FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

INTRODUCTION
Frank Lloyd Wright was born on June 8, 1867. He was an American architect, interior designer,

writer and educator, who designed more than 1000 structures. Education : University of Wisconsin-Madison
He was hired as a draftsman with the

architectural firm of Joseph Lyman Silsbee He died on April 9 ,1959.

PHILOSOPHY
Wright believed in designing structures which

were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. It was an extension of the teachings of his mentor Louis Sullivan whose slogan form follows function became the mantra of modern architecture. Wright changed this phrase to form and function are one, According to him, organic architecture is a reinterpretation of natures principles

Marin county civic center

INTRODUCTION
The Martin county civic center is located in San Rafael , California . The expansive complex stretches across two valleys east of US 101 It's pink stucco walls and blue roof are distinctive features. The smaller wing is the county administration building and larger the hall of justice joined by a round structure.

The principal structure consists of a three storey 580 foot long administrative building and a four storey 880 foot long hall of justice at a lower elevation joined at

an 120 degree angle at an 80-foot (24 m) diameter rotunda.

Both structures are entered through a archways on their Lower levels. On the intermediate level they appear to stand on short slender gold anodized columns. On the top level they become round openings with gold railings directly under the deep overhang .

Entrances are controlled by vertical grills by gold anodized metals with rounded tops and bottoms.

The interiors are arranged around open atria or malls as Wright calls them which allows natural light to enter the space.
Interior spaces featured glass walls to allow light to penetrate from exterior and atrium. The eaves are embellished with an arched fascia with small gold balls inset in each arch, a pattern repeated in each atria.

Wright's concept envisioned a gold colored roof, which proved to be impossible to obtain in a long lasting material. After Wright's death Oligvanna wright chose a blue colored roof that would weather well, gaining soft with age.

The color choice along with the pink colored stucco walls was Located causing the building to be called the 'Big Punk'

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM

Introduction
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,

often referred to as The Guggenheim, is a well-known art museum located in Manhattan in New York city. Modern and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions throughout the year.

Plan

Elevation

Design
Cylindrical museum building, wider at

the top than the bottom. Was conceived as a "temple of the spirit" and is one of the most important architectural landmarks of 20th century.

Design
Wright produced four different

sketches for the initial design. While one of the plans (scheme C) had a hexagonal shape and level floors for the galleries, all the others had circular schemes and used a ramp continuing around the building.

Interior

Function
Guggenheim managed to accumulate a

collection of paintings. by European artists at first only to decorate his apartments, but later he organized exhibitions outside New York. In 1937 the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation was created and in 1939 he opened the "Museum of Non-Objective Painting" dedicated to abstract art.

Technique
Externally the main volume is composed

of a continuous concrete ribbon which surrounds the ramp and is inclined outwards, thus forms sort of an inverted truncated cone. Additionally there is another smaller cylinder located in the opposite corner, and both volumes are crimped by a horizontal slab, forming a sort of canopy.

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Style :Modernism

Constructed duration : 1936-1939 Later constructed : Johnson wax Research Tower (1944-1950). 14 storeyed
Johnson Wax Headquarters is the world headquarters and administration building of S. C. Johnson & Son in Racine, Wisconsin.

Plan

Elevation

Side Elevation

Front Elevation

Materials used for construction

The exterior walls are non-load bearing and were constructed using red brick.
Other materials used in the construction of the Johnson Wax Building included red Kasota sandstone and reinforced concrete used for the reinforcement.
Red kasota sandstone

He also designed over 200 different shapes of bricks that can be found in the building.

 In the Great Workroom, the dendriform columns

are 9 inches (23 cm) in diameter at the bottom and 18 feet (550 cm) in diameter at the top, on a wide, round platform that Wright termed, the "lily pad." Mushroom shaped columns are used on halls and car parking areas.

Hall

Car parking area

Column Height 9000mm. Column diameter(at the top) - 5500mm. (at the bottom) - 230mm.

Research Tower
The Research Tower was a later addition to

the building. It is 14 storeyed building. The single reinforced central core was termed by Wright as a tap root. Elevator and stairway channels run up the core of the building. There is a spacious court on three sides which provides vehicle parking for employees. The Research Tower is no longer in use because of the change in fire safety codes.

View

Interiors

FALLING WATER

INTRODUCTION
Falling water or Kaufmann Residence is a house

designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania. The home was built partly over a waterfall on Bear Run in the Mill Run section of Stewart Township, in Pennsylvania. Hailed by Time shortly after its completion as Wright's most beautiful job.

PLAN

ELEVATION

STRUCTURE
For the cantilevered floors, Wright and his

team used upside down T-shaped beams integrated into a monolithic concrete slab which both formed the ceiling of the space below and provided resistance against compression. A supporting wall under the main supporting beam for the west terrace was made.

STYLE
Bear Run and the sound of its water permeate the

house, especially during the spring when the snow is melting. Locally quarried stone walls and cantilevered terraces resembling the nearby rock formations are meant to be in harmony. The design incorporates broad expanses of windows and balconies which reach out into their surroundings.

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