America had its own fair share of brilliant architects that followed the style of international architecture. Two of the leading architects were Frank Lloyd Wright and Loius Sullivan.
First up, Architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Oh the famous Frank Lloyd Wright, the famous architect with a very interesting personal life. Big blow though, we are here to discuss his architectural works and not to pound on gossip. (we’ll do that later ..im joking). So Frank Lloyd Wright has numerous famous creations. One of them is the very, very famous fallingwater residence (or also known as the kaufmann residence) located in Pennsylvania, built on a waterfall on Bear Run in the Mill Run section of Stewart Township. As I’ve said before, this is one of the smartest architectural works I’ve ever seen. Who wouldn’t want to live ON a waterfall?! I’ve always wondered what It would be like waking up every morning to the sound of clashing waters and having the freedom of climbing out the window and diving to the water below. (LOL, doesn’t look very safe though). Lucky Kaufmann’s! Following the international architectural style, the fallingwater is cubic in shape and owned several glass windows. Frank Lloyd inspired many modern day architects to design residential homes like this one. I’ve recently just seen one on the movie “faster,” but I just can’t lay my hands on the name of that residence but I’m in love with it. It was a modern day version of the fallingwater-It overlooked nature and had long glass components as walls.
His other works included the Guggenheim museum which had another amazing concept behind it. The winding of the structure made it experiential to all its guests. I’ve heard that it had a circular ramp in the interior which went all the way to the top with all the works of art that belonged to the museum, plastered to the wall. In order for guests to view all of the works, they had to follow through this passage, going down, without even knowing it! Now that is cool.
Frank Lloyd Wright had many other accomplishments in life. He was not only an architect, but he was also an interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 projects in which 500 were completed. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright)
Loius Sullivan
They say that he is the father of skyscrapers, but I am not so familiar with the skyscrapers that he has created. The only structures created by Louis Sullivan, that I do know of are the Wainwright Tomb and the the Auditorium Building in Illinois.
The thing that struck me the most about the wainwright tomb was the domed cube . The revival of domes were not really practiced a lot during his time.
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