Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was a very successful architect, writer, interior designer and educator born on the 8th of June 1867 and died on the 9th of April 1959. He designed more than 1000 structures and completed 500 works.
Style
Wright's creations took his concern with organic architecture down to the smallest details. To all his work, he included so much detail, same on the external and interior design. He was one of the first architects to design and supply custom-made, purpose-built furniture and fittings that functioned as a part of the whole design. He sometimes also returned to previous pieces of work to redesign internal fittings.
He made innovative use of new building materials such as precast concrete blocks, glass bricks and zinc cames for his 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.
Into following works, he included a lot of glass in his designs. He found out that it fit well into his philosophy of organic architecture. Wright's best-known art glass is the one of the Prairie style. The simple geometric shapes that yield to very intricate windows represent some of the most integral ornamentation of his career. He also developed homes with progressively more open plans so it’s easier for the women in the house to take care of their children and also work in their workspace.
Wright believed a lot in individualism that’s why he designed each of his work by his own knowledge and not what the American Institute of Architects said. That’s why he succeeded so much because of his individualism.
Some of Wright’s work * Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin built in 1956–1961. * Child of the Sun, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida in 1941–1958. * First Unitarian Society of Madison,
Frank Lloyd Wright was a very successful architect, writer, interior designer and educator born on the 8th of June 1867 and died on the 9th of April 1959. He designed more than 1000 structures and completed 500 works.
Style
Wright's creations took his concern with organic architecture down to the smallest details. To all his work, he included so much detail, same on the external and interior design. He was one of the first architects to design and supply custom-made, purpose-built furniture and fittings that functioned as a part of the whole design. He sometimes also returned to previous pieces of work to redesign internal fittings.
He made innovative use of new building materials such as precast concrete blocks, glass bricks and zinc cames for his 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.
Into following works, he included a lot of glass in his designs. He found out that it fit well into his philosophy of organic architecture. Wright's best-known art glass is the one of the Prairie style. The simple geometric shapes that yield to very intricate windows represent some of the most integral ornamentation of his career. He also developed homes with progressively more open plans so it’s easier for the women in the house to take care of their children and also work in their workspace.
Wright believed a lot in individualism that’s why he designed each of his work by his own knowledge and not what the American Institute of Architects said. That’s why he succeeded so much because of his individualism.
Some of Wright’s work * Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin built in 1956–1961. * Child of the Sun, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida in 1941–1958. * First Unitarian Society of Madison,