The Wright Style: Recreating The Spirit Of Frank Lloyd Wright, Carla Lind, c. 1992

The Wright Style: Recreating The Spirit Of Frank Lloyd Wright, Carla Lind, c. 1992.

Introduction

The Wright Style, p. 16

Wright's Own Homes, p. 52

Classic Wright Houses, p. 70

Living With Wright, p. 118

The Wright Influence, p. 152

Wright At Home: A Catalogue, p. 190

Directory of Sources, p. 217

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Wright's Own Homes

Oak Park Home and Office

• 1889, first home, six-room bungalow, Oak Park, Illinois
• triangular-shaped home
• he 21; his new wife, 18 years old
• by 1895: four children
• a large addition added
• around 1898: integrated work and home life
• studio addition
• added a complex, geometric composition of rectangles, octagons, and squares
• included a drafting room with a balcony, his office, a library, and an impressive reception hall
• building now owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
• operated by the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation

1909: year in Europe

Taliesin

• 1911 began plans for a new home
• overlooked the Wisconsin River; on the land of his Welsh forebears
• the name of a famous Welsh poet
• means "shining brow"
• a beautifully created community of organic buildings
• original 7,000 square feet has grown to 37,000 square feet
• plus three-quarters as much in gardens, courts, and terraces
• 600 rolling acres:
• Hillside Home School buildings
• Tan-y-deri (his sister's house)
• several other smaller residences
• the Midway farm buildings
• the Romeo and Juliet windmill, a Wright design from 1896
• a dammed-up stream on the valley floor; waterfall and pond 100 fee from the home

Taliesin West

• 1932: founded the Taliesin Fellowship
• 1928: built near Phoenix, Arizona, a canvas-covered camp
• Ocatillo, in some ways became the prototype for Taliesin West
• on a beautiful mesa just below McDowell Peak near Scottsdale that was perfect for their permanent architectural camp
• fellowship numbered about 30 people

Classic Wright Houses