2. • Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright, June 8, 1867 – April 9,
1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who
educator
designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works.
• Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity
and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy
was best exemplified by his design for Fallingwater (1935), which has been
called "the best all-time work of American architecture".[1]
architecture
• Wright was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture, and
architecture
developed the concept of the Usonian home, his unique vision for urban
home
planning in the United States.
• His work includes original and innovative examples of many different building
types, including offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, and museums.
museums
• Wright also designed many of the interior elements of his buildings, such as the
buildings
furniture and stained glass. Wright authored 20 books and many articles, and was
a popular lecturer in the United States and in Europe.
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3. PERSONAL STYLE AND CONCEPTS
• Wright conceived virtually every detail of both the external design and the
internal fixtures, including furniture, carpets, windows, doors, tables and
fixtures
chairs, light fittings and decorative elements.
• He was one of the first architects to design and supply custom-made,
custom-made
purpose-built furniture and fittings that functioned as integrated parts of the
whole design.
• He got his influences from Nature, particularly shapes/forms and
colors/patterns of plant life.
• He made innovative use of new building materials such asprecast
concrete blocks, glass bricks and zinc cames (instead of the traditional lead)
for his leadlight windows, and he famously used Pyrex glass tubing as a major
element in the Johnson Wax Headquarters.
• Wright was also one of the first architects to design and install custom-made
electric light fittings, including some of the very first electric floor lamps, and
his very early use of the then-novel spherical glass lampshade (a design
previously not possible due to the physical restrictions of gas lighting).
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4. MAJOR WORKS
• Fallingwater (Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr.
Residence), Pennsylvania, 1935–
1937
• Frank Lloyd Wright Home and
Studio, Oak Park, Illinois, 1889–1909
• Johnson’s wax headquarters,
Wisconsin
• Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois,
1904
• Taliesin I, Spring Green, Wisconsin,
1911
• Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, 1923
Wright-designed window
• Usonian homes, various locations,
Usonian homes
1930s–1950s in Robie House, Chicago
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, (1906)
New York City, 1956–1959
• Dana-Thomas House, Springfield,
Illinois, 1902
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8. Interior of Johnson Wax Headquarters Showing the
Mushroom Columns(influence from nature)
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9. FALLING WATER
• Fallingwater or Kauf
mann Residence is a
house designed by
architect Frank Lloyd
Wright in 1935, in
Pennsylvania .
• The home was built
partly over a waterfall .
• Fallingwater stands as
one of Wright's greatest
masterpieces both for
its dynamism and for
its integration with the
striking natural
surroundings.
• Wright's passion for Japanese architecture was strongly reflected in the design
of Fallingwater, particularly in the importance of interpenetrating exterior
and interior spaces and the strong emphasis placed on harmony between
man and nature. 9
10. Emphasis on the Falling water with the
horizontal & vertical Falls
lines 10
11. • The house is well-known for its • From the cantilevered living
connection to the site; it is built on top room, a stairway leads directly
of an active waterfall which flows down to the stream below, and
beneath the house. in a connecting space which
• The fireplace hearth in the living connects the main house with
room integrates boulders found on the the guest and servant level, a
site and upon which the house was natural spring drips water
built — ledge rock which protrudes inside, which is then channeled
up to a foot through the living room back out.
floor was left in place to demonstrably • Bedrooms are small, some with
link the outside with the inside. low ceilings to encourage
• Integration with the setting extends people outward toward the
even to small details. For example, open social areas, decks, and
where glass meets stone walls there is outdoors.
no metal frame; rather, the glass and • The design incorporates broad
its horizontal dividers were run into a expanses of windows and
caulked recess in the stonework so balconies which reach out into
that the stone walls appear their surroundings.
uninterrupted by glazing.
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12. • The house is well-known for its
connection to the site; it is built on
top of an active waterfall which
flows beneath the house.
• The fireplace hearth in the living
room integrates boulders found on
the site and upon which the house
was built — ledge rock which
protrudes up to a foot through the
living room floor was left in place to
demonstrably link the outside with
the inside.
• Integration with the setting extends
even to small details. For example,
where glass meets stone walls there is
no metal frame; rather, the glass and
its horizontal dividers were run into a
caulked recess in the stonework so
that the stone walls appear
uninterrupted by glazing.
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13. Interior of Falling Water - Shows Wright’s
emphasis on nature with colors used in space
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19. Wright designed this oak armchair for
the Raymond Evans House in Chicago,
Illinois. Wright would commonly use
wooden screens in his design.
Oak Armchair
This screen was designed by
Wright in 1953 for the Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Keyes House in
Wright’s Rochester, Minnesota
Screen 19
20. Desk by
Wright for
Emil bach
house
Desk & Chair
from Johnson
Administratio
n Building
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![• Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright, June 8, 1867 – April 9,
1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who
educator
designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works.
• Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity
and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy
was best exemplified by his design for Fallingwater (1935), which has been
called "the best all-time work of American architecture".[1]
architecture
• Wright was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture, and
architecture
developed the concept of the Usonian home, his unique vision for urban
home
planning in the United States.
• His work includes original and innovative examples of many different building
types, including offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, and museums.
museums
• Wright also designed many of the interior elements of his buildings, such as the
buildings
furniture and stained glass. Wright authored 20 books and many articles, and was
a popular lecturer in the United States and in Europe.
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