HISTORY OF

FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT
NAME : SHRADDHA MALLIKARJUN
MANGSHETTE
CLASS : T.Y B.VOC
GUIDED BY : PROF. SANIKA DHUMAL
Introduction

Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer,

and educator.

He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years.

Wright played a key role in the architectural movements of the twentieth century, influencing
architects worldwide through his works and hundreds of apprentices in his Taliesin Fellowship.

Wright believed in designing in harmony with humanity and the environment, a philosophy he
called organic architecture.

This philosophy was exemplified in Falling water (1935), which has been called "the best all-time
work of American architecture".

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About

 Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright, June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American
architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which
were completed.

 More than 450 executed buildings , over a period of 70 years. First project - Charley House, Chicago,
Illinois. His work includes original and innovative examples of many building types, including offices,
churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, and museums.

Also designed many of the interior elements of his buildings, such as the furniture and stained glass.
Recognized in 1991 by the American Institute of Architects as "the greatest American architect of all
time".

Unity Temple Rookery Building Imperial Hotel

Chronology Benefits

1867 Born to William Carey Wright and Anna Lloyd Jones

1886 Started studying at University of Wisconsin in Madison

1887
Left university without graduating & arrival at Chicago in
search of employment

1888 Joins the Adler & Sullivan Firm

1959 Passed away

Approach and Philosophy
Organic Architecture:
A philosophy of architecture which promotes harmony
between human habitation and the natural world through design
approaches so sympathetic and well integrated with its site, that
buildings, furnishings, and surroundings become part of a
unified, interrelated composition. Eg: Falling Water
How he defined Organic Architecture changed often, as he
refined it, and also as the situation demanded.
1. Integral to site – Houses designed to rise up out of the site
as it belonging.
2. 2. Integral to environment – Built appropriately to climate.
3. 3. Integral to Individual – Each building built to
accommodate the lifestyle of the inhabitants way of life and
needs.
4. 4. Integral to Materials – Details of the building were the
material themselves. 
Design key features
Frank Lloyd Wright wasn't afraid to use new building
materials when designing and building homes. Instead of
the traditional lead, which was used during the time, he
used zinc cames for leadlight windows.

 He was also one of the first designers to use precast

concrete bricks and glass bricks in his design. One that is
integral to site; integral to environment; integral to the life
of the inhabitants.

A house integral with the nature of materials wherein

glass is used as glass, stone as stone, wood as wood and all
the elements of environment go into and throughout the
house.

Into this integrity, once there, those who live in it will

take root and grow.
 And most of all belonging to the nature of its being.” -
F.L. Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
Design key features
Minimalistic Interior Design
Most fans of Frank Lloyd Wright associate his designs with the
minimalistic approach. He knew when to leave something and when to
get rid of it. Editing out the unnecessary was one of the many talents of
Wright.
Homes designed by Wright often took a very simple approach.
Eliminating any insignificant design feature helped to create
sophisticated homes without anything unnecessary.

Organic Architecture
Another design element often seen in homes designed by Frank Lloyd
Wright is the use of organic architecture. His philosophy was structured
around all the elements of the building appearing unified. This often
meant using large expanses of glass to help blend the outdoor space with
the indoor space. He believed glass was like the mirrors of nature found
in rivers, ponds, and lakes.
Taliesin West was Frank Lloyd Wright’s Winter Home | Image courtesy
of the Frank Lloyd Wright FoundationBringing the outdoors in, while
remaining protected from the elements is a design feature found
throughout many homes Wright designed.
His most famous architectural works
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Guggenhei  Wrightshome and  Falling Water  Price Tower,

m Museum, studio , Pennsylvania Oklahoma
Manhattan
His most famous architectural works
Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan

  Guggenheim Museum has been a hub for new art and new
ideas. The museum was designed by renowned architect
Frank Lloyd Wright to house an innovative collection of
works in a unique environment.

Wrights home and studio

The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio is a historic

house and studio in Oak Park, Illinois from 1889, owned by
architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
 This is his only home designed for a person with a
disability. This home is fully furnished with all original
Wright-designed furniture and textiles.
Falling Water, Pennsylvania
Falling water is a house designed by the architect 
Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939 in the Laurel Highlands of southwest
Pennsylvania, about 70 miles (110 km) southeast of Pittsburgh.[4]
 The house was built partly over a waterfall on Bear Run in the Mill
Run section of Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania,
located in the Laurel Highlands of the Allegheny Mountains. 

Price Tower, Oklahoma

The Price Tower is a nineteen-story, 221-foot-high tower at 510
South Dewey Avenue in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. It was built in
1956 to a design by Frank Lloyd Wright. It is the only realized 
skyscraper by Wright, and is one of only two vertically oriented
Wright structures extant
The Price Tower was commissioned by Harold C. Price of the H.
C. Price Company, a local oil pipeline and chemical firm. It opened
to the public in February 1956.
Wright was the pioneer of what came to be called the 
Prairie School movement of architecture in the United States.
He also designed original and innovative offices, churches,
schools, skyscrapers, hotels, museums, and other commercial
projects.
Wright-designed interior elements (including leaded glass
 windows, floors, furniture and even tableware) were integrated
into these structures.
He wrote several books and numerous articles and was a
popular lecturer in the United States and in Europe.
Wright was recognized in 1991 by the 
American Institute of Architects as "the greatest American
architect of all time".
 In 2019, a selection of his work became a listed 
World Heritage Site as 
The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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