Frank Lloyd Wright was a pioneer of organic architecture which aims to harmonize buildings with their natural surroundings. His Prairie style homes featured horizontal lines, large overhanging roofs, open floor plans and built-in furniture to mirror the flat prairie lands. Fallingwater, built over a waterfall in Pennsylvania, blurred the line between inside and outside with stone floors continuing onto terraces and large windows framing nature. The Guggenheim Museum's radical spiral design with galleries winding around a central atrium was inspired by ziggurats. Taliesin West in Arizona was less a single building and more a series connected outdoor spaces, built from local stone, wood and concrete to respect the natural setting.

1. FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT
Pioneer of the Praire Style

2. • DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
◦ pioneer of the “organic” architecture movement Organic Architecture
◦ which promotes harmony between human habitation and
the natural world through design approaches
CHARACTERISTICS FEATURES
• Two stories, with one-story wings or porches that extend the
length of the house
• Large, square columns supporting the porch
• Flat or low-pitched, hipped roofing with wide overhangs
• Horizontal lines built to mirror flat prairie lands
• Windows assembled in horizontal lines
• A prominent chimney
• Open floor plan with free-flowing spaces
• Built-in cabinetry and furniture
Frank Lloyd wright

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Falling water,
Pennsylvania
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GUGGENHIEM
MUSEUM
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Taliesin West
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4. Falling water,
Pennsylvania
• LOCATION, Laurel
Highlands of southwest
Pennsylvania.
• Iconic house built over the
waterfall that blend into their
natural surroundings,
• . Design Concept •
Organic Architecture - In
close relationship to the
glen, the trees, the
foliage and wild flowers.

5. • Japanese architecture was inspiration for this
house, along with most of his work.
• Horizontal& vertical lines are distinctive features of
the building.
• -Some walls and other vertical elements like floor,
were lined with native stone from the site.
• Space are designed to bring the nature into the four walls, to
make them as part of their everyday life(Breaking water).
• Use Natural materials, like wood and stone in their authentic
state rather than twisting them into something new.
Ground floor plan

6. 1st floor plan
2nd floor plan
• The details of Fallingwater’s design create a home that is sheltering, but at the same time blurs the boundary
between inside and outside.
• Stone floors continue out onto terraces, corner windows that open outward to “break the box,” and expanses of
plate glass that frame nature through its four seasons.

7. •It connects the people and nature, and avoids an
imprisoned feeling.
•The location serves as an element that serves as
a basis for the design. This is the sense of the
place
. In the case of Falling Waters these are the falls,
the river bed, the rocks and the trees.
•People can experience two elements in the
design: inside and outside. In Falling Waters, it is
the view and ‘smell’ of the waterfall. It’s movement
and sound. Inside the building, the rocks and the
material usage ensures harmony.

8. GUGGENHIEM MUSEUM
◦ 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.
• According to Wright’s design, visitors would enter the building, take an
elevator to the top and
◦ enjoy a continuous art-viewing(galleries) experience while descending
along the illuminated spiral ramp.
• Its design was inspired by a "Ziggurat" Babylonian temple pyramid,
inverted.
• Using of eco-technology, spiral ramp riding to a domed skylight(main
architrctural character).

9. The Spiral: The museum's radical
design reconsidered the concept of
floors.
The museum is constructed of “gun-
placed concrete” (also referred to as
“gun-concrete” and “gunite”), which is
sprayed into a plywood formwork
rather than poured.
Inspired by nature, the organic
shapes of the building's interior
enhance visitors' experience of the art
it houses.

10. • Taliesin West • Location -Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard,
Scottsdale, Arizona • Area -620 acres
• Built -1937 • Architect-Frank Lloyd Wright.
• Well : An investment of over $10,000 was needed.
• place of residence, a place of business and a place to learn.
• Taliesin West is less of a singular building as it is a series of
spaces that are connected through terraces, gardens, and
pools.
• MATERIAL USED:
• stone(found on the site),stone mixed with concrete and
rewood timber.
• stone :
the flat faces of the stones were faced outward
Stone mixed with concrete: larger stone walls and structural
elements of the house
• Redwood timber:
for the roofing structure and parts of the
house and studio’s facade.
TALIESIN WEST BUILDING

11. • Planning:During the construction of Taliesin West, the
house and studio were merely a series of “sleeping
boxes” that were clustered around a central terrace for
Wright and his apprentices.
• Natural light also played a major part in the design.
• In the drafting room, Wright used translucent canvas to
act as a roof (later replaced by plastic because of the
intense wear from the Arizona sun)
• A brilliant aspect of Wright’s design is the cabaret
theatre.
Built with six sides,in an irregularly hexagonal shape,
provides its occupants with “95% acoustic perfection”.