Frank : First American Starchitect Presented by: Dr. Peter Harris architects: (1856-1924) (1867-1959) Harlan House 1892. Oak Park IL Wm. Winslow House 1893; first of Wright’s “Prairie Style” Houses “Prairie Style” Houses:

Shallow roofline Overhanging eaves Horizontal window band

Horizontal lines

Open layout of rooms Wm. Winslow House 1893; Simple, natural materials (esp. wood)

restrained ornamentation inside & out

Open layout of rooms Nathan Moore House 1895; Oak Park, IL FLW home & studio 1889-1909 Oak Park IL Frank Thomas home 1901 Oak Park IL

Arthur Heurtley House 1902 Oak Park IL Edwin Cheney House 1903 Oak Park IL

(FLW met Mamah (MAY-muh) Cheney while building this house. They fled to Europe in 1909.) 1906-08 Oak Park IL

William Martin House 1903 Oak Park IL Larkin Building, Buffalo. 1904-06; demolished 1950. Darwin Martin House 1904-06 Buffalo NY

Darwin Martin House Reception Room Darwin Martin House Reception Room Darwin Martin House Living Room Dining Room Pergola

Greenhouse

Robie House 1909-11. Chicago 1909-11. Chicago

Taliesin – “” Wisconsin – “Shining Brow”

Taliesin Wisconsin – “Shining Brow” 1914: Cheney murdered At Taliesin. Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. 1917 - 22

ENNIS House , CA. 1924 Los Angeles, CA. 1924> ENNIS House Los Angeles, CA. 1924 ENNIS House Los Angeles, CA. 1924 ENNIS House Los Angeles, CA. 1924 Greycliff (Darwin Martin estate). 1927. (1937<) Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and school in the desert from 1937 until his death in 1959. Today it is the main campus of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture and houses the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Johnson Wax Building, 1938. Racine WI.

Fallingwater. 1936-39 . 1936-39

Fallingwater. 1936-39 Fallingwater. 1936-39 – a Usonian House: . Single story . Radiant heat in concrete floor (no basement) . Use of relatively inexpensive plywoods in interior finishings Kentuck Knob – a Usonian House

The Guggenheim Museum New York. 1959

James Turrell Light Show

Marin County CA. Civic Center. 1957< Marin County Civic Center 1957< Marin County Civic Center, CA. 1957< Marin County Civic Center (1957<)

Frank Lloyd Wright. 1867 -1959