The American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959) designed dramatically innovative buildings during a career of almost 70 years. His work established the imagery for much of the contemporary archi...
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The name Frank Lloyd Wright has become virtually synonymous with architecture in the American mind. Wright was a flamboyant, outspoken figure who was both praised and criticized for his controversial ...
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In the following essay, originally published in 1908, Wright discusses the principles of his architectural style, which emphasize simplicity, unity, and organic integrity.
Radical though it be, the...
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In the following essay, Roche considers the shared conception of America's limitless space held by Walt Whitman and Wright, and discusses other affinities in their geographical outlook.
The...
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In the following essay, Ziff investigates the effect of the Midwestern prairie landscape on American literature and architecture.
"My dear and honored Walt Whitman," Louis Sullivan be...
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In the following essay, originally published in 1914, Wright responds to detractors of the "Prairie School" of architecture—a movement formed of his disciples and imitators—...
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In the following review, Schapiro critiques Wright's social vision as it is represented in Architecture and Modern Life, observing numerous "contradictions and naivetés" in t...
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In the following essay, originally published in 1939, Pevsner assesses Wright's influence on European architecture.
There lived near London an architect known to many for his adventurous ear...
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In the following essay, Goodman and Goodman summarize Wright's architectural thought and compare his concept of Organic Architecture with the International Style of Le Corbusier.
As is natur...
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In the following essay, Buitenhuis examines the development of the skyscraper in relation to the views of American life held by Louis Sullivan, Henry James, and Wright.
When a new form is invented,...
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In the following essay, Kaufmann explores Wright's relationship to modern art, highlighting the architect's desire that art be integrated with life.
Frank Lloyd Wright spent the last ...
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In the following essay, Couser evaluates and compares the autobiographies of Wright and his mentor Louis Sullivan, emphasizing the prophetic scheme of both works.
The contributions of Louis Sulliva...
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In the following essay, Dougherty describes Wright's Utopian vision of a reintegrated America—"Broadacre City. "
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For the last thirty years of his long life, Frank Lloy...
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Frank Lloyd Wright. The very mention of his name beckons thoughts of the great architect. Thoughts of the Guggenheim Museum and Fallingwater rush into the mind. Wright, one of the most recognized name...
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Frank Lloyd Wright was born on June 8, 1867 in Richland center, Wisconsin. Frank was considered one of the best architects that have walked the earth. Frank was enrolled in the University of Wiscon...
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Throughout his career, which lasted more than seven decades, Frank Lloyd Wright designed more than 1100 buildings, nearly half of which came to be completed productions. He is considered by many to b...
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A house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as a low-cost dwelling for families of average means will undergo renovation next year and will eventually be turned into a museum.
But the house is ...
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Fans of architect Frank Lloyd Wright can learn about his life through music and in the field during an "immersion weekend" meant to showcase the city's architectural and cultural strengths _ a...
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Frank Lloyd Wright house opens to guests in western PennsylvaniaGREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) _ A relocated Frank Lloyd Wright home built in the 1950s now welcomes overnight guests with 21st century necessi...
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Pieces of architectural history sit on Milwaukee's south side _ a row of four duplexes and two cottages designed by Frank Lloyd Wright more than 90 years ago for low-to-moderate-income families.But...
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The only synagogue ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright has been designated a National Historic Landmark.Beth Sholom, a soaring glass-and-concrete temple just outside Philadelphia, began welcoming w...
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A boathouse designed by Frank Lloyd Wright opened to the public Friday on the city's waterfront, more than 100 years after it was conceived and nearly 50 years after the architect's death.Wright de...
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The Price Tower, a 19-story building in Bartlesville, Okla., designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, has been designated a National Historic Landmark.Fewer than 2,500 historic places in the...
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A painting of children at play by Francisco de Goya belatedly joined an exhibit of Spanish masterpieces on Thursday after being stolen en route from an Ohio museum and then recovered."All's well th...
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Sure, Illinois lacks the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Pyramids of Giza, or the Colossus of Rhodes.But it does offer visitors the Garden of the Gods in southern Illinois, the prehistoric archaeol...
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