FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

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• Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright, June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educatorAmerican architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works.

• Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy was best exemplified by his design for Fallingwater (1935), which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecturethe best all-time work of American architecture".[1] 

• Wright was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecturePrairie School movement of architecture, and developed the concept of the Usonian homeconcept of the Usonian home, his unique vision for urban planning in the United States.

• His work includes original and innovative examples of many different building types, including offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, and museumsincluding offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, and museums.

• Wright also designed many of the interior elements of his buildingsthe interior elements of his buildings, such as the furniture and stained glass. Wright authored 20 books and many articles, and was a popular lecturer in the United States and in Europe.

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PERSONAL STYLE AND CONCEPTSPERSONAL STYLE AND CONCEPTS

• Wright conceived virtually every detail of both the external design and the every detail of both the external design and the internal fixturesinternal fixtures, including furniture, carpets, windows, doors, tables and chairs, light fittings and decorative elements.

• He was one of the first architects to design and supply custom-madedesign and supply custom-made, purpose-built furniture and fittings that functioned as integrated parts of the whole design.

• He got his influences from Nature, particularly shapes/forms and particularly shapes/forms and colors/patterns of plant life.colors/patterns of plant life.

• He made innovative use of new building materials such asprecast concrete blocks, glass bricks and zinc cames (instead of the traditional lead) for his leadlight windows, and he famously used Pyrex glass tubing as a major element in the Johnson Wax Headquarters.

• Wright was also one of the first architects to design and install custom-made electric light fittings, including some of the very first electric floor lamps, and his very early use of the then-novel spherical glass lampshade (a design previously not possible due to the physical restrictions of gas lighting).

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MAJOR WORKSMAJOR WORKS• Fallingwater (Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr.

Residence),  Pennsylvania, 1935–1937

• Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Oak Park, Illinois, 1889–1909

• Johnson’s wax headquarters, Wisconsin

• Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois, 1904

• Taliesin I, Spring Green, Wisconsin, 1911

• Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, 1923 • Usonian homesUsonian homes, various locations,

1930s–1950s• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,

New York City, 1956–1959• Dana-Thomas House, Springfield,

Illinois, 1902

Wright-designed Wright-designed window in Robie window in Robie House, Chicago (1906)House, Chicago (1906)

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York CityYork City

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Unity Temple – Exterior Unity Temple – Exterior viewview

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Johnson Wax Johnson Wax HeadquartersHeadquarters

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Interior of Johnson Wax Headquarters Showing Interior of Johnson Wax Headquarters Showing the Mushroom Columns(influence from nature)the Mushroom Columns(influence from nature)

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FALLING WATERFALLING WATER• Fallingwater or Kauf

mann Residence is a house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935, in Pennsylvania .

• The home was built partly over a waterfall .

• Fallingwater stands as one of Wright's greatest masterpieces both for its dynamism and for dynamism and for its integration with the its integration with the striking natural striking natural surroundings.surroundings.

• Wright's passion for Japanese architecture was strongly reflected in the design of Fallingwater, particularly in the importance of interpenetrating exterior particularly in the importance of interpenetrating exterior and interior spaces and the strong emphasis placed on harmony between and interior spaces and the strong emphasis placed on harmony between man and nature.man and nature.

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Emphasis on the Emphasis on the horizontal & vertical horizontal & vertical lineslines

Falling water with Falling water with the Fallsthe Falls

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• The house is well-known for its connection to the site; it is built on top of an active waterfall which flows beneath the house.

• The fireplace hearth in the living room integrates boulders found on the site and upon which the house was built — ledge rock which protrudes up to a foot through the living room floor was left in place to demonstrably link the outside with the inside. 

• Integration with the setting extends even to small details. For example, where glass meets stone walls there is no metal frame; rather, the glass and its horizontal dividers were run into a caulked recess in the stonework so that the stone walls appear uninterrupted by glazing.

• From the cantilevered living room, a stairway leads directly down to the stream below, and in a connecting space which connects the main house with the guest and servant level, a natural spring drips water inside, which is then channeled back out.

• Bedrooms are small, some with low ceilings to encourage people outward toward the open social areas, decks, and outdoors.

• The design incorporates broad expanses of windows and balconies which reach out into their surroundings.

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• The house is well-known for its connection to the site; it is built on top of an active waterfall which flows beneath the house.

• The fireplace hearth in the living room integrates boulders found on the site and upon which the house was built — ledge rock which protrudes up to a foot through the living room floor was left in place to demonstrably link the outside with the inside. 

• Integration with the setting extends even to small details. For example, where glass meets stone walls there is no metal frame; rather, the glass and its horizontal dividers were run into a caulked recess in the stonework so that the stone walls appear uninterrupted by glazing.

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Interior of Falling Water - Shows Wright’s Interior of Falling Water - Shows Wright’s emphasis on nature with colors used in spaceemphasis on nature with colors used in space

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Interior of Interior of Falling Water – Falling Water – seating area seating area

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Interior of Morris Gift Interior of Morris Gift ShopShop

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Interior of The Marden Interior of The Marden HouseHouse

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Interior views of Interior views of the Marden Housethe Marden House

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FURNITUREFURNITURE

Barrel ChairBarrel Chair

  Taliesin "Origami Chair"Taliesin "Origami Chair"

  Midway Midway Garden Garden ChairChair

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Oak Armchair Oak Armchair

Wright designed this oak armchair for the Raymond Evans House in Chicago, Illinois. Wright would commonly use wooden screens in his design.

This screen was designed by Wright in 1953 for the Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Keyes House in Rochester, MinnesotaWright’s Wright’s

ScreenScreen

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Desk & Chair Desk & Chair from Johnson from Johnson AdministratiAdministration Buildingon Building

Desk by Desk by Wright for Wright for Emil bach Emil bach househouse

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Taliesin' Taliesin' hexagonal low hexagonal low dining table & dining table & stools stools 

Conference TableConference Table

Taleisin DaybedTaleisin Daybed

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Rectangular Taliesin TableRectangular Taliesin Table

Allen Table with Allen Table with High back chairsHigh back chairs

Square Taliesin TableSquare Taliesin Table

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Taliesin Table Taliesin Table Lamp or the Lamp or the Jenga LampJenga Lamp

LightiLighting ng TaliesiTaliesinn

Taliesin Taliesin Table Table LampLamp