Frank Lloyd Wright
Summary
- Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, designer, writer and educator
- 1867-1959
- He designed more than 1,000 structures over 70 years.
- He believed in designing in harmony with humanity and the environment.
Details
- Most famous design was the house 'fallingwater'
- He designed teh Solomon Guggeinheim in NYC
- His work schedule? “Between 4 and 7 o’clock in the morning,” he told her. “I go to sleep promptly when I go to bed. Then I wake up around 4 and can’t sleep. But my mind’s clear, so I get up and work for three or four hours. Then I go to bed for another nap.”
- He also worked out his designs entirely in his head before committing them to paper.
- he maintained 2 approaches to domestic architecture:
- a house should blend in with its environment
- The interior and exterior of a house should be integrted both visually and physically