Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright was and American born in 1867 and died in 1959.  He was an architect, interior designer and writer.  He believed that he was the best architect in the world as the architecture in the past 5oo years were not in harmony with nature and organic.  He believed a building should be natural and appropriate to the time and place.  His aim was to incorporate the building with its surroundings.  He was an organic designer who was working during the time of Art Deco.  His works are still extremely famous and popular today.

In my opinion his most well known and prestigious work is his 'Fallingwater' house which was built on a waterfall in 1935 in Southwestern Pennsylvania.   Today it is a Natural Historic Landmark.  The American Institute of Architects voted it the most significant building over the last 125 years.  It was designed as a weekend home for the Kufmann family and has now been turned into a museum where over 1 million people visited it as from January 2008. (Information taken from Smithsonian.com)

Fire place

Fallingwater By Frank Lloyd Wright

The Kufmann family wanted this house to be big enough to entertain large amounts of people and wanted to have 3 bedrooms plus one guest bedroom (making 4 bedrooms).  This created a challenge for Wright.  The house has a strong Japanese influence.  The fire place acts as the heart of the living room as it ties everything together and joins the outside and the inside together.



Another one of his famous works is the 'Winslow House' which was his first ever privately commissioned job.  It has walls made from roman brick.  His aim for this house was to eliminate a vertical motion and instead produce a horizontal motion.  The windows are big and long and they go from sill to soffit.