Architecture in the hands of Frank Lloyd Wright

Architecture has always played a huge role in our society, especially in the 19th and 20th century. Without our architectural advances in the modern world, where would we be? Our whole society revolves around architecture and without it we wouldn't have any work or structures such as cars, houses, stores, museums, bridges, and many more structures that play a big role in our lives. Frank Lloyd Wright set the tone for modern architecture by creating his own style of building materials. He has inspired many young architects to push themselves to benefit the community.

Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin on June 8, 1867. His parents were William Cary Wright and Anna Lloyd-Jones. Since the day of his birth, his mother wanted him to be an architect. She helped and encouraged him all his life and when he was nine he made the announcement that he would be the greatest architect in the world. He attended Madison High School but later dropped out to begin his architectural career for the Dean of the University of Engineering Department, Allan Conover. Since that day he had created over 700 churches, houses, schools, theaters, museums, stores, and office buildings.

Frank Lloyd Wright exerted the greatest influence on the 20th century design by creating his own style, called organic architecture. He also created a style of homes used frequently in America called Usonian. Creating some of the most famous structures and buildings in America, Wright has made his mark in history. His first project ever designed was the Unity Chapel, also known as the Lloyd-Jones family chapel. He designed the chapel in Chicago under the work of Lyman Silsbee. Another one of his famous buildings was the Taliesin West which is a 600 acre complex near Scottsdale, Arizona. Interestingly enough, Wright has also created a house in the state of Alabama. This house is known as the Rosenbaum House, which is located in Florence, Alabama and is the only house open to the public in the southeast of his work.

As Wright grew up, he wanted to express himself in more of an architectural way. By doing this, he has created his own philosophies of architecture. One of his final structures to design was the Guggenheim Museum which relates back to his younger years of architecture. When Wright first started his architectural career, he worked for Louis Sullivan, he introduced an abstract way to design buildings and based many of his works on nature. He based the Guggenheim on a spiral which he made in New York and is viewed as a masterpiece to many people. 

Frank Lloyd Wright was viewed as a radical to many because of his different view points and styles of architecture. But Wright thought of this as a way to express himself in many ways. Publishers said that he could have made a lot of money by following societies way of thing but Wright decided to stick to his own methods and styles. Wright has drastically changed the way people think and view architecture. He sure got me up on my toes, and every time i see a unique structure or building, I think of how tough it could have been for Wright to push his ideas throughout the nation.