EMERGENCE

OF
MODERNISM
Sub Topic:
• Introduction to the topic
• Philosophy Frank Lloyd Wright.
• The Early Commissions
Lecture 06:
LOVELY SCHOOL OF
Mehak Vij
ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
 Learning
Outcome
To appreciate the work of
Frank Lloyd Wright and
implement his theories
while designing..
Introduction

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 Introduction
• By the decades of the 20th century, it had become
apparent that industrialization and the technology that it
relied on bad brought about changed in human affairs as
great as any that had occurred since the discovery of fire
and invention language.

• Telephone, electric light, travel by ship, rail, automobile,

and by air and structural engineering using Steel and
Reinforced Concrete brought about the extensive
changes in human experience that are often
Characterized as those of the “ First Machine Age.

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 Introduction
• The most important development in early 20th century design
was the emergence of design vocabulary appropriate to the
modern world of advance technology and the new patterns
of life that it brought about.
• Modernism is the name given to the new forms that appeared
in all of the arts– painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music and
literature.
• Four men are regarded as Pioneers (a person who is among the first to
explore or settle a new country or area) of modernism in design.
• They define new directions with such clarity and force that
they can thought of as the originators of “Modern
Movement”.

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 They were the European

• FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT(1867-1959) the AMERICAN

• WALTER GROUPIS(1883-1969)
• MIES VAN DER ROHE(1886-1969)
• LE CORBUSIER(1887-1965)

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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT(1867 - 1959)

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 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

• Concept “Form Follows Function” And A Non-historic

And Organic Style Of Ornament Was Central Idea Of
Wright’s Work..
• His Early Works Were Based On Hints Of Victorianism, Arts
And Crafts, Queen Anne Aesthetic Touches Only Depending
Upon His Client’s Demand.

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 IDEAS AND PHILOSOPHY
• GEOMETRY was a response to purpose, structure,
material and site.

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FALLING WATERS

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 FALLING WATERS

• The site chosen was a

natural landscape area for
the weekend home with a
water stream with it.
• It was thought that the
building would have a view
of the stream but FLW
made it over the stream.

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 FALLING WATERS

• Horizontal and vertical lines

are the distinctive features
of the building.
• Spaces are designed to
bring nature inside the four
walls.

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FALLING WATERS

• Staircase leading to the

waterfall adds as an
element of interest

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FALLING WATERS

• Interiors are simple though

vibrant, because of use of a
triadic color scheme (A color
scheme consisting of three
hues which are equally spaced
on the color wheel and their
various values) for furnishings
and monochromatic scheme
of brown for walls, ceiling and
floors.
Note: triadic color scheme (A color scheme
consisting of three hues which are equally
spaced on the color wheel and their various
values)

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FALLING WATERS
• Use of Intrinsic (belonging
naturally; essential)Materials
• Rock outcroppings as
structural feature and walls
built directly out of rock bed
of rushing stream
• Deep toned polished walnut
fashioned into book shelves,
ledges (a narrow horizontal
surface projecting from a
wall), low and wide tables
• Stone paved interiors
• Rugs of oriental fabrics, furs
and skin

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INTERIOR

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INTERIOR

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 FALLING WATERS
FACTS
• Falling water's structural system includes a series
of very bold reinforced concrete cantilevered
balconies;

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To be continued In
Next Lecture
“The Early
Commissions”
Lecture: 07

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 Introduction
• The earliest Wright houses are somewhat tentative, with
hints of Victorianism, Arts and Crafts, and Queen Anne
aesthetic touches as well as, though only when demanded by
a client, eclectic elements (half-timber work in a few
examples) as well.

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 Frank Lloyd Wright,
Winslow House, River Forest, 1893.
• Symmetrical Street Facade With Classic Dignity
• Unlike Victorian Houses, Horizontal Lines Were Emphasized
• Low Hipped Roof .
• Its broad roof overhang shelters a dark band of plaster
ornamentation
• Below that are walls of orange Roman brick—longer and lower than
standard brick.
• Decorative Bands Of ornately decorated white framework
emphasizing the front door
• Upper Floor Windows Placed In Terracotta Ornamentation.
• Plan Is Complex Interlocking Of Varied Spaces
• Ornamental Detail Like Stained Glass
• A More Geometric Approach Towards Design

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 Features

• Ribbons of carved patterns

surround the front door,
creating an almost
ceremonial feeling for what
is a relatively modest
entrance.

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 Features

• From a distance, the house

appears to have a flat dark
band running around its
top. When they reach the
house, visitors discover
that it’s actually an
ornately floral relief. It’s
done in plaster

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 Features
• The very large living room has the wood banding and bay-
window seating nook designed by Wright, as well as Winslow’s
light fixtures.

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 Features
• Contains both space
for a sizable table and
at the far end, a
projecting bay.
• Carved pillars, a
chandelier, and a
built-in bench make it
a grand, but also
comfortable space.

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 Features
• Decorative tracery fills the
bay window panes,
narrowing and emphasizing
the view out to the yard.

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Back yard of the house

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 ROBIE HOUSE
• The large house for Frederick Robie in south Chicago (1908–
10) is one of the most successful of all Wright’s houses.
• Low- walled gardens and terraces and extended sloping
hipped roofs surround living spaces that flow together.
• A central fireplace and chimney backed by an open stairway
separate the two spaces without walls or doors.
• Stained glass in the windows
• Wooden bands across ceiling surfaces, and built in woodwork
fittings and lighting fixtures give the interiors a unified
character.

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 ROBIE HOUSE

• Originally, furniture, rugs, and textiles were all designed by

Wright.
• The high- backed dining chairs were intended to give a sense
of enclosure to those sitting together around the table.
• The table itself was unusually low, and supported by corner
posts that rise above the table top to become lighting fixture.

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ROBIE HOUSE
ROBIE HOUSE

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ROBIE HOUSE

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• Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House Interior.

• Home Plans Two Story House Floor Plans

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Robie house
1st floor

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Art Glass Door

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Art Glass Window

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