Frank Lloyd Wright Flashcards
architect and writer; creative master of American architecture
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright worked under ______ until 1893 at which time he opened his architectural practice
Louis Sullivan
designed 800 buildings, of which 380 were actually built and a number are still standing; UNESCO designated ____ of them—including Fallingwater, the Guggenheim Museum, and Unity Temple—as World Heritage sites in 2019
eight
he became famous as the creator and expounder of “_______ architecture”
organic
American style exemplified by the low-lying “prairie houses” such as Robie House; generally two-story structures with single-story wings
Prairie school
Wright alone built about __ Prairie houses from 1900 to 1910
50
Prairie style’s popularity faded rapidly in the United States after ___
1915
the first house in true Prairie style; Wright used a cruciform plan with the interior space flowing around a central chimney core and extending outward onto covered verandas and open terraces.
Ward W. Willits House
Designed as two large rectangles that seem to slide past one another, the long, horizontal residence that Wright created for 28-year-old Frederick Robie, boldly established a new form of domestic design: the Prairie style.
Robie House
A five-story red brick ode to productivity, Wright’sfirst major public work was widely heralded in Europe
Larkin Administrative Building
a small, narrow site on a busy main street, and the need to provide two different spaces, one for worship and one for socializing. Wright’s solution was poured-in-place reinforced concrete—material thus far reserved for factories and warehouses—to create a church that was unlike any other house of worship before
Unity Temple
Thirty years later, well into the modernist century, Herbert Johnson asked Frank Lloyd Wright for a workspace to house a similar bureaucratic function for his wax company in Racine, Wisconsin. Wright proceeded to update his radical-conservative vision both spatially and structurally
Johnson Wax Company Building
Perched above a mountain cataract on a rocky hillside deep in the rugged forest of Southwestern Pennsylvania, some 90 minutes from Pittsburgh, is America’s most famous house. The commission for Fallingwater was a personal milestone for the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright since it marked a turning point in his career.
Falling Water
was the last major project designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright between 1943until it opened to the public in 1959, six months after his death, making it one of his longest works in creation along with one of his most popular projects. Completely contrasting the strict Manhattan city grid, the organic curves of the museum are a familiar landmark for art lovers, visitors, and pedestrians alike
Solomon Guggenheim Museum
