FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

1867-1959

Frank Lloyd Wright

Born in Richland Center, WI, in 1867 Died in Phoenix, AZ, in 1959 Studied at University of Wisconsin

(Madison) Much of his designs inspired by

geometry of children’s sets of blocks of many shapes

Learned architecture largely as an apprentice and a draftsman

Architecture

Architecture (Latin architectura, after the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων – arkhitekton – from ἀρχι- "chief" and τέκτων "builder, carpenter, mason") is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings and other physical structures. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements.

Fallingwater

Mill Run, PA On National Register of Historic Places One of Smithsonian’s “28 places to see before you

die” Space available was not large enough to build a

foundation for house the size Wright wanted Used cantilevers to enlarge the space Only used 4 materials—reinforced concrete,

sandstone, steel, and glass Wright wanted the family to live in a way that they

always experienced the nature nearby, i.e. the waterfall

Fallingwater (1935)

Cantilevers

cantilever

(architecture) A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.

Driveway

Interior

Model of Fallingwater

Guggenheim

Started in 1937 Space intended to be a “temple of the

spirit” Spiral design like a nautilus shell, with

continuous spaces flowing freely into one another

"these geometric forms suggest certain human ideas, moods, sentiments – as for instance: the circle, infinity; the triangle, structural unity; the spiral, organic progress; the square, integrity."[

Guggenheim

Under construction

Interior

Skylight