Frank lloyd wright

Architect (1867–1959)

Frank Lloyd Wright was a modern architect who

developed an organic and distinctly American
style. He designed numerous iconic buildings.
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Accomplishments:
 His architectural career lasted almost 70 years.
 Frank Lloyd Wright developed the theory "Form and
Function Are One.“
 During his final years, he designed two of his most famous
projects, the Guggenheim Museum and the Marin County
Civic Center.
 Frank Lloyd Wright designed 1141 homes and buildings, of
those 532 were completed by his death.
 Frank Lloyd Wright had a global impact on modern
architecture, influencing design styles not only in America,
but also in Europe and Asia.
 Basic principles of wright designs :
Organic colours
Simple geometric shapes
Integration of building with
natural surroundings
Strong horizontal lines and Frank Lloyd Wright Home
hidden entries and StudioOak Park,
Illinois (1889)
Famous Buildings:
 Fallingwater
(Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. Residence),
Bear Run, Pennsylvania, 1935–1937
 Frederick C. Robie Residence,
Chicago, Illinois, 1909
 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
New York City, 1956–1959
 Unity Temple,
Oak Park, Illinois, 1904
 Price Tower,
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1952–1956
FALLING WATER, SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

 The site chosen was a natural landscape area for the weak
end home with a water stream with it.

 It was thought that the building would

have a view of stream but fl wright made
it over the stream.

 Spaces are designed to bring nature inside the four walls

 Cluster organisation around central core
Wright used only 4 materials to build Fallingwater
— sandstone, reinforcedconcrete, steel
and glass.

Horizoantal element – concrete.

planes differentiated and accentuate by
changes in colour, texture, and material .

vertical element – native stone.

gives a sclupture quality highlighting
the horizontal

Interiors are simply through vibrant because of use of triadic

colours for furnitures and monochromatic brown colour for walls,
ceiling , floor
• 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.
• Wright chose the pale ochre color of the concrete to match the
back of a fallen rhododendron leaf.
Plans and section :
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, new york , united states.

• Established in 1937
• Type Art museum
• Frank Lloyd Wright created the
Guggenheim Museum as a series of
organic shapes.
• Circular forms spiral 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.
Concept :

• The building itself became a work of art.

• At the core, an open rotunda offers views of artwork
on several levels.
• From the street, 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.
Its design was inspired by a
"Ziggurat" Babylonian temple
pyramid, inverted.
ROBIE HOUSE ,CHICAGO

• The Robie House of

1910 is generally
considered to be Wright’s
“best”Prairie style work.
• This style is characterized
by a dominating horizontal axis,
bandedwindows, and a spacious and open interior plan.
• The exterior is dominated by a lowhipped roof, simple
building materials (mainly brick, wood, and stucco)
Fl wright principle was followed
in this house:
strong horizontal lines
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simple geometric shapes were followed in robie house glass
concept :
• The house was designed for Frederick C. Robie, a bicycle
manufacturer, who did not want a home done in the typical
Victorian style.
• Robie desired a modern floorplan and needed a garage, and a
playroom for children.
• He also required
that his home be
fire-proof, yet
retained an open floor
plan free of closed, box-like rooms that would prevent the
uniformity of decoration and design.
Unity temple , lake street , oak park, , united states

Background :
• In 1905, after the original
Unity Church burned down,
the Universalist congregation
of Oak Park, Illinois turned to
architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design them a new
structure.
• And finally, the architect was expected to design not
only the structure, but furniture and stained glass for
the building.
• Wright designed Unity Temple in Oak Park (1905) as
a place of worship for the Unitarian faith. This is his
original drawing of the building.
• As is consistent with the Unitarian faith, the
building is stately, solid, and devoid of religious
iconography.
Principles:

• the solid concrete

construction, as well as
the incorporation of other
typical Wright elements.
• Simple geometric
shape
• Hidden entries
Meaning in architecture :

Falling water :
Repesent water, as it is placed above the falling water .
Robie house :
Represent Land . Constructed by wood, brick .
Guggenheim museum :
Represent social and culture . Since it is a museum , it
has art works that repesent culture .
Unity temple :
Represent Religion . Since it is a church .
Awards :
 AIA Gold Medal (1949)
 Twenty-five year award
 Royal Gold Medal (1941)

Famous quotes :
• The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of
our own civilization.
• Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be
one, joined in a spiritual union.
• Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the
day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.
Source :
• http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Fallingwater_House
• http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Guggenheim_Museum_in_New_York
• http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Robie_House
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_Temple
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright
• http://www.biography.com/people/frank-lloyd-wright-9537511
• http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/f/frank_lloyd_wright.html#FxOCr6UIk0vuhiy
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