How Did Frank Lloyd Wright Establish a New Canon of American

“ The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.” -Frank Lloyd Wright How did Frank Lloyd Wright establish a new canon of American architecture? Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) •Considered an architectural/artistic genius and THE best architect of last 125 years •Designed over 800 buildings •Known for ‘Prairie Style’ (really a movement!) architecture that influenced an entire group of architects •Believed in “architecture of democracy” •Created an “organic form of architecture” Prairie School The term "Prairie School" was coined by H. Allen Brooks, one of the first architectural historians to write extensively about these architects and their work. The Prairie school shared an embrace of handcrafting and craftsmanship as a reaction against the new assembly line, mass production manufacturing techniques, which they felt created inferior products and dehumanized workers. However, Wright believed that the use of the machine would help to create innovative architecture for all. From your architectural samples, what may we deduce about the elements of Wright’s work? Prairie School • Use of horizontal lines (thought to evoke native prairie landscape) • Based on geometric forms . Flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves . “Environmentally” set: elevations, overhangs oriented for ventilation . Windows grouped in horizontal bands called ribbon fenestration that used shifting light . Window to wall ratio affected exterior & interior . Overhangs & bays reach out to embrace . Integration with the landscape…Wright designed inside going out . Solid construction & indigenous materials (brick, wood, terracotta, stucco…natural materials) . Open continuous plan & spaces; use of dissolving walls, but connected spaces Prairie School •Designed & used “glass screens” that echoed natural forms •Created Usonian homes for the “masses” Frank Lloyd Wright, Darwin D. Martin House, 1904. Frank Lloyd Wright, Robie House, 1906. Frank Lloyd Wright, Unity Temple, Oak Park, Ill., 1905-08 Frank Lloyd Wright, Johnson Wax Building, Racine Wisconsin, 1936-39. Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin East, Spring Green, Wisconsin, 1911. Taliesin West, Scottsdale Arizona, 1937. Frank Lloyd Wright, Ennis House, Los Angeles, Ca., 1924. Go to youtube.com: Fallingwater (etereastudios). A film by Christobal Vila. <object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" <a href="/goto?url=http://www.youtube.com/v/9CVKU3ErrGM?version=3&hl=en_US&amp" target="_blank">value="//www.youtube.com/v/9CVKU3ErrGM?version=3&hl=en_US&amp </a>;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed <a href="/goto?url=http://www.youtube.com/v/9CVKU3ErrGM?version=3&hl=en_US&re" target="_blank">src="//www.youtube.com/v/9CVKU3ErrGM?version=3&hl=en_US&re </a>l=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, Kaufmann House (Fallingwater), Bear Run, Pennsylvania, 1936–1939.

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