Frank Lloyd Wright 1867-1959 Born in Richland Center, Wisconsin Studied civil engineering at University of Wisconsin Began working for Adler & Sullivan at age 20 Designed Oak Park Home and Studio at the age of 22

Wright’s Wisconsin home Wright designed the following types of buildings: Private residences Offices Places of worship Hotels Government buildings Schools Museums Civic Centers City Planning Taliesin Wright’s Wisconsin home

Key Design Elements Nature “Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.” Geometry – Froebel Blocks

Froebel Blocks "That early kindergarten experience with the straight line; the flat plane; the square; the triangle; the circle! If I wanted more, the square modified by the triangle gave the hexagon, the circle modified by the straight line would give the octagon. Adding thickness, getting 'sculpture' thereby, the square became the cube, the triangle the tetrahedron, the circle the sphere."

More Designs with Froebel Blocks

Wright’s architecture is found all across the United States, as well as in Canada, England, and Japan. Wright designed many buildings in Japan, Iraq, and Egypt, some of which were destroyed and others that were never built. Design for Ras-el-Bar: Six seasonal tents for a site on the beach in Egypt, 1927.

The Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York, 1956

More views of the Guggenheim

Fallingwater, Designed for Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr Fallingwater, Designed for Edgar J. Kaufmann, Sr. Bear Run, Pennsylvania, 1935

Fallingwater is considered to be the most famous private residence in the world

Broadacre City, designed in 1935, illustrated in one of Wright’s books – The Living City

Unity Temple Oak Park, IL Designed in 1905

Unity Temple

Imperial Hotel, designed in 1912 Tokyo, Japan

Larkin Administration Building Buffalo, NY Designed: 1904; Demolished: 1950

Larkin Administration Building

The Harold C. Price Tower Bartlesville, OK Designed: 1952

Price Tower Floor Plan

Beth-Sholom Temple Outside View Elkins Park, Pennsylvania Designed: 1954

Beth-Sholom Floor Plan

Monona Terrace Convention Center (1994: After Wright’s Death)

Monona Terrace Scheme 2

Marin County Civic Center San Rafael, CA Designed: 1957

St. Mark’s Apartment Tower New York City, NY Designed: 1927 (unbuilt)

St. Mark’s Apartment General Floor Plan

Steel Cathedral, Guthrie, NY Designed: 1927 (unbuilt)

Quadruple Block Houses - Blueprints Chicago, IL Designed: 1900 (unbuilt)

“Schema Plan A”

“Schema Plan B”

Wolf Lake Amusement Park, Chicago, IL Planned: 1895 (unbuilt)

Wolf Lake Amusement Park, ctd.

Wolf Lake Center Plan

Imperial Hotel Tokyo, Japan 1915

Detail of stonework on Imperial Hotel Tokyo, Japan

James Charnley House Ocean Springs, MS Built 1890

F. C. Bogk House Milwaukee, WI Built 1916

Bogk Frieze

Hollyhock House for Aline Barnsdall Los Angeles, CA Built 1917

Detail above entrance to Hollyhock House

George Madison Millard, Highland Park, IL, Built 1906

D4 D4 Details of Design on Millard House D2

Wm. H. Winslow House River Forest, IL Built 1893

Detail of design around entrance of Winslow House

Avery Coonley House Riverside, IL Built 1907

Frieze design on Avery Coonley residence

Arched Entrances: Arthur Heurtley Oak Park, IL Built 1902

Entrance for the Frank Thomas House Oak Park, IL Built 1901

Dana-Thomas House Springfield, IL Built 1902

Dana-Thomas House Entrance

Ceiling in Avery Coonley House D2

Ceiling of the Guggenheim Museum

Ceiling in S.C. Johnson Wax Building Racine, WI, Built 1936

Floor Plan of S.C. Johnson Wax

Inside the “Great Workroom” of S.C. Johnson Wax

Rug in F.F. Tomek House Riverside, IL Built 1907

Rug in Frederick C. Robie House Chicago, IL Built 1906

Rug in Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan

Rug in Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan

One more rug from the Imperial Hotel… D2 D2

Rug Design based on skylight in Oak Park Studio and Home

Glass Art Designs By Frank Lloyd Wright

Dana-Thomas House Springfield, IL 1902

Dana-Thomas House 1902 TV Strip Pattern

Dana House 1902

TRVHG Strip Pattern

Dana-Thomas House Autumn Sumac THG Strip Pattern

Dana-Thomas House 1902

Dana-Thomas House Double Pedestal Lamp D8 Radial Symmetry

Frank W. Thomas House Oak Park, IL 1901 D4 Radial Symmetry

Ward W. Willits House Highland Park, IL 1901

Ward W. Willits House Highland Park, IL 1901 C4

William R. Heath House Buffalo, NY 1905

THG Strip Pattern

TRVHG Strip Pattern

Charles Ennis House Los Angeles, CA 1923 TV Strip Pattern

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