Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright  was born on the 8^th of June 1867. He was an American architect, interior designer, writer and also an educator. His work is both original and innovative. He was also responsible for the design of many interior elements of his buildings, including furniture. During his life span he is attributed to more than 1000 structures and completed 532 works. Most importantly Wright believed in designing structures, which were in agreement with both the humanity and its environment. This philosophy is called organic architecture. This concept can be best illustrated by his design for Fallingwater. This has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture".

Wright was a student at Madison high school, but no evidence has been allotted as to whether he actually graduated or not. When he left school in 1887, and sought a job in Chicago. He was given a job as a draftsman with the architectural firm of Joseph Lyman Silsbee.

Wright founded his own practice at the Schiller Building in Chicago, but with Corwin gone, Wright moved out of the Schiller Building and went into the Steinway Hall Building. The projects that are attributed to him during that time followed the Willow House design.

Winslow House

After the conclusion of the Winslow House in 1894, Daniel Burnham who was impressed by it he offered him to finance a course at École des Beaux-Arts and he was guaranteed that he would be employed with the Burnham's firm when he returned. However Wright declined this offer since he believed that the school lacked creativity.

Falling Water

One of his most well known projects which was built between 1934 and 1937 is the Fallingwater. It was designed in accordance to Wright's wish to place the residents close to the natural surroundings and he did so with a stream and waterfall that was to run under part of the building. The house comprised of three bedrooms, a huge living room and a dining room. It has a construction based upon a series of cantilevered balconies with the use of limestone for all verticals and concrete was used for he horizontals.

Another one of his works is  The Thomas H. Gale House, or better known as Thomas Gale House. This house situated in the Chicago. This is another illustration of his early works. This is a product of independent work, while he was still employed by Adler and Sullivan which was forbidden. The house is important due to what it shows about Wright’s  early improvement period.

Lastly, Wright’s probably most recognized masterpieces is the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. The building rises as a warm beige spiral from its site. Its interior can be also described as an inside of a seashell. It has a unique central geometry that was meant to allow visitors to easily experience Guggenheim's collection of geometric paintings by taking an elevator to the top level and then watching artworks whilst walking down the slowly descending, central spiral ramp, whose floor is fixed with circular shapes and triangular light fixtures to match the geometric nature of the structure.

Bibliography:

Wikiedia. Frank Llyod Wright. [Online] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright [Accessed on the 21st  January 2014]