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Frank Lloyd Wright The Master Architect

Frank Lloyd Wright The Master Architect. By: Scott Myers. Frank Lloyd Wright. Biography Famous Architecture Contributions Quotes Multiple Choice Key Terms. Biography. Richland Center, Wi . - June 8, 1867 Anna Lloyd Jones William Cray April 9, 1959 - Phoenix, Arizona Louis Sullivan

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Frank Lloyd Wright The Master Architect

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  1. Frank Lloyd WrightThe Master Architect By: Scott Myers

  2. Frank Lloyd Wright • Biography • Famous Architecture • Contributions • Quotes • Multiple Choice • Key Terms

  3. Biography • Richland Center, Wi. - June 8, 1867 • Anna Lloyd Jones • William Cray • April 9, 1959 - Phoenix, Arizona • Louis Sullivan • America’s greatest architect

  4. Biography – Early Life • Froebel Gifts • Divorce • Moved • Didn’t graduate high-school • University of Wisconsin-Madison • Moved to Chicago • Imperial Hotel

  5. Biography – Later Life • 4 marriages • Personal life collapsing • Publicity • Taliesin • TIME magazine

  6. Facts • Designed 1,141 houses. 532 built. 409 remain • Designed furniture, fabrics, art glass, lamps, dinnerware, silver, linens and graphic arts • Autobiography

  7. Falling Water • Often regarded as his best architectural work • American Institute of Architects named the house the "best all-time work of American architecture” • Currently museum – more than 150,000 visitors per year

  8. His House and Studio Located in Oak Park, Illinois.

  9. Taliesin • Located in Spring Green, Wisconsin

  10. Taliesin West • Located in Scottsdale, Arizona

  11. Price Tower • Located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma

  12. Contributions • Political – None • Diplomacy – None • Economic – Minimal • Social – Minimal • Technological – None • Cultural – New types of architecture

  13. Organic Architecture • Coined by Frank Lloyd Wright • Grow from environment • Suited American life • Still used

  14. Prairie Style • Low-pitched roof • Overhanging eaves • Horizontal lines • Central chimney • Open floor plan • Clerestory windows

  15. Quotes • "The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his clients to plant vines."New York Times Magazine (4 Oct. 1953). • "Clear out 800,000 people and preserve it as a museum piece."On Boston; in NY Times, 27 Nov 55 • "TV is chewing gum for the eyes."In Quote Disk 1,2,3, by DBUG, 1991. • "The truth is more important than the facts."In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994. • "Get the habit of analysis- analysis will in time enable synthesis to become your habit of mind."In Barnes & Noble Book of Quotations, by Robert I. Fitzhenry, 1987.

  16. Multiple Choice At what age did Frank Lloyd Wright run away from home? A.) 16 B.) 18 C.) 20 D.) 22 E. N/A What did Frank Lloyd Wright consider to be one of his biggest influences? A.) His parents B.) His teachers C.) Froebel Gifts D.) William C. Gannett E.) Books Frank Lloyd Wright was featured on the cover of what famous magazine? A.) TIME B.) The New Yorker C.) Design & Architecture D.) Esquire E.) Smithsonian

  17. Multiple Choice Where was the first place Frank Lloyd Wright moved after running away? A.) New York B.) California C.) Arizona D.) Wisconsin E.) Chicago Frank Lloyd Wright is most famous for what type of architecture? A.) Prairie B.) Organic C.)Industrial D.) Gothic E.) Victorian

  18. Key Terms • Froebel Gifts – A set of education materials developed by Friedrich Fröbel. • Clerestory- A high wall with a band of narrow windows along the very top. • Falling Water – Wright’s most famous building. Remains in south-western pennsylvania.

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