Frank Lloyd Wright was considered one of the most influential designers of modern architecture and design in the 20th century. In both public and private buildings, Wright expressed his architectural values, rejecting, both rigid machine aesthetic and western cultural bias (Satler, 1999), Wright wanted to accommodate social, environmental, and technological considerations through the creation of what he called “organic architecture”. He designed buildings that integrated into the natural environments that surrounded them.
Born in June 8, 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin. His mother, Anna Lloyd Jones was a teacher and his father, William Cary was a musician and a preacher, which (religion) played an important role in Wright’s background,
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He was commission by Larkin to design the new Larkin office building (fig.7). In this innovative design, Wright was one of the first architects to introduced indirect lighting, air conditioning and panel (Fig.8) heating, structural framework and all-glass doors. The purpose of those innovations was to create a clean and comfortable building filled with natural light. Other innovation that contributed to the atmosphere was metal office furniture, built-in file cabinets, a restaurant and a conservatory, which were part of the daily factory tours. Even thought the Larkin Building was demolished in 1950, it is still considered as a landmark in the development of modern …show more content…
After a temporary retreat from the design world, the assignment for Fallingwater house was a turning point in the career for the American architect Wright. Inspired by the Japanese architecture, Wright wanted to create harmony between nature, man and his integration of the house with the waterfall was successful in doing so. The power of the falls is always felt, through sounds, as the breaking water could constantly be heard throughout the entire house. The interior focal point was the fireplace, the hearth of the home, where the family would gather, while bringing notice from the outside, where he dramatically extending the chimney upwards to make it the highest point on the exterior of the house. The ceilings are low in some location, in order to direct the eye horizontally to look outside. While the extension towards nature added beauty to the design, the balconies also add an elements of sculpture to the house. The windows on the facade have also have a special condition where they open up at the corners, breaking the box of the house and opening it to the vast