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Frank Lloyd Wright Architect, Building, Houses, Photos, USA, Designs, Homes

Frank Lloyd Wright, United States of America : Information

20th Century American Architect Practice



20 Apr 2012

Frank Lloyd Wright - Latest Building Addition

Martin House Complex, Buffalo, USA
Frank Lloyd Wright House in Buffalo
photo : Biff Henrich / courtesy MHRC
Frank Lloyd Wright House in Buffalo
Frank Lloyd Wright designed a unique residential complex for wealthy Buffalo businessman Darwin D. Martin and his family between 1903-1905. The most substantial and highly developed of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie houses in the Eastern United States, The Darwin D. Martin House received National Historic Landmark status in 1986.

Frank Lloyd Wright - Major Building

Fallingwater, Bear Run, Pennsylvania, USA

The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation was established by Wright at Taliesin West

Frank Lloyd Wright - Featured Buildings

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Guggenheim Museum New York
photo : David M. Heald, © SRGF, New York
Guggenheim Museum New York
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright between 1934 and 1937 and sited on a spectacular waterfall in Mill Run, Pennsylvania, Fallingwater, the Edgar J. Kaufmann house is considered by many as one of the best works of American architecture.

Houses of Sagaponac, Long Island, NY, USA
Bachman Wilson House, NJ by Frank Lloyd Wright:
Bachman Wilson House
picture from Brown Harris Stevens
Project Offers Opportunity to Relocate Restored Frank Lloyd Wright House
Houses of Sagaponac
The Houses of Sagaponac provides a possible unique sanctuary to relocate the completed restored Bachman Wilson House within a neighborhood of well-designed houses that emulates a similar design philosophy. In 1954 Abraham Wilson and Gloria Bachman commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design a house in Millstone, New Jersey, an area subject to frequent flooding.

Zimmerman House, Manchester, USA
Frank Lloyd Wright house
photo © Adrian Welch
Frank Lloyd Wright house : photos exclusive to e-architect

Frank Lloyd Wright Architect - Key Buildings

Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings / Projects listed chronologically

Frank Lloyd Wright Residence, Oak Park, Illinois
1889
Built for Wright and his family
Designed while Frank was working for Adler and Sullivan Architects in Chicago.

William H. Winslow House, River Forest, Illinois
1893
Frank Lloyd Wright's first independent commission after leaving Adler & Sullivan
Architects.

Ward W. Willets House, Highland Park, Illinois
1901
The first Prairie Style house by Lloyd Wright

Unity Church, Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois
1904/08
Innovative concrete building

Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago, Illinois
1906
Key example of the Prairie Style house.

Hollyhock House, Los Angeles, California
1917

Taliesin III, Spring Green, Wisconsin
1925
Frank Lloyd Wright's former home

Fallingwater, Bear Run, Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania
1935
Weekend retreat for Edgar J. Kaufmann
This is Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous and spectacular building. The house boldly cantilevers out over a beautiful waterfall. Fallingwater voted American Institute of Architects Best American building of last 125 years.

Honeycomb House, Stanford, California
1936
Usonian house built for Paul R. Hanna
Designed around a hexagonal grid, visibly expressed in the floor tiles and walls

S. C. Johnson Administration Building, Racine, Wisconsin
1936

Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona
1937

S. C. Johnson Research Tower, Racine, Wisconsin
1944/47
aka Johnson Wax Research Tower

Unitarian Church, Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin
1947

V. C. Morris Gift Shop, San Francisco, California
1948
V. C. Morris Gift Shop
picture from Xanadu Gallery
San Francisco Architecture - more photos

Price Company Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
1952

Beth Sholom Synagogue, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
1954

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
1956

Florida Southern Colleges - Child of the Sun, Florida, USA
1938-59
Florida Southern Colleges
The largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in the world, known collectively as Child of the Sun, the 12 structures will be featured in the 2009 exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Eager to realize his dream of masterminding an entire city, Frank Lloyd Wright designed 18 buildings for Dr. Ludd Spivey, 12 of which were built.

Water Dome - centerpiece, a massive, 160-foot-diameter, 74-jet fountain
Water Dome
photo by Florida Southern College

Esplanades and Watson Administration building
Watson Administration building
picture © Robin Hill

Annie Pfeiffer Chapel
1938-41
Annie Pfeiffer Chapel Annie Pfeiffer Chapel interior
photos © Robin Hill

Annie Pfeiffer Chapel building
image by Florida Southern College

Fletcher
1952
Fletcher
picture by Florida Southern College

More designs / images by Frank Lloyd Wright Architect online soon

The American Institute of Architects designated seventeen Frank Lloyd Wright buildings to be retained

Frank Lloyd Wright Residence
William H. Winslow House
Ward W. Willets House
Unity Church
Frederick C. Robie House
Hollyhock House
Taliesin III
Fallingwater
Honeycomb House
S. C. Johnson Administration Building
Taliesin West
S. C. Johnson Research Tower
Unitarian Church
V. C. Morris Gift Shop
Price Company Tower
Beth Sholom Synagogue
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Frank Lloyd Wright assistant - Rudolf Schindler:
Oak Park studio: 1918-20
worked on projects such as Imperial Hotel
Los Angeles studio: 1920-31
worked on projects such as Hollyhock House for Aline Barnsdall

Frank Lloyd Wright - Key Buildings by area

Chicago Buildings:
Frederick C. Robie House

New York State Buildings:
Reisley House, Westchester
Friedman House, Westchester

Ohio Building:
Westcott House, Springfield

Pennsylvania Buildings:
Fallingwater, Bear Run
Kentuck Knob, Chalk Hill

Bachman Wilson House, NJ - relocating to NY
Bachman Wilson House Millstone
picture from Brown Harris Stevens



 


Frank Lloyd Wright - Practice Information

20th century American architect, celebrated for modern buildings rotted in nature, most famously at FallingwaterFrank Lloyd Wright architect - RIBA Gold Medal Winner 1941

American Architecture

Frank Lloyd Wright : Modern Architect

New Frank Lloyd Wright Building
The Massaro House, Petre Island, Lake Mahopac, New York State, USA
(1950)-2007

Modern Houses

Frank Lloyd Wright Architect : American Architect

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