Frank Lloyd Wright

And the buildings I’ve seen
© 2016 Patricia Eckart-McGovern1

Born on June 8, 1867 in
Richland Center, WI to William
Carey Wright and Anna Lloyd
Jones Wright.
© 2016 Patricia Eckart-McGovern
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Died on April 9, 1959 at Taliesen
West in Scottsdale, AZ.

 Mr Louis Sullivan for whom he worked from
1888 to 1893
 Nature, particularly shapes/forms and
colors/patterns of plant life
 Music especially Beethoven
 Japanese art, prints and buildings
 Froebel Gifts, which he received
from his Mom in 1876 at 9. These influenced
his geometric designs.
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 Changed his name to “Lloyd” when his father left
the family at age 14.
 He married in 1889 at 22 and went to work for
Adler and Sullivan. He asked Sullivan for a loan
to build a house. He got $5000 and a 5 year
contract.
 The house he built
is in Oak Park, Illinois
which I visited 2012.

 Frank Lloyd Wright designed many houses in
this community
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Chicago Ave Looking North
Oak Park Home & Studio
Designed and built in 1898, it is an Early Prairie Style home
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Forest Ave Looking West
The front of the house on Forest Avenue looking West
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Studio Entrance
Studio Entrance
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Prairie Style
After leaving Adler & Sullivan in 1893 at 26, he
established his own practice. The Prairie Style
homes he designed were characterized by:
 Open floor plans
 Centered on Fireplace
 Horizontal lines
 Indigenous materials
 Extended low buildings
 Shallow sloping roofs
 Clean sky lines
 Suppressed chimneys
 Overhangs
 Terraces
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Prairie Style Furniture
Wright designed furniture to
go into his homes.
This table and benches are
in the Metropolitan Museum
of Art in NYC, which I
visited in the summer of
2016.
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Prairie Style Windows
Wright designed the windows and skylights to
complement his Prairie style. This room is also in the
Met.
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Organic Style
Similar to
Prairie Style
“Coming in the
house would be
something like
putting on your hat
& going outdoors.”
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“Textile” Concrete Blocks
California homes and
the Biltmore Hotel
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Fallingwater
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 Mature Organic Style
 Built in Mill Run, PA
 1934 – 1937
 Summer home of Mr
& Mrs Edgar J
Kaufmann Sr.
 I visited this in 2014.

Fallingwater
The Approach
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Bridge to the door
The front door
Fallingwater
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Mill Run - upriver, the water on which Fallingwater is built
Fallingwater
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Driveway and path to the front door
Fallingwater
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The front door
Fallingwater
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The front door fountain
Fallingwater
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Front Door
The front door is not very large.
Wright liked to squeeze you into a
small space before opening up the
space.
Fallingwater
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The kitchen
Fallingwater
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The kitchen
Fallingwater
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The building includes the Rocks on which it’s built
Fallingwater
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Entrance to the Living Room
Fallingwater
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Electric outlets are in the floor instead of the wall
Fallingwater
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The Living Room
Furniture, windows and shelving
are all part of the design.
Fallingwater
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Fallingwater
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Fallingwater
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Fallingwater
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Fallingwater
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Spaces are
small to force
your eye out to
the landscape.
The sound of
water can be
heard throughout
the house.
Fallingwater
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Fallingwater
The view of Mill Run from the first balcony
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Fallingwater
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Fallingwater
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Fallingwater
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Fallingwater
Master bathroom
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Fallingwater
Master bathroom vanity
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Fallingwater
Master bedroom balcony
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Fallingwater
Master bedroom fireplace and desk
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Guest Bedroom
Fallingwater
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Fallingwater

Fallingwater
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Upper Balcony and
the Top Floor
Fallingwater
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Fallingwater
The glass is imbedded right
into the stone. This creates a
maintenance nightmare.
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Fallingwater
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Fallingwater
The library and interior stairs to top floor
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Fallingwater
The son’s bedroom is only big enough for a bed and nightstand
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Fallingwater
Hallway to the
servants’ quarters
and upper pool
This was a modification to the
original design. The Son’s
Bedroom was supposed to be the
hall, but it was changed due to the
landscape.
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Fallingwater
Overlooking the driveway
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Fallingwater

Fallingwater
Hallway to the servants’ quarters with rocks in the wall
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Fallingwater
Some of the rooftop
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Fallingwater
Looking back at the covered hallway
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Fallingwater
The servants’ lounge
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Fallingwater
The upper pool
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Fallingwater
Looking back at Fallingwater from the upper driveway
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Fallingwater
The classic picture
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Fallingwater
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Solomon Guggenheim
Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York
Designed: 1943 – 1956
Completed: 1959
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One of
Frank Lloyd Wright’s
Last Projects
I visited this in the 1970s when I
lived in NYC.
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Guggenheim Museum
Entrance to the Museum

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Guggenheim Museum
The interior is a spiral, so you can start at the top and walk down

Buildings
Tally
of
Final
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Frank Lloyd Wright

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