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    Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect born in 1867 in Wisconsin. He is known as the pioneer of the Prairie School style and organic architecture. Some of his most famous works include Fallingwater, the Frederick C. Robie House, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Wright believed that form and function should be unified and that buildings should develop naturally from their surroundings. He had a strong influence from Japanese architecture and used natural materials, simple geometric shapes, and horizontal lines in his designs.

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    Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect born in 1867 in Wisconsin. He is known as the pioneer of the Prairie School style and organic architecture. Some of his most famous works include Fallingwater, the Frederick C. Robie House, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Wright believed that form and function should be unified and that buildings should develop naturally from their surroundings. He had a strong influence from Japanese architecture and used natural materials, simple geometric shapes, and horizontal lines in his designs.

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    Frank Lioyd Wright

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    Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect born in 1867 in Wisconsin. He is known as the pioneer of the Prairie School style and organic architecture. Some of his most famous works include Fallingwater, the Frederick C. Robie House, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Wright believed that form and function should be unified and that buildings should develop naturally from their surroundings. He had a strong influence from Japanese architecture and used natural materials, simple geometric shapes, and horizontal lines in his designs.

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    FRANK LIOYD

    WRIGHT
    MODERNIST AND REGIONAL
    (1867 – 1959)
    THE EARLIER YEARS

    • FRANK LIOYD WRIGHT

    - BORN IN 1867 IN RICHLAND CENTRE, WISCONSIN.

    - FATHER , WILLIAM WRIGHT.

    - ORATOR ,MINISTER,MUSIC TEACHER.

    - MOTHER, ANNA LIYOD JONES.

    - SCHOOL TEACHER.

    • EDUCATION :

    - UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON(NEVER GRADUATED).

    - MEMBER OF PHI DELTA THETA FRATERNITY.


    INTREST TO ARCHITECTURE
    • FIRST DEVELOPED HIS LOVE AND PASSION TO ARHITECTURE AS A

    STUDENT IN MADISON UNIVERISITY.

    • 1887, HE LEFT THE UNIVERSITY AND MOVED TO CHICAGO.

    • TRANSITION AND EXPERIMENTATION


    - HE BEGAN WITH AN APPERNTICESHIP WITH THE

    ARCHITECTURAL FIRM OF ALDER AND SULLIVAN DIRECTLY

    WORKING UNDER LOUIS SULLIVAN ,”THE FATHER OF SKYSCRAPERS”.

    - HE WAS BEING TAUGHT A SIMPLE MANTRA OF “FORM FOLLOWS

    FUNCTION” BY HIS MENTOR ALDER AND SULLIVAN.


    PHILOSOPHY
    • ACCORDING TO HIM THE FORM AND FUCTION ARE ONE.

    • HE COINED A TERM “ORGANNIC ARCHITECTURE”.

    • IT MEANS THAT THE BUILDINGS MUST DEVELOP OUT OF HIS

    SURROUNDINGS.

    • NOT CONCERNED WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE.

    • ALSO KNOW FOR PRAIRIE STYLE.

    • MAIN MOTO WAS

    - “DO NOT TRY TO TEACH DESIGN ,

    TRY TO TEACH PRINCIPLES”.


    CHARACTERISTICS OF WORK

    • STRONG EASTERN INFLUENCES.

    • USE OF NATURAL MATERIALS – STONES,BRICK AND WOOD.

    • USE OF TEXTURED CONCRETE.

    • ORGANIC COLOURS.

    • SIMPLE GEOMETRIC SHAPES.

    • STRONG HORIZONTAL LINES.

    • HIDDEN ENTRIES.

    • INTEGRATION OF BUILDING WITH NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.


    PRAIRIE STYLE
    • ONE OR TWO STOREY HOUSES WITH ONE STOREY
    PROJECTIONS.

    • OPEN FLOOR PLANS.

    • LOW PITCHED ROOFS WITH BROAD OVERHANGING EAVES.

    • STRONG HORIZONTAL LINES.

    • RIBBONS OF WINDOWS (OFTEN CASEMENTS).

    • A PROMINENT CENTRAL CHIMNEY.

    • USE OF NATURAL MATERIALS.

    • BUILT IN STYLIZED CABINETRY.


    Famous works
    • FALLING WATER

    • (EDGAR J. KAUFMANN SR. RESIDENCE)

    • BEAR RUN PENNSYLVANIA, 1935 – 1937.

    • FREDRICK .C . ROBIE RESIDENCE

    • CHICAGO , ILLINOIS, 1909.

    • SOLOMON . R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM

    • NEW YORK CITY, 1957 – 1959.

    • UNITY TEMPLE

    • OAK , ILLINOIS, 1904.

    • PRICE TOWER ,

    • BARTLESVILLA, OKLAHOMA, 1952 – 1956.


    MEANING IN ARCHITECTURE
    • FALLING WATER

    REPRESENT WATER AS IT IS PLACED ABOVE THE FALLING WATER.

    • FREDRICK .C. ROBIE RESIDENCE

    REPRESENT LAND. CONSTRUCTED BY STONE AND WOOD.

    • SOLOMAN GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM

    REPRESENTS SOCIAL AND CULTURE.SINCE, IT IS A MUSEUM,IT HAS ART WORKS THAT REPRESENT

    CULTURE.

    • UNITY TEMPLE
    REPRESENT RELIGION .SINCE ,IT IS A CHURCH.
    ROBIE HOUSE
    • BUILT – 1909

    • LOCATION – CHICAGO , ILLINOIS.

    • PRAIRIE STYLE

    • CONSTRUCTION – BRICK AND STEEL.

    • IT WAS A HOUSE DESIGNED FOR FREDERCIK . C. ROBIE ,A BICYCLE

    MANUFACTURER ,HE WANTED A MODERN FLOOR PLAN WITH GARAGE

    AND PLAYROOM FOR CHILDREN AND ALSO TO BE A FIRE PROOF

    • THE PERIMETER WALL SURROUNDING THE HOUSE OR THE LOW CEILINGS

    AND HIGH WALLS , WRIGHT MADE THE HOUSE APPLICABLE FOR A PRIVATE

    SPACE FOR ITS TENANTS.


    REFERENCES:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright

    https://www.frontdesk.co.in/forum/

    https://www.biography.com/people/frank-lloyd-wright-9537511

    - SUHANI PATEL

    15SA238.

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