Frank+Lloyd+Wright

media type="youtube" key="Tqsk4WARk2I" height="344" width="425" ** __Frank Lloyd Wright__ ** Frank Lloyd Wright influenced architecture in America by making truly American houses. He believed that his architecture should be unique to America and inspired by the natural surroundings. He tried not to take European styles and he made his own style. His houses blended with nature and he called that kind of architecture organic architecture. His houses were sturdily built and in 1923 a hotel in Japan that he built, survived an earthquake. He designed 1100 houses but only 550 were built. His most famous house was called Fallingwater. He built that house using the Organic Architecture style. He built it for a client who lived in the city with his wife and children. He needed a summer retreat for them to get away from the noise of the city. He also made the Ennis House. He made it entirely out of concrete blocks. He had tried to make the house inexpensive but the house became expensive anyway. He built 4 of those houses in California. He became good at seeing shapes around him. When he was young his mother gave him Froebel Blocks (a child’s learning toy). The blocks inspired him to do architecture. When he got older he worked for Louis Sullivan. The head of one of the most successful architecture firms in Chicago. He designed a couple of houses with him and called him his “beloved teacher”.
 * By Conway **

Wright was born in Wisconsin, that’s where he got his love for nature. He worked on his uncle’s farm and loved working with the nature at the farm. As well as architecture Wright studied engineering at the University of Wisconsin. He failed at that school and found an interest in architecture. That’s how he started his career. He designed a lot of houses in his career. He retired when he was 90 and designed a lot in his career.

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