Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the greatest innovators in the history of architecture. He apprenticed in Chicago with Louis Sullivan, one of the great pioneers of modern architecture who first brought clarity to skyscraper design. Wright experimented with new design vocabularies and building systems. Typically Wrightian is the joining of the structure to site, integrating it with the landscape. Wright was also an early proponent of environmentally conscious design.

Wright's architecture is about ideas. He had a clear vision and philosophy of designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment. During his lifetime he designed over 1000 projects out of which over 530 projects were executed and each building reflects his thought process and yet holds a unique appeal through coordinated design elements. The purity of materials used to transform his idea and how he addressed every element of nature around the building was just incomparable. He believed in expression through building elements themselves. Wright, a committed modernist, always designed humane, warm architecture in harmony with its environment. modernism He is indeed the greatest American architect of all time.