I recently posted a couple of links above to the work of the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright.
Frank Lloyd Wright was as important an artist as he was an architect. He was also among the first designers to recognise the socio-cultural significance and impact of his buildings. Many of his famous structures have in fact shaped some aspect of our culture.
Most people know about Falling Water, the house that was designed and built over and surrounding a small creek. There are many many other really fine houses, and commercial structures.
Do a simple google search on 'Frank Lloyd Wright' and scroll down the to picture results for your search. This is not a complete list, but you will gain a fair idea of the incredible architecture FLW designed over the course of 50-60 years.
FLW was the man.
I like le Corbusier, Van der Rohe, and Gropius. They were all very important figures in setting the agenda for most of the large-scale architecture that surrounded me as I grew up in Don Mills and the GTA. Modernism as it was defined by these gentlemen was a simple design aesthetic, some would say too simple. Many of the modernist apartment buildings and commercial towers from this era appear to value function over form. The design philosophy behind modernists buildings dictated that they be simple and clean.
Wright managed to insert his structures into the surrounding landscape in an organic and meaningful way without sacrificing function. His designs were stellar and often quite complex without appearing garish or overdetermined, IMO, that is what really set FLW apart.
Frank Lloyd Wright was as important an artist as he was an architect. He was also among the first designers to recognise the socio-cultural significance and impact of his buildings. Many of his famous structures have in fact shaped some aspect of our culture.
Most people know about Falling Water, the house that was designed and built over and surrounding a small creek. There are many many other really fine houses, and commercial structures.
Do a simple google search on 'Frank Lloyd Wright' and scroll down the to picture results for your search. This is not a complete list, but you will gain a fair idea of the incredible architecture FLW designed over the course of 50-60 years.
FLW was the man.
I like le Corbusier, Van der Rohe, and Gropius. They were all very important figures in setting the agenda for most of the large-scale architecture that surrounded me as I grew up in Don Mills and the GTA. Modernism as it was defined by these gentlemen was a simple design aesthetic, some would say too simple. Many of the modernist apartment buildings and commercial towers from this era appear to value function over form. The design philosophy behind modernists buildings dictated that they be simple and clean.
Wright managed to insert his structures into the surrounding landscape in an organic and meaningful way without sacrificing function. His designs were stellar and often quite complex without appearing garish or overdetermined, IMO, that is what really set FLW apart.
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