Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was one of the most influential architects of his time. He designed about 1000 structures and about 400 of them were built. I have been interested in Wright's work the past couple of years and took architecture classes through out high school. Wright has always proved to be ahead of his time and is considered the greatest architect who has ever lived. .
The Guggenheim Museum stands out in NYC because of the roundness and the use of a dome. It is the eye catcher that rests on 89th street and 5th avenue. When I was walking down 5th avenue, my eyes were suddenly attracted to the white, round, seamless building. I knew it was the Guggenheim because of all the pictures that I had seen when researching it before I went. The Guggenheim finished construction in 1959 shortly after Wright passed away. .
The Guggenheim Museum as we know it today, started in 1943 when Wright was approached by Hilla Rebay, and asked to design it. She asked him to design something modern to blend well with the art pieces. He spent many years designing and redesigning it, and started building in 1956. Wright was designing the Guggenheim during a time when many other architects were making box-like buildings that stood tall and looked bland. Wright wanted to make his design something different. He had been experimenting with a unique form of architecture for many years and had been toying with structures that are open on the inside, free flowing, and curved. Wright ended up with a brilliant sketch that consists of a round, seamless outside, with a downward spiraling, open centered floor plan. When you first look at it, you are amazed by the simplicity, yet the uniqueness of it, especially compared to the buildings of that time. Instead of using brick, Wright used a reinforced concrete. This did not meet the city codes, but he had someone on the inside. This someone happened to be Robert Moses, who was at the time the head of the city and the New York state parks department.
Frank Lloyd Wright, some call him the greatest architect who ever lived. ... Frank Lloyd said these were a waste of space. ... This one would be a winter retreat for Frank Lloyd Wright and the students at his school of architecture. ... When the hotel was finished in 1929, Frank Lloyd Wright returned to Spring Green. ... This home is an example of how elaborate Frank Lloyd Wright's mind. ...
Ludd Spivey had a vision for a "great education temple- and invited Frank Lloyd Wright to design that vision. ... Frank Lloyd Wright was an architect whose name goes synonymously with the development of American architecture in the early 1900's. ... I have read many books on Frank Lloyd Wright, done a couple research projects and just simply admire the man many call the greatest architect to ever live. ... The area screamed Frank Lloyd Wright everywhere; it was so strong I was expecting to turn a corner and see him walk out of one of the campus buildings! ... Viewing all of Frank Lloyd W...
The Design was made by the well known Frank Lloyd Wright. ... Wright named his building Fallingwater as it sounded good. ... Wright's masterpiece, and indeed it was. ... For more than 70 years, Frank Lloyd Wright showed his countrymen new ways to build homes and see the world around them. ... From his first house to his final masterpiece, Frank Lloyd Wright's extraordinary career was amazing for every one who knew him and had something to do with his work, whether that would be help building his masterpieces or living in one. ...
Frank Lloyd Wright mimicked the rock face cliffs in his design of the home. ... Coincidently Edgar Kaufmann, jr. was the person who introduced his parents to Frank Lloyd Wright. ... -Frank Lloyd Wright in an interview with Hugh Downs, 1954.... As Frank Lloyd Wright said in the interview he could hear the waterfall in the design. ... There are not to many buildings in the world that I have seen that I can compare to Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water. ...
Considered the "Dean of American Architects"(Curtis 76), for his influence on so many architects like Frank Lloyd Wright. ... Frank Lloyd Wright has been "portrayed as one of the first architects to break up the old and find a new style- (Curtis 57). ... Frank Lloyd Wright saw it that someone should not be able to tell whether the structure had not always been there to begin with. ... During Frank Lloyd Wright's childhood years he was uprooted and almost nomadic. ... His parents eventually divorced, and Frank Lloyd Wright was forced to drop out of high school and find a job for full tim...
Frank Lloyd Wright was unquestionably an architectural genius and was years ahead of his time, he embraced modern technological developments in both building materials and techniques, and he was one of the first architects to explore and exploit the new opportunities of his time. ... Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin on the 8th June 1867. ... Between 1893 and 1901, 49 buildings designed by Wright were built. ... The Robies were a well to do family who came to Wright because when they told other architects what they wanted, the response was "You want one of those damn ...
Frank Lloyd Wright: The Pioneer of creating Greatness through Simplicity The ideas proposed by Wright represent a half century of ingenuity and creativity. ... Wright was undoubtly a romantic and individualist. ... They, of all people had the greatest influence on Wright. ... The work on the farm was rigorous and seemingly endless to Wright. ... As the years passed, Frank began to dread working on the farm less and less. ...
Wright was undoubtedly a romantic and individualist. ... They, of all people had the greatest influence on Wright. . ... "Wright's great swan song, the Solomon R. ... In 1932 Wright created the Taliesin Fellowship. ... This institution became a community of all people with the same passion as Frank Lloyd Wright. ...
I did my final project on the architect Frank Gehry. ... In the late 1960's he returned to the United States and founded Frank O. ... However, Frank is often referred to as " the other Frank creator of the other Guggenheim". In this sense he is being compared to Frank Lloyd Wright, another master architect that lived before Frank's time. I think that it would be an honor to be compared to Wright, and Gehry is just getting started at the late stage of his life. ...
