This document provides a biography and overview of notable works by famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It discusses his principles of organic architecture and integration with nature. Key projects summarized include the Guggenheim Museum with its spiral ramp design, Fallingwater built cantilevered over a waterfall, and Robie House hailed as the greatest example of the Prairie School style. Timelines cover Wright's education, apprenticeships, major designs produced, and personal life events over his 70-year career during which he designed over 1000 buildings.

1. AR. FRANK LLYOD WRIGHT
SUBMITTED BY:-
VIPULA MISHRA
PREMCHANDRA YADAV
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AR.NEHA KHUNTETA
THEORY OF DESIGN

2. INDEX
• INTRODUCTION TO FLW -3
• PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN -7
• GUNGGENHEIM MUSEUM -10
• FALLING WATER -15
• ROBIE HOUSE -30
• THOMAS H GALE HOUSE -36
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3. Frank Lloyd Wright
Philosophy- Wright promoted organic architecture
(harmony with humanity and its environment )was a leader
of the Prairie School movement of architecture.
Born:
June 8, 1867 in Richland Center,
Wisconsin America.
Died:
April 9, 1959 in Arizona, at age 91
Education:
When he was 15,
F. L. Wright entered the University of Wisconsin as a special
student . The school had no course in architecture; Wright
studied engineering for one & half year
He was interior designer, writer and educator,

4. His mother aimed to make her son into an architect. She hung pictures of Salisbury
Cathedral in his nursery and bought Froebel blocks for him to play with. These blocks
were his introduction
to Euclidean geometry.
Froebel blocks
Apprenticeship:
Leaving school after a few semesters, Frank Lloyd Wright apprenticed with J.L.
Silsbee and eventually with Louis Sullivan.
After working with Adler and Sullivan for several years, Sullivan discovered that
Wright was designing houses outside the office's work. Frank Lloyd Wright split
from Sullivan and opened his own practice in 1893.

5. Quotes by Frank Lloyd Wright
The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only
advise his clients to plant vines.
Do not try to teach design , try to teach Principles .
The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail
you.

6. CAREER
• Wright was recognized in 1991 by the American Institute of
Architects as "the greatest American architect of all time“.
• Although his work was praised in Europe as early as 1910, it
was not until 1949 that he received an award from American
Institute of Architects. been called America's most famous
architect.
• During his 70-year career, Wright designed 1,141 buildings,
including homes, offices, churches, schools, libraries, bridges,
and museums. 532 of these designs were completed, and
409 still stand.

7. BASIC PRINCIPLES
 Organic Colors.
(alternative to the artificial colors)
 Simple Geometric Shapes
 Integration of Building with Natural
Surroundings
 Strong Horizontal Lines
 Hidden Entries

8. LAKELAND FLORIDA U.S
ESTABLISHED- (1883).
FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE.
SPRINGFIELD U.S (1902-1904)
DANA THOMAS HOUSE

9. BLOOMINGBANK LLINOIS U.S( 1907-1910).
COONLEY HOUSE
BLOOMINGBANK LLINOIS U.S( 1907-1910).
COONLEY HOUSE

10. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
• Frank Lloyd Wright created
the Guggenheim Museum as
a series of organic shapes.
Circular forms spiral down
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.
MANHATTAN NEWYORK CITY
FOUNDED IN.1939

11. PLAN

12. CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
• The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao was built between October 1993
and October 1997 and the site chosen, on a port and industrial use
on a curve of the Nervión, represented recovery of the banks of the
river for the city, redeveloping them for culture and leisure.
• Due to the mathematical complexity of Gehry's design, he decided
to work with an advanced software initially conceived for the
aerospace industry, CATIA (computer aided three-dimensional
interactive application), to faithfully translate his concept to the
structure and to help construction.
• The finish of the approximately 33,000 extremely thin titanium
sheets provides a rough and organic effect, adding to the material's
color changes depending on the weather and light conditions.
• The other two materials used in the building, limestone and glass,
harmonize perfectly, achieving an architectural design with a great
visual impact that has now become a real icon of the city
throughout the world.

13. - dream house Falling water southwestern Pennsylvania

14. FALLING WATER
• Fallingwater, is a house designed in 1935 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania for the
Kaufmann family. The main house constructed 1936-38, followed by the guest house
construction in 1939.
•Visitation: 4.5 million people since opening our doors in 1964, with 16 million in 2011.
Initial Use: Holiday home of the Kaufman family
Current use: Visitor Center, Museum House since 1964
Main house Total area: 1624.6 m²
Interior: 879.35 m²
Terraces: 745.24 m²
Guest House Area: 518.16 m²

15. Notable Facts
•Falling water was featured on the
cover of Time Magazine, January
1938
•Falling water is the only major
Wright-designed house to open to
the public with its furnishings,
artwork, and setting intact
•Frank Lloyd Wright once suggested
that the house’s concrete surfaces
be coated in gold leaf.

19. “The best-known private home for someone not of royal blood in the
history of the world."
1. The bridge spans
over 28 feet.
2. The Main House is
3 stories, plus a
partial basement.
The Guest House is
2 stories, including
the Servants
Quarters.

20. -.
TECHINIQUES USED
• Material -Wright used only 4 materials to build Fallingwater— sandstone,
reinforced concrete, steel and glass
• Walls of glass form the south exposure, and a vertical shaft of mitered
glass merges with stone and steel to overlook the stream.
• 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.
• All the stone at Falling water was quarried about 500 feet west of the
waterfalls.
• Wright chose the color of the concrete to match the back of a fallen leaf

21. DESIGN CONDITIONS
• Falling water, a large, low structure hovering like a boulder over the falls,
seems almost as much a part of nature as apart from it.
• Reinforced-concrete cantilever slabs project from the rocks to carry the
house over the stream.
• It’s been simplified into basic, essential shapes without added
ornamentation
• One problem of building was that the location of the north bank of Bear
Run was not large enough to provide a foundation for a typically built
Wright house.
• The Kaufmanns planned to entertain large groups of people, so the house
would need to be larger than the plot allowed. Also, Mr. and Mrs.
Kaufmann requested separate bedrooms as well as a bedroom for their
adult son and an additional guest room.

23. ROBIE HOUSE
The Frederick C. Robie
House is a U.S. National
Historic Landmark on the
campus of the University of
Chicago in the neighborhood
of Hyde
Park in Chicago, Illinois, at
5757 S. Woodlawn Avenue on
the South Side. It was
designed and built between
1908 and 1910 and is
renowned as the greatest
example of the Prairie
School style, the first
architectural style that was
uniquely American.
It was designated a National
Historic Landmark on
November 27, 1963 and was
on the very first National
Register of Historic Places list
of October 15, 1966.

24. PLAN
On the first floor are the "billiards" room (west end)
and children's playroom (east end). The billiards
room provided access to a large walk-in safe and a
storage area built underneath the front porch
projection at the west end of the site. The billiards
and playroom open into a small passage and doors
near the center of the building to an enclosed
garden on the south side of the building. Another
door from the playroom opens into the courtyard
on the east end of the site
On the second floor are the entry hall
at the top of the central stairway, the
living room (west end) and the dining
room (east end). Built-in inglenook
bench cabinetry originally separated
the entry hallway from the living room.
The living and dining rooms
flow into one another along
the south side of the building
and open through a series of
twelve French doors
containing art glass panels to
an exterior balcony running
the length of the south side
of the building that overlooks
the enclosed garden.
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The west end of the living room
contains a “prow” with art glass
windows and two art glass doors that
open onto the west porch beneath the
cantilevered roof. Wright intended that
the users of the building move freely
from the interior space to the exterior
space.

25. PLAN DETAILS
• The property was a typical urban lot in Hyde Park, measuring 60 feet (18 m) by 180 feet (55 m).
• The projecting cantilevered roof eaves, continuous bands of art-glass windows, and the use
of Roman brick emphasize the horizontal, which had rich associations for Wright.
• The horizontal line reminded him of the American prairie and was a line of repose and shelter,
appropriate for a house.
• The exterior walls are double-width construction of a Chicago common brick core with a red-orange
iron-spotted Roman brick veneer.
• To further emphasize the horizontal of the bricks, the horizontal joints were filled with a cream-
colored mortar and the small vertical joints were filled with brick-colored mortar.
• From a distance, this complex and expensive tuck pointing creates an impression of continuous
lines of horizontal color and minimizes the appearance of individual bricks.
• The design of the art glass windows is an abstract pattern of colored and clear glass using Wright's
favorite 30 and 60-degree angles. Wright used similar designs in tapestries inside the house and for
gates surrounding the outdoor spaces and enclosing the garage courtyard.
• Robie's generous budget allowed Wright to design a house with a largely steel structure, which
accounts for the minimal deflection of the eaves.The planter urns, copings, lintels, sills and other
exterior trimwork are of Bedford limestone.
• The house is designed as two large rectangles that seem to slide by one another. Mr. Wright referred
to the rectangle on the southwest portion of the site, which contains the principal living spaces of
the house, as "the major vessel."

26. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
• By any standard his Robie house was
the House of the 1900s--indeed the
House of the Century.
• The Robie House is a magnificent
work of art. But, in addition, the
house introduced so many concepts
in planning and construction that its
full influence cannot be measured
accurately for many years to come.
Without this house, much of modern
architecture as we know it today,
might not exist

27. THOMAS H GALE HOUSE
The Thomas H. Gale House, or
simply Thomas Gale House, is a house
located in the Chicago suburb of Oak
Park, Illinois, United States. The house
was designed by famous American
architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1892 and
is an example of his early work. The
house was designed by Wright
independently while he was still
employed by Adler and Sullivan,
something architect Louis Sullivan
forbade. The house is significant
because of what it shows about the
architect's early development period.
The Parker House is listed
as contributing property to a U.S.
federally Registered Historic District. The
house was designated an Oak Park
Landmark in 2002.

28. PLAN

29. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
• The homes all feature irregular roof
composition with high pitches
and polygonal dormers.
• The Thomas Gale House reflects the style
of Wright's first teacher Joseph Silsbee.
Sullivan's influence can also be seen in the
taut masses of the house, his philosophy of
"geometric simplification“.
• The small size is deceiving as the Thomas
Gale House is spacious.
The turret bays have walls that are more
than half consisted of windows.
The fireplace is set in the center of the
house which allows it to heat and service
two rooms, the parlor and the dining room.
The side elevations of the Gale House
are symmetrical but adjacent buildings are
built too close for the design to be seen
clearly.

30. • The house is designed in a rectangular plan and is supported by a
stone foundation.
• The exterior is clad in wooden clapboard.
• The building has a high-pitched, hip roof which features polygonal
dormers, a brick chimney and overhanging eaves (a feature that
would later become common to Wright's Prairie style).
• On the northeast and southeast corners of the building are
polygonal towers with conical roofs.
• The tower windows, arranged in horizontal bands (another
common Prairie element), are a mix of casement windows and fixed
windows.The current front porch replaced a non-original porch with
iron railings.
• The non-original porch is seen in illustrations in the architectural
guide map published by the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation
Trust.The front elevation also has a dormer with a pair of casement
windows.

31. Timeline of Frank Lloyd Wright's Life
1867
Frank Lincoln Wright is born in Richland Center, WI on June 8.
1876
Wright's mother introduces the "Froebel Kindergarten" training to her son (on the web)
1885
Wright's parents divorce and he changes his given name to Frank Lloyd Wright to reflect his
mother's name and heritage.
1887
Wright moves to Chicago
1889
Wright marries Catherine Lee Tobin
Designs his own home in Oak Park, IL
1890
Begins working with Adler and Sullivan
Designs the Wainwright Building, Chicago, IL
1891
Designs the Charnley House, Chicago, IL
1893
Wright opens his own practice in Chicago
Designs house for Walter Gale, Oak Park, IL
Designs house and stables for William H. Winslow, River Forest, IL

32. 1894
First exhibition of Wright's work is held at the Chicago Architectural Club
1895
Designs Francis Apartments for Terre Haute Trust Company, Chicago, IL
1896
Designs house for Isidore Heller, Chicago, IL
1902
Designs house for Ward W. Willits, Highland Park, IL
Designs house for Susan Lawrence Dana, Springfield, IL
Designs Larkin Company Administration Building, Buffalo, NY
1905
Designs Unity Temple, Oak Park, IL
Wright and his wife make their first trip to Japan
Designs Lawrence Memorial Library, Dana House, Springfield, IL
1907
The Art Institute of Chicago gives Wright his first solo exhibition
"Fireproof House for $5,000" article and designs published in the Ladies Home Journal
1908
Designs house for Isabel Roberts, River Forest, IL
Designs house for Frederick C. Robie, Chicago, IL
Designs house for Dr. G.C. Stockman, Mason City, IA
1909
Wright leaves his practice and family for Europe, accompanied by Mamah Borthwick Cheney,
the wife of a client

33. 1910
Wright returns from Fiesole, Italy
1911
Wright begins building a new home and studio near Spring Green, WI, calling the
complex "Taliesin"
Moves into the complex with Borthwick Cheney
1912
Wright opens an office in Chicago
1913
Designs Midway Gardens, Chicago, IL
1914
A Taliesin servant kills Mamah Borthwick Cheney, her two children and four workers, after
setting fire to Taliesin, which Wright begins rebuilding after one month
Wright meets Maud Miriam Noel through her writings to him, and she eventually moves into
Taliesin
1916
Wright sails to Japan with Miriam Noel and opens a office in Tokyo
Wright begins work on the Imperial Hotel
Begins design of the Hollyhock House for Aline Barnsdall, Los Angeles, CA
1922
Wright returns to America from Japan and opens an office in Los Angeles
Frank Lloyd Wright and Catherine Wright are finally divorced
Wright marries Maud Miriam Noel

34. 1923
Kanto earthquake demolishes much of Tokyo, yet the Imperial Hotel survives
Designs Lake Tahoe Resort, Lake Tahoe, CA
1924
Wright leaves LA for Arizona
Wright separates from Miriam Noel, who moves back to LA
Wright meets Olgivanna Lazovich who subsequently moves into Taliesin
1925
Wright begins divorce proceedings for Miriam Noel Wright
Second major fire occurs at Taliesin due to faulty wiring and Wright again rebuilds Taliesin
1926
Wright's divorce proceedings go horribly awry and Wright and Hinzenberg are arrested near
Minneapolis for allegedly violating the Mann Act. They spend several nights in Hennepin County
jail
Wright starts work on his autobiography
1927
Wright and Maud Miriam Noel Wright are divorced
1928
Wright and apprentices begin construction of a scale model of a section of Broadacre City
Wright marries Olgivanna Lazovich
Miriam Noel dies
1932
Wright's works An Autobiography and The Disappearing City are published

35. 1934
The first issue of Taliesin, a magazine founded by Wright, is published by Taliesin Press
Designs "Fallingwater" House for Edgar J. Kaufmann, Bear Run, PA
1935
Construction of the Broadacre City model continues at "La Hacienda" in Chandler, AZ
1936
Designs house for Herbert Jacobs, Madison, WI
Designs the S.C. Johnson & Son Co. Administration Building (Johnson Wax), Racine, WI
1937
Wright purchases 800 acres of land in Scottsdale, AZ and design and construction of Taliesin
West begins
1939
Designs house for George Sturges , Brentwood Heights, Los Angeles, CA
Designs house for Kathrine Winckler and Alma Goetsch , Okemos, MI
1940
Wright founds the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
1943
Wright begins work on the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Designs Solar Hemicycle House for Herbert Jacobs, Middleton, WI
1944
Designs S.C. Johnson & Son Co. Research Tower (Johnson Wax), Racine, WI
1949
Wright wins gold medal of the American Institute of Architecture
Ayn Rand's book The Fountainhead is adapted for the screen, with Gary Cooper starring as
Howard Roark, a character based on Wright

36. 1953
Designs the Price Tower for the H.C. Price Company, Bartlesville, OK
Designs the Riverview Terrace Restaurant, Spring Green, WI
Usonian Exhibition House and Pavilion for "Sixty Years of Living Architecture" is on display in
New York, NY
1954
Wright is awarded an honorary doctorate of fine arts by Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Designs Beth Sholom Synagogue, Elkins Park, PA
1956
Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago declares October 17 "Frank Lloyd Wright Day"
The Guggenheim Museum has a final plan, New York, NY
Designs Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Wauwatosa, WI
1957
Wright is asked to design a cultural center to include and opera house, two museums, plus a
post office and telecommunications building in Baghdad
1959
Frank Lloyd Wright dies on April 9 in Arizona

37. REFERRENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• FRANK LLYOD WRIGHT.
• HISTORY OF DESIGN
WEBSITES
• http://www.planetclaire.tv/
fllw/timeline.html
• WIKIPEDIA.
• The Art Story.
• The abe books.com