FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT Nationality - American

MASTER

(June 08 1867 to April 09 1959)

Profession - Architect, Interior designer, Writer, Educator and Funiture Designer

Beliefs - Organic Architecture Achievements recognized as the GREATEST AMERICAN ARCHITECT OF ALL TIME by American Institute of Architecture Designed more than 1000 structures and completed 500 works Unity temple (1905),Falling Water(1935),F.L Wright studio, Johnson Wax Administration Building(1936), Jhonson Wax Research Tower(1936), Arizon Biltmore hotel, Kaufmann Office, Dallas Theatre Center

FALLING WATER Fallingwater or Kaufmann Residence is a house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, 43 miles (69 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. It was designed according to wrights desire to place the close natural sorroundings with waterfall running under part of building. The vision of waterfall is not possible from cantilivered balconies and terreces till we step towards the HEARTSTONE of the building. Consists 3 bedrooms, a massive living room, and dinning room. Kauffman own egineer argued that the design was not sound. They were over ruled by wright but the contractor secretly added extra steel to horizontal concrete element. For the cantilevered floors, Wright and his team used upside down T-shaped beams integrated into a monolithic concrete slab which both formed the ceiling of the space below and provided resistance against compression.

The home and guest house cost US$155,000,broken down as follows: house $75,000; finishing and furnishing $22,000; guest house, garage and servants' quarters $50,000; architect's fee $8,000

UNITY TEMPLE Focused on assembly hall, form- square, monolithic exterior with windows close to roof.To accommodate the needs of the congregation, Wright divided the community space from the temple space through a low, middle loggia that could be approached from either side. This was an efficient use of space and kept down on noise between the two main gathering areas: those coming for religious services would be separated via the loggia from those coming for community events. This design was one of Wright's first uses of a bipartite design.In addition to being very accomplished with making the most out of the space he had, Wright also found the concept of "Unity" was very prominent mainly because of how he managed to fuse together space, experience and the material world. This was key to Unity Temple which has both a common meeting area and the congregation of church-goers.

F.L WRIGHT STUDIO Wright relocated his practice to his home in 1898 in order to bring his work and family lives closer.He shifted his studio space to north side of main house for additional bedroom for his children.His space include hanging balcony within 2 storey drafting room was one of the wright 1st experiment with innovative structure.

JOHNSON WAX ADMINISTRATION BUILDING The building wright created would complement the companys overall philosophy and would add to employee benefits: this johnson company building is indeed an amazing place to work.The great workroom (120x120x25) feet is made unique by column designed to hold up the roof.These elegant creation with a mere 9 inch dia base open out to 18-foot disk capable of bearing 5 times the load of the building.No windows offering views but light is provided by pyrex tubes of varying dimensions that make up the std. width of a brick plus mortar.

Arizona Biltmore Hotel The Arizona Biltmore's architect of record is Albert Chase McArthur, yet its authorship is often mistakenly attributed to Frank Lloyd Wright, owing to Wright's on-site consulting for four months in 1928 relating to the masonry unit "Textile Block" construction. Some visitors say the hotel has the look and feel of a Wright building, especially in the main lobby, likely owing to a strong imprint of the unit block design that Wright had utilized on four residential buildings in the Los Angeles area some 6 years earlier

Dallas Theater Center The Dallas Theater Center is a major regional theater in Dallas, Texas (United States). It produces classic, contemporary and new plays. The stage drum rises above the cantilevered masses of concrete to give light.

REFERENCES 1)Wikipedia, 2) F.L WRIGHT BY DANIEL TREIBER , 3)ESSENTIAL BUILDINGS BY F.L WRIGHT