Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture of the Interior

Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture of the Interior A Study in Proportion, Volume & Design In association with the Yager Museum of Art & Culture at Hartwick College Exhibit: Architecture of the Interior by Frank Lloyd Wright Nancy Golden: Foreman Gallery Exhibit Coordinator & Curator of Visual Resources Prepared and presented by Anthony Catsimatides on September 15, 2016 at the Hartwick College auditorium

Born June 8, 1867 Died April 9, 1959 Solid Family support in the arts, education and architecture: Mother and aunts were Kindergarten educators following the beliefs of German youth educator Frederic Froebel College for Engineering: 1885 - 1887 Lyman Silsbee: 1887 – 1888 (Queen Ann Style Homes) Louis Sullivan: 1888 – 1893 (Poet/Architect, independent home designs) Opened Private Practice: 1893 Prairie Style: 1901 – 1910 European Travels: 1909 - 1910 Conventionalization & Geometric Patterns: 1911 – 1922 California Textile Block Houses: 1922 – 1924 Organic Architecture: 1930 – 1959 Usonian & Usonian Automatic Houses: 1936 – 1959 Daring and Bold Designs: 1946 – 1959 Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin III, Spring Green Wisconsin, 1945 FLLW Fdn# 6006.0075

Organic Throughout Arthur Heurtley House, Oak Park, Il, 1902

Huffington Post, Associated Press

First Floor Plan William Winslow House, River Forest, IL - 1893

Entry Foyer & Fireplace Nook

Ho-o-den Pavilion, Chicago World’s Fair, 1893

Winslow House, 1893

1912 The Japanese Print had a strong influence on Frank Lloyd Wright

Plate XV Wasmuth Portfolio

Hakusai Print, 1833

Perspective Drawing, FLW Wright considered this his first Prairie Home Design

Ward W. Willits House, Highland Park, IL - 1901

Tomek House, Riverside, IL, 1904

Hellenic Design

Dinning Room Alan Weintraub, FLW The Rooms

Dinning Room Elevation Drwg

Ward W. Willits House, Highland Park, IL - 1901

Exterior

Interior Column Detail

Atrium

Larkin Building, Buffalo, NY 1902 - 1906

Froebel Blocks

Larkin Building Buffalo, NY 1902 - 1906

Larkin Building Buffalo, NY 1902 - 1906

Louis Sullivan, 1856 – 1924 Often Referred to as Lieber-Meister

Transportation Building, Chicago Worlds Fair 1893 - 1894 Wright worked for Sullivan from 1887 - 1893

Frank Lloyd Wright Design while working for Louis Sullivan Charnley House 1891 – 1892, Chicago, Il

Children’s Play Room Mural from a scene from The Arabian Nights

Corridor between Home & Studio

Fireplace Nook Home & Studio

Static Geometric Form

Organic Growth take Precedence

Intimate Family Seating

Home & Studio, Oak Park, IL 1889 - 1895

Home & Studio 1889 - 1895

Early Designs in Domestic Architecture

Prairie Style Architecture Susan Lawrence Dana House, 1902

Largest Commission to date - over 12,000 square feet, 35 rooms, 16 varying levels

Susan Lawrence Dana House, Springfield, IL, 1902

Dinning Room from Balcony Above

Dining Room perspective

Fountain Design by Richard Bok & Marion Mahoney Leaded glass doors in background

Entry Foyer

Susan Lawrence Dana House, Springfield, IL, 1902

Front Entry Elevation

Connector to stables Darwin D. Martin House & Complex, Buffalo, NY, 1907

Sitting Room with Great Fireplace

Conservatory Stained Glass Window

Wasmuth Portfolio

Avery & Queene Ferry Coonley House, Riverside, IL, 1908 - 1912

Pinnacle of the Prairie Homes

Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago, IL, 1908

Living Room

Frederick C. Robie House, Chicago, IL, 1908

Otto Wagner Kkarlsplatz Stadtbahn Station, 1900 Vienna, Austria

Joseph Maria Olbrich Secession Building, 1897, Vienna, Austria

Vienna Secession Kabarett Fledermaus, Josef Hoffman

Stained Glass Windows New Direction in geometry Avery & Queene Ferry Coonley House, Riverside, IL, 1908 - 1912

Form & Meaning Significance of Pure Geometry

Square = Integrity Circle = Infinity Triangle = Structural Unity

“Conventionalization�

Experiment in Form & Decorative Application 1912 - 1922

Beer Hall Midway Gardens, Chicago, IL, 1913

Main Facade

Midway Gardens, Chicago, IL, 1913

Sprites Franz Metzner, Leipzig Exhibit, 1909

Midway Gardens, Chicago, IL, 1913

Cube Midway Gardens, Chicago, IL, 1913

Octagon

Triangle

Sphere

Table & Setting Midway Gardens, Chicago, IL, 1913

Tavern

Midway Gardens, Chicago, IL, 1913

Taliesin II, Spring Green Wisconsin, 1914

Court Yard

Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922

Lounge Oya Stone Throughout

China Design

Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922

Light Fixture Sketch

Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922

Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922

Glass Sketch Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922

Relief Detail Sketches

Promenade

Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922

Central Lobby

Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922

Frieze Detail Oya Stone

Carpet Design Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922

Balcony Detail Oya Stone Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Japan, 1917 - 1922

Interior / Exterior Form Integration

Mayan Interlude

Hollyhock House for Aline Barnsdal Los Angeles, CA, 1919-1921

Hollyhock House for Aline Barnsdall, Los Ageles, CA, 1919-1921 Elizabeth Daniels, la.curbed.com

Living Room From Foyer

Entry Vestibule

Living Room & Fireplace

Textile Block Houses Los Angeles, CA, 1922 - 1924

Millard House

Freeman House Storer House

Interior Design

Edgar Kaufman Office Interior Pittsburgh, PA, 1935

Unique Designs

Broadacre City, late 1920’s onward

Johnson Wax Administration Building, 1936 – 1939 Tower 1944 -1950

Johnson Wax Administration Building, 1936 - 1939

Wingspread, Racine, Wisconsin, 1938 - 1939

Fallingwater, 1936 – 1939, Bear Run, PA

Annie Pfeiffer Chapel Exterior

Library Seating

Library Skylights

Florida Southern College Lakeland, FL, 1938 – 1945 Author

Annie Pfeiffer Chapel Interior

Usonian & Usonian Automatic Moderately Cost Homes (Usonian) 1937 – 1945 Owner Built Moderately Cost Homes (Usonian Automatic) 1945 – 1959

Courtyard Photo of Frank Lloyd Wright & Olgivana Wright Oct. 22, 1953, Pedro Guerrero

Usonian House Exhibition, NYC, 1953 Site of present Guggenheim Museum

House Interior

Usonian House Exhibition, NYC, 1953 Site of present Guggenheim Museum

Typical Floor Plan William and Elizabeth Tracy House, built it themselves, 1956 Gerald B. & Beverly Tonkens House, near Cincinnati, OH, 1955

Typical Usonian House Usonian Automatic Houses, Textile Block redefined for Usonian Automatic

Wikipedia

Dining Room Living Room Alan Weintraub Herbert & Katherine Jacobs House Madison, Wisconsin, 1937 First Usonian House

Dining Alcove w/ Workspace to right and Living Room straight Ahead Alan Weintraub

Sidney Bazett House, Hillsborough, CA, 1939 Alan Weintraub

Usonian Houses

James Christie House, Bernardsville, NJ, 1940 Alan Weintraub

Imperial Hotel Lamp Design

George Sturgis House, Brentwood Heights, CA, 1939 Alan Weintraub

Midway Gardens Table Set Usonian Houses

American Model C3, Ready Cut System Built House

Usonian Houses

Kitchen behind Living Room

Living Room William and Mary Palmer House, Ann Arbor, MI, 1950

Usonian Houses

Taliesin Studio, Spring Green WI, 1911-1959

Usonian Houses

Living Room

Exterior

Usonian House Faculty Housing, Design 1939, built 2015 Florida Southern College Campus, Lakeland FL Author

Interior