Frank Lloyd Wright's Modernist Style

Frank Lloyd Wright

By: Maryam Al-Mughaizwi

2872015

Introduction

The process of defining modernism has been considered complex. It is considered less rational as a style, since its boundaries appear looser as compared to classicism. Many critics would come have with contradicting view that modernism is can be classified differently rather than a style, but an amalgamation of aesthetics and receptivity. A good example is Frank Lloyd Wright who vehemently went against the grouping of a style but perceived his work as the modernist architecture. In fact, he believed that he brought eh change that is already existing in this platform.

According to autobiographers, born rank Lincoln Wright in 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright was the eldest son of William

He even went beyond these two continents; in 1915, he was commissioned to design the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. This venture made him alter his work some more and took his uniqueness to even higher levels. Concisely, the exposure he had in Tokyo saw him change some of his architectural and sociological philosophies. Tokyo, a highly-urban city, challenged him in that he sought to extend his love of nature to the urban settings. In the imperial Hotel, he applied some of his principles of using nature such as using sunlight to illuminate building interiors. He therefore emphasized on the wall and window designs. The Imperial Hotel, housed in a skyscraper, was made in an organic form that resembled a tree. This time, nature played two roles; he used a tree form to design a skyscraper, and second, he sought to use nature to distinguish American architecture on foreign soil. The Imperial Hotel, after its completion, furthered the amusement of other architects. One key element that most architects borrowed from Wright was integrating nature in their architectural

History has it that the Monona Terrace Community Convention Center was designed by Wright himself about sixty years before it was finally opened in 1997. The sixty-year delay was attributed to a standoff between Wright and the government in which it is said that the government required him to make some changes to the initial plan before they could approve it. Wright turned their assertion down. It was the Madison voters that approved the construction of the building and it was finally constructed and opened in 1997. As such, the fact that a sixty-year old building plan could still be constructed in modern day America meant that indeed, Wright’s influence was, and still is, workable and very