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FR Ank Llo y D Wright
FR Ank Llo y D Wright
Architect (1867–1959)
The site chosen was a natural landscape area for the weak
end home with a water stream with it.
•Established in 1937
•Type Art museum
•Frank Lloyd Wright created the
Guggenheim Museum as a series of
organic shapes.
•Circular forms spiral down like
the interior of a shell.
•Visitors to the museum begin on
the upper level and follow a sloping
ramp downward through connected
exhibition spaces.
Concept :
• The building itself became a work of art.
• At the core, an open rotunda offers views of artwork
on several levels.
• From the street, the buildin g looks like a white ribbon
rolled into a cylindrical
shape, slightly wider at the
top than at the bottom.
• Internally, the galleries
form a spiral.
Its design was inspired by a
"Ziggurat" Babylonian temple
pyramid, inverted.
ROBIE HOUSE ,CHICAGO
• The Robie House of
1910 is generally
considered to be Wright’s
“best”Prairie style work.
• This style is characterized
by a dominating horizontal axis,
bandedwindows, and a spacious and open interior plan.
• The exterior is dominated by a lowhipped roof, simple
building materials (mainly brick, wood, and stucco)
Fl wright principle was followe d
in this house:
strong horizontal lines
hidden entries
simple geometric shapes were followed in robie house glass
concept :
• The house was designed for Frederick C. Robie, a bicycle
manufacturer, who did not want a home done in the typical
Victorian style.
• Robie desired a modern floorplan and needed a garage, and a
playroom for children.
•He also required
that his home be
fire-proof, yet
retained an open floor
plan free of closed, box-like rooms that would prevent the
uniformity of decoration and design.
Unity temple , lake street , oak park, , united states
Background :
•In 1905, after the original
Unity Church burned down,
the Universalist congregation
of Oak Park, Illinois turned to
architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design them a new
structure.
• And finally, the architect was expected to design not
only the structure, but furniture and stained glass for
the building.
• Wright designed Unity Temple in Oak Park (1905) as
a place of worship for the Unitarian faith. This is his
original drawing of the building.
• As is consistent with the Unitarian faith, the
building is stately, solid, and devoid of religious
iconography.
Principles:
•the solid concrete
construction, as well as
the incorporation of other
typical Wright elements.
•Simple geometric
shape
•Hidden entries
Meaning in architecture :
Falling water :
Repesent water, as it is placed above the falling water .
Robie house :
Represent Land . Constructed by wood, brick .
Guggenheim museum :
Represent social and culture . Since it is a museum , it
has art works that repesent culture .
Unity temple :
Represent Religion . Since it is a church .
Awards :
AIA Gold Medal (1949)
Twenty-five year award
Royal Gold Medal (1941)
Famous quotes :
• The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of
our own civilization.
• Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be
one, joined in a spiritual union.
• 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.
Source :
• http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Fallingwater_House
• http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Guggenheim_Museum_in_New_York
• http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Robie_House
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_Temple
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright
• http://www.biography.com/people/frank-lloyd-wright-9537511
• http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/f/frank_lloyd_wright.html#FxOCr6UIk0vuhiy
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