Description of Frank Lloyd Wright's Home Designs
Frank Lloyd Wright is recognized as one of the greatest architects of the 20th century. He designed more than 1,000 buildings during a career that spanned more than 70 years. Many of his designs were private homes. Does this Spark an idea?
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Style
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Wright's homes feature simplistic style and open floor plans. His early homes had no attics or basements. Many of his designs took advantage of nature and were cleverly tucked into hillsides.
Function
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Wrights home designs integrated indoor and outdoor spaces by use of skylights and large open doors and windows. His designs inspired a style of architecture known as "prairie style."
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Materials
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Frank Lloyd Wright relied heavily on the use of natural materials in his homes. Most of his designs feature rich unpainted wood elements, and generous amounts of stone and brick.
Location
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Though homes that Wright designed are all over the United States, the biggest collection can be found in the Oak Park neighborhood of Chicago.
Notable Designs
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According to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, two of Wright's most notable homes are the Robie House in Chicago, the Martin House in Buffalo, New York, and Fallingwater in Mill Run, Pennsylvania.
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