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Frank Lloyd Wright 1867 - 1959 lifespan anchors him in Arts and Crafts
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WrightMackintosh rationalized no applied ornamentation rooted to floor no organicism could be argued Arts and Crafts as well as Art Nouveau furniture
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background did not like to admit that anyone else inspired him froebel blocks—played with as a child
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background
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Wright House, Oak Park, IL, 1889-1895 architecture shingle style—with brick and stone little classical detailing—palladian window
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Winslow House, River Forest, IL, 1893 architecture starts to create elements of “prairie style”— inspired by long sweeping horizontal line of the prairie heavy eaves– creates heavy shadow clay tile brick (used as veneer)
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architectural detail clay tile Roman brick used clay tiles— somewhat like Louis Sullivan long slender “Roman brick”
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Robie House, FLW, Chicago, IL, 1909 architecture further development of prairie style clear interest in the horizontal line
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architecture very modern looking—everything else was craftsman or beaux arts very innovative
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architecture Louis Sullivan—saw grid & construction Frank Lloyd Wright—hides structure
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architectural detail Roman brick—flush vertical joint to accentuate horizontal nature
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architecture Where is front door? have to search for the door—forces you to explore the building more closely
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architecture front door?
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architecture front door?
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architecture front door?
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architecture front door
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architecture open plan—staircase & fireplace separate spaces visually really wants to “break out of the box”—designs rectangular box & takes every opportunity to break through
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interiors
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uses COMPRESSION— small entry, tight stair and then RELEASE—large, spacious living room 17 th century colonial homes were inspiration— horizontal beams, hearth was heart of American culture
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interiors furniture emphasizes horizontality—all one level
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interiors windows negate corners—breaks out of box
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interiors door goes out to space under extended eaves
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interiors bay window points out at an angle—extending space
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interior detail pure geometry—abstracted foliage in order to see real nature, see his abstracted design in front of it
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interiors fireplace used to divide space—hearth, center role chimney—only piece on exterior with verticality all lighting built-in
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interiors carves out niche to emphasize idea of one room
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interiors recognized furniture was not comfortable very Art Nouveau in the sense that light is built-in to table table glows, rest of room is in shadow—chairs also block out view—enhances social interaction
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Larkin Building, FLW, Buffalo, NY, 1904 with furniture by Steelcase Corporation architecture
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exterior is all brick—bright red/oranges vertical circulation is expressed at corners
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architecture large atrium that goes all the way to the top floor
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architecture/interiors open office planning— beginning of the cubicle built strictly in a hierarchal sense—very open at bottom (women) to more closed and secluded at top (men)
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architecture/interiors open plan pros: flexible group and regroup people as you need to does not create any dead circulation space cons: noisy no privacy shows your status clearly
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interiors
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middle management—more of a sense of enclosure
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furniture early versions of office chairs—look machine made 3 legged design tipped over easily—had to redesign
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furniture follows prairie style—long horizontal planes tipped if too much stuff was put on side with drawers
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architecture falling water just outside of Pittsburgh
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architectural detail communes with nature— manmade beams and rock work together to form foundation
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architectural detail stairway takes you right to water of river built beams around trees
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architecture compressed entry
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architecture
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interiors built-in, low horizontal furniture reds, oranges, yellows—focus is on the views
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interiors fireplace uses the sphere and square motif indentation in rock wall to hold sphere
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interiors stairway takes you right to water of river
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interiors
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Arts and Crafts ideals—more of a folk craft style
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interiors bookshelves custom built to fit stairs
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interiors design detail—space in desktop for window to open
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