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Frank lloyd wright life and works in brief
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect known for pioneering organic architecture. He designed over 1,000 structures in a career spanning 70 years. Some of his most famous works that exemplified his principles of organic architecture through unity of form and function include Fallingwater, the Robie House, and Unity Temple. Wright introduced horizontal lines and planes and used natural materials like wood, stone, and brick to integrate structures with their surroundings.
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- 1. PHILOSOPHY & WORKSOF OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT A brief study on By Chandan Waratkar
- 2. American architect, interiordesigner, writer, educator. Attended Madison high school, no evidence of graduation, took design classes part time for two semesters & worked with civil engineer Allan D. Conover. He then joined his mentor Luis H. Sullivan in Chicago. He was granted an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the university of Wisconsin in 1955. Designed more than 1000 structures of which 532 he completed during his career which spanned 70 years.
- 3. He began workingfor his mentor Luis Sullivan in 1889 until 1893. Sullivan hired him and mentored to adhere his famous motto FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION. Wright had worked adopting many styles and going through different time periods And finally came to a concluding theoretical statement UNITY OF FORM AND FUNCTION. He showed his countrymen new ways to build their homes to see the world around them. Wainwright Building ,L. Sullivan,1891 Home & studio in Oak Park,FLW,1903
- 4. • Wright introduceda new style of designing the structures he termed it as ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE. Once he explained it as a marriage of a site and a structure. • It was a integration of surrounding environment and a built structure. • Wanted to connect an individual to the nature and natural elements. • Use of materials like bricks, wood, stone, and textured concrete. • Regular geometrical shapes. • Extensive use of horizontal planes. • Different design principles fused together. Fallingwater,FLW,1936 Robbie house ,FLW,1909
- 5. • A styleof architectural design influenced by ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT in England. • FLW, Walter Griffin, Dwitt Perkins were among few of the leading architects. • Broad, gently sloping roofs with low chimneys balconies and terraces extending in several directions. • Emphasis on natural materials, woods and stone. • Compositions of Horizontal lines and planes. • Windows grouped in horizontal bands integration with the landscape • Visibility of the material used. Ward Willits House,FLW,1901 Darwin Martin House,FLW,1903 Unity Temple,FLW,1905
- 6. • OAK PARKRESIDENCE AND STUDIO • FALLINGWATER • UNITY TEMPLE • ROOBBIE HOUSE • GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM Home & studio in Oak Park Unity Temple Robbie houseFallingwater Guggenheim Museum
- 7. • THE BOLDGABLE ROOF & WOOD SHINGLE. • FLAT LOW ROOFS & LONG CLERESTORY WINDOWS. • OCTAGONAL GEOMETRY LIKE BAPTISTERIES FOR SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE. • CONCEALED ENTRANCE FOR MORE PRIVACY.
- 8. • EXAMPLE OFORGANIC ARCHITECTURE. • HORIZONTAL LINES BALANCING THE VERTICALITY OF THE WATERFALL. • WRIGHT HAS MADE WATERFALL A INTEGRAL PART OF THE HOUSE ONE CAN ACTUALLY HEAR WATER FLOWING. • THE MATERIAL LIKE STONE IS BROUGHT FROM LOCAL AREA TO THE SITE. • CURTAIN WINDOWS ALLOWS SORROUNDING ENVIRONMENT INSIDE THE HOUSE. • WRIGHT DESIGNED FURNITURE IS ALSO HARMONIUS TO THE WHOLE HOUSE DESIGN .
- 9. • COMPOSITION OFCUBOIDS OF DIFFERENT SIZES • SYMMITRICAL PLAN AS WELL AS FACILITATION. • SMALLER ACCESS MAKES THE SORROUNDING SPACE BIGGER • VERTICAL LINES ON THE WALLS BALANCING THE CLESRESTORY WINDOWS ALSO CREATE HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT. • LIGHTS HANGING FROM CEILING CONNECT CEILING TO THE SPACE BELOW AVOIDING THE EFFECT OF SHALLOW SPACE
- 10. • PRAIRIE SCHOOLARCHITECTURE. • PROJECTING CANTELEVERED ROOF EVES • CONTINUOUS BANDS OF ART GLASS WINDOWS • THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE WYTHE CONSTRUCTION OF A CHICAGO COMMON BRICK CORE WITH RED ORANGE IRON SPOTTED ROMAN BRICK VENEER. • TO EMPHASIZE THE HORIZINTAL BRICKS VERTICAL JOINTS ARE FILLED WITH BRICK COLOURED MORTER. • HEMISPHERICAL LIGHTS WITH SQUARE FIXTURES DEPICTING PRARIE STYLE • CEILING DESIGN IDENTICAL TO THE SIZE OF WINDOWS GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- 11. • AGAIN THEREGULAR GEOMETRY • CONTEMPARARY STYLE ARCHITECTURE • IT MIMICS THE SHAPE OF ZIGGURATS FOUND IN ANCIEN MESOPOTEMIAN ARCHITECTURE • THE SHAPE OF RAMP PORTION IS INVERTED CONE CUT HORIZONTALLY • THE UNITY OF FORM AND FUNCTION ACHIEVED THROUGH THE CIRCULATION IN THE GALLARY. ZIGGURAT
- 12. • Research paperon the works of flw by Ar. Danish Qadri • The natural house by frank Lloyd wright • https://www.frontdesk.co.in/forum/flw • http://www.pbs.org/flw/buildings • http://wrightonthepark.org/about-us/aboutfranklloydwright/# • htttp://www.oprf.com/flw/works/ • htttp://www.architectgallary.com/arch_images/flw/