Frank Lloyd Wright's Life And Work
Frank Lloyd Wright born in Richland Center, Wisconsin on June 8, 1867 and died in Phoenix, Arizona in 1959. Due to his father's labor inconstancy, he lived an itinerant childhood in several states of the American Union, and finally settled for a short period in Madison, Wisconsin, where he studied English, French, mathematics and engineering without completing high school. Until then his adolescence had been in contact with nature, which influenced his later architectural perspective. At age 19, Wright decided to move to Chicago; A year later, Frank Lloyd Wright joined Adler & Sullivan as an apprentice to the famed architect Louis Sullivan, who is considered by many to be the father of modernism and the creator of the skyscraper concept. In
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When Frederick Carlton Robie, commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908 to build his house, he wanted an innovative house; which reflected a great lightness, without much ornamentation and a spatial conception without interruptions. The works had already begun in 1909 and finished in 1910. Wright would leave the work in charge of Hermann von Holst during his trip to Europe, during which time he would settle in Berlin, so he only supervised the first stage. They sold the house quickly for fifty thousand dollars at the time. Later the house would be sold in 1912 and it would be it again in 1926 to the Theological Seminary of Chicago. Furthermore, the house would undergo several attempts to demolish. In 1941, it would be the first time and then in 1957, the Chicago Theological Seminary would try to knock it down again, but this time Wright, who was already 90 years old, traveled to Chicago to defend his work, obtaining the support of Organizations such as the National Trust for Historic Preservation. William Zeckendorf would save the house by buying …show more content…
The house unfolds in two bodies displaced between them, leaving two large holes in the lot. One of these bodies, the back, contains the dependencies of the service. The second has the central core of the stairs and the fireplace. The basement contains the billiard room and the games room for children. The ground floor contains the living room and dining room and on the first floor are the bedrooms. The window hollows of both bodies have the orientation perfectly adapted to face the strong climate of Chicago. Chicago is very hot in the summer and has an excessive cold in the winter. Furthermore, the cubic and flat volumes projected horizontally by Wright make the most prominent formal feature of the dwelling. This makes the House Robie achieve a formal freedom that did not exist at that time in Europe which caused great influence and recognition in the pioneers of the Modern
When Frederick Carlton Robie, commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908 to build his house, he wanted an innovative house; which reflected a great lightness, without much ornamentation and a spatial conception without interruptions. The works had already begun in 1909 and finished in 1910. Wright would leave the work in charge of Hermann von Holst during his trip to Europe, during which time he would settle in Berlin, so he only supervised the first stage. They sold the house quickly for fifty thousand dollars at the time. Later the house would be sold in 1912 and it would be it again in 1926 to the Theological Seminary of Chicago. Furthermore, the house would undergo several attempts to demolish. In 1941, it would be the first time and then in 1957, the Chicago Theological Seminary would try to knock it down again, but this time Wright, who was already 90 years old, traveled to Chicago to defend his work, obtaining the support of Organizations such as the National Trust for Historic Preservation. William Zeckendorf would save the house by buying …show more content…
The house unfolds in two bodies displaced between them, leaving two large holes in the lot. One of these bodies, the back, contains the dependencies of the service. The second has the central core of the stairs and the fireplace. The basement contains the billiard room and the games room for children. The ground floor contains the living room and dining room and on the first floor are the bedrooms. The window hollows of both bodies have the orientation perfectly adapted to face the strong climate of Chicago. Chicago is very hot in the summer and has an excessive cold in the winter. Furthermore, the cubic and flat volumes projected horizontally by Wright make the most prominent formal feature of the dwelling. This makes the House Robie achieve a formal freedom that did not exist at that time in Europe which caused great influence and recognition in the pioneers of the Modern