Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright's career lasted from about 1900-1950. Along with FLW came the emergence of modernism. With both the World Wars happening around this time period, the destruction gave way to opportunities for new buildings and new designs. Modernism really embraced industrial design. Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Ludwig mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier were the pioneers of this movement and treated like an exclusive club. Those who wanted to follow the movement had to follow the exact rules they set in place. Frank Lloyd Wright created over 1000 structures and 532 works in his career. He began his career working for Adler and Sullivan. When he branched off by himself and create his own company in Oak Park, Illinois, 1893,  he began creating the Prairie style home. These homes blended their structure into the environment and used the same color palettes as the  indigenous plants where the homes were built, primarily in the Midwest. He primarily designed residential buildings but there were a select few commercial buildings as well.

Past:

Fallingwater

Emil Bach House

Taliesin West

Present:





Extra Credit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvQZbC1OOZc
The Fallingwater House - Documentary on Fallingwater

Peer Review:
Katie L: I liked how she talked about how he also designed a lot of the furniture for the homes that he designed as well.
Amanda M: I liked how she touched on his childhood and the pictures she picked were a great supplement to her blog.