Frank Lloyd Wright was an influential American architect known for pioneering the Prairie School style. Some of his notable early works featured in this document include the Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois, which used stained glass windows and good acoustics, and his home and studio in Oak Park, which was his laboratory for developing the Prairie style. The document also discusses Wright's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, which was praised for remaining undamaged after the 1923 earthquake due to its innovative earthquake-resistant design features.

1. Frank Lloyd Wright
ARCHITECTURE

3. World’s Columbian Exposition
Chicago, 1893

11. Sullivan’s design for the
Transportation Building was
a repudiation of the white,
neo-classical style chosen
for the Fair’s Court of
Honor. The building stood
apart from the rest of the
huge, white pavilions both
in location and in
appearance. With its
somewhat exotic feel, this
long, low, arcaded box was
richly colored and
ornamented: red, blue,
green and lots of gold,
foliate ornament and angels.

15. To reduce noise from the street,
Wright eliminated street level
windows in the temple. Instead,
natural light comes from stained
glass windows in the roof
and clerestories along the upper
walls. Because the members of
the parish would not be able to
look outside, Unity Temple's
stained glass was designed with
green, yellow, and brown tones
in order to evoke the colors of
nature.

18. The main room
has two
balconies for the
seating of the
congregation.
No one person
in the
congregation is
more than
40 feet from
the pulpit. Wright
also designed
the building with
very good
acoustics.

24. Frank Lloyd Wright Residence
Oak Park, Illinois 1889-1909

29. Frank Lloyd
Wright’s first
home was his
laboratory where
he experimented
with concepts that
led to the
development of
the Prairie style of
architecture. His
adjacent studio
was the creative
center for
architectural and
design ideas.

30. Heurtley House
Oak Park, Illinois 1902

31. William Martin House
Oak Park, Illinois 1903

32. Nathan G. Moore House
Oak Park, Illinois 1895/Rebuilt 1922

33. Robie House
Oak Park, Illinois 1910

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36. Edward R. Hills House
Oak Park, Illinois 1906

38. Frank W. Thomas House
Oak Park, Illinois 1903

39. Frank W. Thomas House
Oak Park, Illinois 1903

49. Imperial Hotel
Tokyo, Japan1922

50. The Frank Lloyd Wright hotel was designed in the Maya Revival Style of architecture.
It incorporates a tall, pyramid-like structure, and also loosely copies Maya motifs in its
decorations. The main building materials are poured concrete, concrete block, and
carved oya stone. The visual effect of the hotel was stunning and dramatic.

57. September 1, 1923: "Hotel stands undamaged as a monument of your genius.
Hundreds of homeless provided by perfectly maintained service.
Congratulations."

59. The hotel had several design features that
minimized potential earthquake damage:
• Seismic separation joints, located about
every 66 ft along the building
• Tapered walls, thicker on lower floors,
increasing their strength
• Cantilevered floors and balconies
provided extra support for the floors
• Suspended piping and wiring, instead of
being encased in concrete, as well as
smooth curves, making them more
resistant to fracture
• Use of lightweight, volcanic Oya stone,
for decorative carvings
• A copper roof eliminated the risk of
falling debris created by traditional,
heavy tile roofs
• The reflecting pool provided a source of
water for fire-fighting
• A shallow foundation intended to ‘float’
on the mud of the site

60. While most of Wright's building was demolished in 1967, the
iconic central lobby wing and the reflecting pool were
disassembled and rebuilt at the Museum Meiji-mura, a
collection of buildings (mostly from the Meiji Era) in Inuyama,
Japan, where they are open to the public.
Interior reconstruction started in November 1983 and was
completed in October 1985, more than 17 years after the
demolition.