Frank Lloyd Wright and Le

Corbusier
Alan Powers
Burnham & Root, Rookery Building, Chicago, 1885-88
transitional structure, masonry and steel
Louis Sullivan (Adler & Sullivan)
Wainwright Building, St Louis, 1891
Louis Sullivan, detail from Guaranty Building, Buffalo,
1894
Froebel Gifts
Mother learned that Frederick
Froebel taught that children should
not be allowed to draw from casual
appearances of Nature until they
has first mastered the basic forms
lying hidden beneath
appearances. Cosmic, geometric
elements were what should first be
made visible to the child mind.
Frank Lloyd Wright,
A Testament, 1957
Frank Lloyd Wright, W H Winslow House, River Forest,
Illinois, 1893
Frank Lloyd Wright, W H Winslow House, River Forest,
Illinois, 1893 - plan
Frank Lloyd Wright, W H Winslow House, River Forest,
Illinois, 1893 - rear elevation
Frank Lloyd Wright, W H Winslow House, River Forest,
Illinois, 1893 - fireplace
Frank Lloyd Wright, Winslow House, drawn for
publication in the Wasmuth Portfolio, 1910-12
The big fireplace below, inside, now became a
place for a real fire, justified the great size of this
chimney outside. .. The integral fireplace became
an important part of the building itself in the houses
I was allowed to build out there on the prairie. It
refreshed me to see the fire burning deep in the
masonry of the house itself.
Frank Lloyd Wright, Modern Architecture, 1931
Frank Lloyd Wright, The Larkin Building,Buffalo, NY,
1904
Frank Lloyd Wright, The Larkin Building,Buffalo, NY,
1904
Frank Lloyd Wright, The Larkin Building,Buffalo, NY,
1904
Frank Lloyd Wright, S. C. Johnson & Son,
administration buidling, Racine, Wisconsin, 1936-39
Frank Lloyd Wright, S. C. Johnson & Son,
administration building, Racine, Wisconsin, 1936-39
Frank Lloyd Wright, S. C. Johnson & Son,
administration building, Racine, Wisconsin, 1936-39
Frank Lloyd Wright, S. C. Johnson & Son,
administration building, Racine, Wisconsin, 1936-39
Frank Lloyd Wright, Kaufmann House, Bear Run, PA
(Falling Water), 1936
Frank Lloyd Wright, Kaufmann House, Bear Run, PA
(Falling Water), 1936
Frank Lloyd Wright, Kaufmann House, Bear Run, PA
(Falling Water), 1936
Frank Lloyd Wright, Kaufmann House, Bear Run, PA
(Falling Water), 1936
Frank Lloyd Wright, Herbert Jacobs House, Madison,
Wisconsin, 1936 (Usonian House)
Frank Lloyd Wright, Herbert Jacobs House, Madison,
Wisconsin, 1936 (Usonian House)
Frank Lloyd Wright, Herbert Jacobs House, Madison,
Wisconsin, 1936 (Usonian House)
Frank Lloyd Wright, Herbert Jacobs House, Madison,
Wisconsin, 1936 (Usonian House)
Construction of Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, by
members of the Taliesin Fellowship
Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona,
by members of the Taliesin Fellowship, 1938
Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona,
by members of the Taliesin Fellowship, 1938
Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona,
by members of the Taliesin Fellowship, 1938
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier), Section of Certosa
(Carthusian monastery) at Ema, near Florence
Auguste Perret, 57B rue
Franklin, Paris, 1903,
Garage, rue Ponthieu, Paris,
1905
Auguste Perret had just finished the Ponthieu Garage
and his building in the rue Franklin. He told everyone, in
martial tones, I work in reinforced concrete. Indeed, it
really was a battle.
Auguste Perret also said: A construction must be
perfect ornament hides imperfections. I became
passionately interested in construction.
Le Corbusier, LArt Decoratif daujourdhui, 1925
Peter Behrens, Turbine Factory, Berlin, 1909
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier), Maison Domino diagram,
1914
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier), Villa Schwob, La Chaux de
Fonds, Switzerland, 1916
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier), Villa Schwob, La Chaux de
Fonds, Switzerland, 1916
Le Corbusier, Vers une Architecture, (Towards a [New] Architecture, 1923
Le Corbusier, Maison Citrohan, 1920, model
Le Corbusier, Immeubles Villas (villa-ats), 1922
Le Corbusier, Contemporary City, 1922
Le Corbusier, Contemporary City, 1922
Le Corbusier, from Five Points of a New Architecture, 1927
Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret, Pavillon de lEsprit Nouveau, 1925
Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, 1930
Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, Poissy, 1930
Le Corbusier, Pavillon Suisse, Paris, 1932
Le Corbusier, Pavillon Suisse, Paris. Interior of refectory, mural by Le
Corbusier painted in 1948
Le Corbusier, Pavillon Suisse. Student room reconstructed to original
furnishing.
Le Corbusier, Pavillon Suisse, view down the staircase into the refectory.
Le Corbusier, Pavillon Suisse, view beneath the pilotis
Le Corbusier & Jeanneret, Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, 1950-56
Le Corbusier &
Jeanneret, Notre Dame
du Haut, Ronchamp,
1950-56
Le Corbusier &
Jeanneret, Notre
Dame du Haut,
Ronchamp, 1950-56
Le Corbusier & Jeanneret, Unit dHabitation, Marseilles, 1947-52
Certosa at Ema with
Unit apartment
Le Corbusier & Jeanneret, Unit dHabitation, Marseilles, 1947-52
Le Corbusier & Jeanneret,
Chandigargh, Punjab,
1951-58
Le Corbusier & Jeanneret,
Chandigargh, Punjab,
1951-58
I would like architects not just students to pick up a pencil and draw
a plant, a leaf, the spirit of a tree, the harmony of a sea shell, formations
of clouds, the complex play of waves spreading out on a beach, so as to
discover different expressions of an inner force. I would like their hands
and minds to become passionately involved in this kind of intimate
investigation. Letter from Le Corbusier to Rex Martienssen, 23
Septmber 1936