Frank Llyod Wright

FALLING

WATER

Frank Lloyd Wright

Name: Frank Lincoln WrightBorn: June 8, 1867Place of Birth: Richland Center, Wisconsin, U.S.

Who is Frank Lloyd Wright?• the most influential American architect of the 20th century.

• pioneer of the “organic” architecture movement

Organic Architecture

Architecture which promotes

harmony between human habitation

and the natural world through

design approaches

Early Life• Came from a low income family• Father left his mother after he graduated high school • Started university at the age of 15• Worked for the dean to support his tuition fees

Career Beginnings• Worked as a draftsman for Chicago architectural firm

of Adler and Sullivan• Started working directly under Louis Sullivan (Father

of Skyscrapers)• Parted ways when he breached his contract by

accepting private commissions

`Form follows function’

~ Louis Sullivan

Great Works

Falling Water ( Mill Run, Pennsylvania )

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (Manhattan, New York City)

The Johnson Wax Headquaters

Masterpiece introduction• Falling water is a

house built over the waterfall

• Completed in 1937• Stretches over 30 ft

waterfall, captured everyone’s attention

• The house’s terraces echo the pattern of the rock ledges below.

Design Concept• Organic Architecture- In close relationship to the glen, the trees, the foliage and wild flowers- The glory of the natural

surrounding is brought in as part of the daily life…

- Spaces are designed to bring nature into the four walls

Design Concept• Horizintal & vertical lines are distinctive features of the

building

Architecture Style

Frank Lloyd Wright told them that he wanted them to live with the waterfalls, to make them part of their everyday life, and not just to look at them now and then. Breaking water could constantly be heard throughout the entire house.

-Wright’s admiration for Japanese architecture was in his inspiration for this house, along with most of his work.

-Their attention is directed toward the outside by low ceilings; no lordly hall sets the tone but, instead, the luminous textures of the woodland, rhythmically enframed.

-columns and beams to form porches, and the plates, the horizontal elements that stretch as terraces on the waterfall, were made with concrete.

-Some walls and other vertical elements that define the spaces of the house, the like the floor, were lined with native stone from the site.

-The powerful sound of the falls, the vitality of the young forest, the dramatic rock ledges and boulders

-an architecture which conformed to nature would conform to what was basic in people.

Comparison With Other Works Of The

Architect

DIFFERENCES Prairie Style

• He conceived of the Prairie Style which needed fewer, larger rooms which flowed more easily, his antithesis to the rigid Victorian era architecture.

• Prairie houses were characterized by low, horizontal lines that were meant to blend with the flat landscape around them.

The W.W. Willits house, built in Highland Park, Illinois in 1902, was the first house that

embodied all the elements of the prairie style.

Mature Organic Style

• It was designed according to Wright's desire to place the occupants close to the natural surroundings, with a stream and waterfall running under part of the building.

• All of a structure’s features from its interior space and exterior shape, to its windows and furniture relates & complement each other as organic parts of a whole.

Falling Water

Usonian Houses • Designed on a gridded concrete slab that integrated the house's radiant heating system

• Usonian houses most commonly featured flat roofs and were mostly constructed without basements, completing the excision of attics and basements from houses.

Charles WeltZheimer Residence (1948) .

Significant later works• The building rises as a warm beige spiral from its site Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

• its interior is similar to the inside of a seashell.

• its unique central geometry was meant to allow visitors to easily experience Guggenheim's collection of non-objective geometric paintings by taking an elevator to the top level and then viewing artworks by walking down the slowly descending

SIMILARITIES• Organic design like Fallingwater & Usonian Houses.

• Both designs are to relate nature in its architecture among the residents.

Taliesin West House Fallingwaterfall Frank Lloyd Wright’s own home. Arizon, Taliesin.

• Japanese design is often use in his projects.

• Each style brings in Organic to fuse with his cultural Japanese design.

• Both exterior & interior brings in organic and Japanese architecture in its building.

SITE PLAN, FLOOR PLANS, ELEVATION AND SECTIONS

SITE PLAN

1491 Mill Run Rd, Mill Run, PA 15464, United States

Address :

Main House Floor Plan

Main Floor Plan

Main House Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Main House Floor Plan

Third Floor Plan

Guest House Floor Plan

Guest House : Main Floor Plan Guest House : Second Floor Plan

ELEVATION

South Elevation

SECTIONS

North/South Section East/West Section

Materials Used For The Buildings

Stone rugosa

Native stones

Concrete

WoodsSteel

Stone tiles

Final cost-- $155,000 , Included $8,000 architect’s fees, and $4,500 for installed walnut furnishings

Wright's desire to create a unified and organic composition limited the color palette at Fallingwater. Only two colours were used throughout, a light ochre for the concrete and his signature Cherokee red for the steel. PPG Pittsburgh Paints has worked with Fallingwater to develop eco-friendly paints that withstand the environmental challenges of the site.