Comparative Study Between Frank Lloyd Wright and Japanese Architecture
Comparative Study between Frank Lloyd Wright and Japanese Architecture
Johann Angelo Britto
Modern Architectural History
Judith Gibson-Vick
Thursday, March 7, 2012
Frank Lloyd and Japanese Architecture
Architecture reflects mankind’s artistic and engineering achievements. A building may merely be used to house people or property, but it represents the designs and structural marvels of that specific period. As we move from one architectural period to another, we find individuals who have contributed greatly to their respective architectural periods and left their mark on the growing world of art and architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright is one such individual who has changed the way we look at homes and buildings today. He is considered by many as the greatest architect in American history. He as built pieces of architecture that is marvelled by artists and aspiring architects today.
America’s premier architect, Frank Lloyd Wright was born in the Richland Center, Wisconsin on June 8, 1867. Anna Lloyd Jones Wright, his mother was the driving force that helped him become the architect that people remember today. She believed it was in his destiny to become an architect and her responsibility in helping him fulfil it.
He attended college at the University of Wisconsin in 1884. He was determined to be an architect. Even though the university didn’t offer architecture, he stayed there and attended engineering classes. This is where he got some architectural experience from doing construction on the college. Later in 1887 he worked for the firm of Adler and Sullivan. Wright’s first constructions were homes. Frank mastered the art of making the house blend with its surroundings, as it were grown from the ground. He achieved this by adding objects on to the house, which made it fit its natural environment.
Frank Lloyd Wright was greatly influenced by Japanese architecture. It was the Colombian Fair in 1873 where he was first introduced and became fascinated with
Johann Angelo Britto
Modern Architectural History
Judith Gibson-Vick
Thursday, March 7, 2012
Frank Lloyd and Japanese Architecture
Architecture reflects mankind’s artistic and engineering achievements. A building may merely be used to house people or property, but it represents the designs and structural marvels of that specific period. As we move from one architectural period to another, we find individuals who have contributed greatly to their respective architectural periods and left their mark on the growing world of art and architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright is one such individual who has changed the way we look at homes and buildings today. He is considered by many as the greatest architect in American history. He as built pieces of architecture that is marvelled by artists and aspiring architects today.
America’s premier architect, Frank Lloyd Wright was born in the Richland Center, Wisconsin on June 8, 1867. Anna Lloyd Jones Wright, his mother was the driving force that helped him become the architect that people remember today. She believed it was in his destiny to become an architect and her responsibility in helping him fulfil it.
He attended college at the University of Wisconsin in 1884. He was determined to be an architect. Even though the university didn’t offer architecture, he stayed there and attended engineering classes. This is where he got some architectural experience from doing construction on the college. Later in 1887 he worked for the firm of Adler and Sullivan. Wright’s first constructions were homes. Frank mastered the art of making the house blend with its surroundings, as it were grown from the ground. He achieved this by adding objects on to the house, which made it fit its natural environment.
Frank Lloyd Wright was greatly influenced by Japanese architecture. It was the Colombian Fair in 1873 where he was first introduced and became fascinated with
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