1. Assignment: Houses of Frank Lloyd Wright
The conceptual development of Frank Lloyd Wright’s long career can be traced
through his suburban houses. Stretching over 60 years, Mr. Wright created the bar
for what suburban architecture could be in a virgin land. The variations explored
combine the self-defining modern issues of a young nation: mechanization,
standardization, the car, the nuclear family and unique identity.
Styles titled by Mr. Wright and then promoted to the public through his prolific
writings include the Prairie Style, textile block and Usonian; to name a few. These
spatial iterations were celebrated and supported by like-minded publishers and
architects, nationally and abroad. Your assignment is to present one of the
residential works listed below in a visual format.
The five-minute presentation should include, images of the work, plans, sections,
elevations, details, renderings, etc. Most importantly, the presentation should
define the style of the work per Mr. Wright’s oeuvre. Demonstrate the principles at
work visually. You are the educator here.
Use both images and text. The name, location and date of each work should be at
the top of each visual page.
Save your file in the following PDF format:
Wright-title of work-your last name.pdf
At the start of class we will load up all of the files and then you will present.
The Greenfield library has many excellent books on Mr. Wright. Find your
subject, scan what is necessary and return the book so others may do the same.
Show etiquette. Maybe, work together. Due next class.
Also, you may use Flickr, Youtube, esto, artstor to find high-resolution images. Do
not trust imagery below 800X600. Show your text sources at the end in MLA format.
Sign off with your last name.
Wright’s home and studio, Oak Park
Willets hosue Highland Park, IL
Heurtley House, Chicago, IL
Martin House, Buffalo
Robie house, Chicago, IL
Taliesin East, Spring Green, WI
Barnsdall, Los Angeles, CA
Ennis house, Los Angeles, CA
Taliesin West, Scottsdale, AZ
Broadacre City
Fallingwater, Bear Run, PA
Hanna House, Palo Alto, CA
Pope Leighy house, Falls Church, WI
Sturges house, Los Angeles, CA
Suntop Homes, Ardmore, PA
Jacobs House Middleton, WI
Adelman House, Scottsdale, AZ
3. “THE DWELLING BECAME MORE FIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION...
AND MORE NATURAL TO ITS SITE.
AN ENTIRELY NEW SENSE OF SPACE VALUES IN ARCHITECTURE
BEGAN TO COME HOME.”
FRANK LOYD WRIGHT
21. Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio
951 Chicago Avenue
• Wright’s home is located
in Oak Park, Illinois
• Wright began
construction on the house
in 1889
• Wright lived here with
wife and six children from
1889 to 1901
• He developed his
architectural practices
and created what became
the "Prairie Style" of
architecture today.
22. Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio
951 Chicago Avenue
• The “Prairie Style”
– “H. Allen Brooks, writing in Frank Lloyd Wright and
the Prairie School (NY: Braziller, 1984), emphasizes
the American-ness of the Prairie Style, given its
"theoretical connection with nature, the design
process being derived from natural laws rather than
philosophical idealism or classical rules" . Wright and
other members of the Prairie School believed that the
design should adapt perfectly to function. "The
creative process was 'organic,' unfolding or growing
from the inside out, establishing integral relationships
between plan and elevation, interior space and
external expression, architecture and decoration"
23. Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio
951 Chicago Avenue
• Llyod originally used the • Also in 1895, Wright
front room of his house
on the second floor as his added a two story
studio extension to east side
• In 1895 the two story known as the
polygonal Bay on the Children’s playroom.
south side was added
– The first floor was built as
his dinning room
– The same year, Wright also
added a two story
extension to the east side
of the house
24. Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio
951 Chicago Avenue
The Children’s Playroom The Dinning Room
25. Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio
951 Chicago Avenue
Studio Annex
• The Studio Annex was completed in 1898
• The annex includes a reception area,
drafting room and presentation library
– He spent much of his time working here
26. Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio
951 Chicago Avenue
• Home was deteriorating until 1974
– Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
Foundation was established
– Full restoration of home was completed in
1987 (cost approximately $3million.)
• In 1909 Wright moved out of the house
– Home was remodeled and divided the house
into six rental units
27. Works Cited
• "Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, Oak Park, Illinois." Oak Park Tourist -
Touring, Living and Working in Oak Park, Illinois. Web. 21 Oct. 2009.
<http://www.oprf.com/flw/H&S.html>.
• "Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio: A modern architecture mecca -
Chicago, Illinois." Chicago Illinois. Chicago City Guide and Yellow Pages.
Zip Codes 60607. Web. 21 Oct. 2009. <http://www.hellochicago.com/
Articles/Attraction/1472/Frank_Lloyd_Wright_Home_and_Studio_A
• "Frank Lloyd Wright - The Prairie Style: From Theory to Practice." Frank
Lloyd Wright's Westcott House. Web. 21 Oct. 2009. <http://
www.westcotthouse.org/prairie_style.html>.
50. • Citywide Services. Professional Service in Chicago & Suburbs. “Arthur Heurtley
House.” 2009. <http://www.appraisercitywide.com/content.aspx?
filename=CustomPage20.x>
• Flicker. “Arthur Heurtley House.” 2009. <http://www.flickr.com/search/?
mt=all&adv=1&w=all&q=Arthur+Heurtley+House&m=text>
• Heinz, Thomas A. Frank Lloyd Wright's Houses. New York: Regency House
Limited, 2002.
• Hurder, Steve. Oak Park Tourist. “Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park, 1889-1909.”
1995-2003. <http://www.oprf.com/flw/index.html>
• Sullivan, Mary Ann. “The Arthur Heurtley House.” 1998-1999. <http://
www.heurtley.com/house/>
51. F R A N K
L L O Y D
WRIGHT
Martin House
B u f f a l o , N Y
( 1 9 0 2 - 1 9 0 4 )
63. BIBLIOGR APHY
Curtis, William J.R. Modern Architecture Since 1900. Phaidon Press.
New York. 2009.
McCarter, Robert. Frank Lloyd Wright : A Primer on Architectural
Principles. Princeton Architectural Press, New York. 1991.
Riley, Terence. Frank Lloyd Wright : Architect. The Museum of Modern
Art, New York. 1994.
Storrer, William Allin. The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. The
University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 2002.
Studies And Executed Buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright. Rizzoli, New
York. 1986.
73. "What about the concrete block? It was the cheapest thing in the
building world. It lived mostly in the architectural gutter as an
imitation of rock-faced stone. Why not see what could be done
with that gutter rat? Steel rods cast inside the joints of the
blocks themselves and the whole brought into some broad,
practical scheme of general treatment, why would it not be fit
for a new phase of our modern architecture? It might be
permanent, noble beautiful.”
-Frank Lloyd Wright
74.
75. blade runner
snide and
predjudice
rush hour
house on
haunted hill
98. Form Follows Function
“we can never make the living room big enough,
the fireplace important enough, or the sense of
relationship between exterior, interior and
environment close enough or get enough of these
good things I’ve just mentioned. A Usonian house
is always hungry for the ground, lives by it,
becoming and integral feature of it”.
Frank Lloyd Wright. “Frank Lloyd wright”, The Architectural Forum,
January, 1948,Vol 88 Number 1. P71
137. • American architect, interior designer, writer and
educator
• He designed and completed more than 500 works,
including homes, offices, churches, schools, sky
scrapers, hotels, and museums
• He also designed interior elements such as furniture
and stained glass.
• He promoted “Organic Architecture” and created the
concept of the “Usonian House”
139. • What is an “Usonian House”?
• They were typically small, single‐story homes without a
garage or much storage, found on odd and cheap lots
• L‐shaped to fit around a garden terrace
• Environmentally conscious through the use of naBve materials
• Flat roofs and large canBlevered overhangs for solar heaBng
and natural cooling
• Natural lighBng through the use of clerestory windows
• Radiant‐floor heaBng
• Usually has a carport
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156. • “George Sturges House”. 23 Oct 2009. hOp://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sturges_House.
• Boyle, Tim. “Sturges House”. 2000. ASU School of
Architecture. 23 Oct 2009. hOp://Bmboyle.com/
architecture/sturges/sturges.html.
• “Usonia”. 23 Oct 2009. hOp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usonian.
• hOp://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=sturges
+house&m=text#page=0.
Nick Salvatore
157. Adelman House
Architect : Frank Lloyd Wright
Date of Construction : 1948
Location : Fox Point, Milwaukee County
158. Adelman House, Fox Point Wisconsin 1946 - 1948 Close up view of entry of home
