{"id":2647,"date":"2021-09-28T09:30:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T13:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scaranoarchitect.com\/old\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2022-11-08T03:43:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T08:43:05","slug":"frank-lloyd-wright-the-father-of-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scaranoarchitect.com\/old\/frank-lloyd-wright-the-father-of-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Lloyd Wright, the Father of Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frank Lloyd Wright (Father of Architecture) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. Over a period of seventy years, he designed over one thousand structures.\u00a0 His \u201cPrairie Style\u201d became the basis of twentieth-century residential design<\/a> in the United States. He was born on June 8, 1867, in Richland Center, Wisconsin, and died on April 9, 1959, while living in Phoenix, Arizona. Ironically this is the same year owner of Scarano Architect, PLLC, and Architect, Robert M. Scarano Jr., was born, (September 23, 1959). \u00a0As one great architect left this earth another one came into the world.<\/p>\n

Wright believed in designing in harmony with humanity and the environment, a philosophy he called \u201corganic architecture.\u201d If you ask the average citizen to name a famous<\/a> architect, Frank Lloyd Wright would be their first answer. Abundantly creative, Wright changed the way we build and live. He actually designed 1,114 architectural works of all types of which 532 were realized. Wright created some of the most innovative spaces in the United States.\u00a0 His visionary work cemented his place as the American Institute of Architects\u2019 \u201cgreatest American architect of all time.\u201d Wright believed that architecture could be genuinely transformative and he devoted his life to creating an aesthetic that would enhance society\u2019s well-being. . \u201cAbove all integrity,\u201d he said: \u201cbuildings like people must first be sincere, must be true.\u201d To Wright, architecture was not just about buildings, but about nourishing the lives of those within them.<\/p>\n

Frank Lloyd Wright was a truly organic builder who would develop a structure from within working outwards. In this way, he was able to stay in harmony with the time, place, and inhabitants of it. Wright felt that in organic architecture it was impossible to consider the building as one thing, the furnishing as another, and its setting and environment as yet another. His strongly held belief was that these elements must be conceived together to work as one thing. In order to accomplish this Wright-designed furniture, rugs, fabric, art glass, lighting, dinnerware, and graphic arts.<\/p>\n

Frank Lloyd Wright devoted his life to promoting architecture as \u201cthe great mother art.\u201d He drew inspiration from the Japanese idea of a culture in which every object, every human, and every action were integrated to make the entire civilization a work of art. Ultimately his vision served beauty. He firmly believed that every man, woman, and child had the right to live a beautiful life in beautiful surroundings. Throughout his career, he sought to create affordable architecture for all that served that inspiration.<\/p>\n

Many of Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s designs are legendary. Here are just a few:<\/p>\n