Oak Park, Illinois turned toarchitect Frank Lloyd Wright to design

them a new structure. • And finally, the architect was

expected to design not only the structure, but furniture and stained glass for the building. 

• Wright designed Unity Temple in Oak Park (1905) as a place of worship for the Unitarian faith. This is his original drawing of the building.

• As is consistent with the Unitarian faith, the building is stately, solid, and devoid of religious iconography.

Principles:

• the solid concrete construction, as well as the incorporation of other typical Wright elements.• Simple geometric shape • Hidden entries

Meaning in architecture :

Falling water :Repesent water, as it is placed above

the falling water .Robie house :Represent Land . Constructed by wood,

brick .Guggenheim museum :Represent social and culture . Since it

is a museum , it has art works that repesent culture .

Unity temple : Represent Religion . Since it is a church

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Awards :

AIA Gold Medal (1949)Twenty-five year award Royal Gold Medal (1941)

Famous quotes :• The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of

our own we have no soul of our own civilization.• Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form

and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.• Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day

for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.

Source :

• http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Fallingwater_House• http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Guggenheim_Museum_in

_New_York• http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Robie_House• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_Temple• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright• http://www.biography.com/people/frank-lloyd-wright-9537511• http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/f/frank_lloyd_wright.h

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