Frank Lloyd Wright Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 4 pages of analysis of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Frank Lloyd Wright Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 4 pages of analysis of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Frank Lloyd Wright

Summary: Brief overview of the great architect Frank Lloyd Wright, with emphasis being on "Organic Architecture" and his affect on his apprentices.
Frank Lloyd Wright. The very mention of his name beckons thoughts of the great architect. Thoughts of the Guggenheim Museum and Fallingwater rush into the mind. Wright, one of the most recognized names in all of Architecture, created hundreds of buildings over is 70 year career. He gave birth to new ideas and perceptions of what architecture is and how it can be used. He influenced countless numbers of future architects, among others his very apprentices, who loved the man and had the utmost respect for him.

Nature was an important thing to Wright, and even more importantly, how buildings interacted with the nature that he dearly loved. Said Edgar Tafel, a former apprentice of Wright, in an interview with PBS:

"I think that he didn't think much about the hereafter, but rather there is this passage in his autobiography, where he talks about his later life, that nature...

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