Frank Lloyd Wright: Falling on Water. Dejan Sudji assesses the work and philosophy of the great American architect, with particular emphasis on Falling water.
Frank Lloyd Wright an 19th century indvidual figure one of the very early modernist, he breaks away from notion of looking from the past , borrowing from history.
His architecture blends into the context, reflecting the land on which they are built, long low flat buildings that blended in with the ground. BBC radio extra 4 talks about how Frank Lloyd wasn't just famous for his organic Architecture but became known for designing every aspect of home from furniture to glass, cutlery, plates etc.
I particularly agree how the audio describes Frank Lloyd Wrights work being an 'essence of spiral approach.' The idea of nature but it moved into a broader sense with aspects of abstract nature democracy involved. Always relating to how he talked about his work in abstract linking it with nature.
The audio talks in detail about the Falling Water (above), designed mid 1930s. An extraordinary building which Frank Lloyd Wright is known for which sits on side of a hill, the first thing you notice is the waterfall that the building sits on. They talk about the contrast when you enter space in a dark space to slowly bringing the outside in to then moving from the inside out. A famous symbol of 20th Century 'Modern Architecture could change your life.'
Frank Lloyd Wright had very personal ideas, I personally particularly am influenced by his interests with the shape of the city and the buildings context.
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