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B.Arch 3rd yr

Frank Lloyd

Wright

(1867-1959)


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Early life

Born in the farming town

ofRichland Center,

Wisconsin, United States, in

1867.

His father, William Carey

Wright (18251904), was a

locally admired orator, music

teacher, occasional lawyer,and itinerant minister

Mother Anna Lloyd Jones

was a county school teacher.


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Wright attended a Madison high school.

He was admitted to the University of

WisconsinMadison as a special student in

1886.

In 1887, Wright arrived in Chicago and within

days was hired as a draftsman with the

architectural firm ofJoseph Lyman Silsbee.


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Work with Adler & Sullivan (1888

1893)

But he aspired for more and joined Adler andSullivan firm as draftsman

Here he started taking projects refused by

firm. In this attempt he broke the contract and was

asked to leave the firm.

After leaving Louis Sullivan, Wright establishedhis own practice on the top floor of theSullivan designed Schiller Building


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His first big project Winslow house(1893)

It was his first big project from where started

his golden period


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Philosophy

Form and Function are one

Broad stone masses chimneys , walls , and

piers throughout the plan could do the work

of carrying floors and roofs , leaving external

walls free to be harmoniously arranged .

Use of roof projections, overhangs and

cantilever.


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Use of straight lines for private residences and

curve line for public buildings

GRADY GAMMAGE MEMORIAL

AUDITORIUM


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Organic architecture

There are four elements of organic architecture: First: people live close to nature.

Second: nature is a source of design

inspiration. Third: Local materials are used in their natural

(raw )form.

Fourth: going with the natural climate ratherthan fixing artificial one.


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1.People live close to nature


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Nature is a source of design element

Guggenheim

museum

inspired

from snailshell.


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Local materials used

USE OF LOCAL MATERIAL

HOWARD ANTHONYHOUSE


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Going with the natural climate


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Case study

Falling water (1936 and 1939)

Guggenheim museum


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Falling water (1936-1939)

Mill Run, Pennsylvania


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ORIGINAL SITE


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Falling water


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an open living room and compact kitchen on the first

floor,

MAIN FLOOR PLAN


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three small bedrooms located on the second

floor.

SECOND FLOOR PLAN


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The third floor was the location of the study

and bedroom of Edgar Jr., the Kaufmanns son.

THIRD FLOOR PLAN


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SECTIONS

h d h h h h


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Wright oriented the house to the southeast as

he preferred extending floors in horizontal

bands.


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The most important feature is the terrace cantilevered

above the rocky ledge which defy gravity.


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The ceilings of the rooms are low, reaching only up to 64 in some places

order to direct the eye horizontally to look outside.


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P l h l f th t d t


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Pale ochre color of the concrete was used to

match the back of a fallen rhododendron leaf.

Pale ochre colorrhododendron leaf


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Wright used a lot of glass to allow the outside

to flow freely into the inside


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INTERIORS


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STUDY


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BEDROOM


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KITCHEN


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FIRE PLACE


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WINDOWS AT THE CORNER


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SECOND FLOOR TERRACE


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VIEW OF WATER FROM INSIDE


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USE OF SPACE

ALONG STAIRCASE

FOR KEEPING

BOOKS


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LIVING ROOM


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Criticism

The inhabitants instead of having a wonderful

view of the fall cant even see it with the house

right on the top of the falls.

Sometimes the noise of falling water becomes

irritating.

Solomon R Guggenheim Museum


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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

New York City, U.S.

Wh th t f Fifth A t b ildi th t


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Whereas the rest of Fifth Avenue presents buildings that arerectangular, vertical, and decorated with bits of ornamentation,the Guggenheim counters this regularity with its circular,horizontal, and sculpted facade.


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He conceived of themuseum as an airy,

open place where

visitors would nothave to retrace

their steps.


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Wright whisked people to the top of the building via elevator,

proceeding downward

at a leisurely pace on the gentle slope of a continuous ramp.


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The galleries were

divided like the

membranes in citrusfruit, with self-

contained yet

interdependent

sections.


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Space is sufficient for keeping sculpture


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The open rotunda afforded viewers the unique possibility of

seeing several bays of work on different levels simultaneously.


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Skylight in the centre of the museum


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CRITICISM

Some people, especially artists, criticized

Wright for creating a museum environment that

might overpower the art inside.

Challenges are presented by continuous spiralramp gallery that is both tilted and has non-

vertical curved walls.

Any vertical object appears tilted because theslope of the floor and the curvature of the walls

could combine to produce vexing optical illusion


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CONCLUSION

LEARN DEVELOP YOUR OWN PRINCIPLES OF

ARCHITECTURE.

ASPIRE FOR MORE.

MASTER ARCHITECTURE AS A SOLUTION TO

THE PROBLEM AND EXPRESSION OF IDEAS

AND FEELINGS.


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THANK YOU

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