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The Contributions of Frank Lloyd Wright to Modern American Architecture

Concepts to Understand Before Visiting Fallingwater

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Organic ArchitectureIntegrates all parts to the building's whole and the building to its site, surroundings
Louis SullivanMaster of 19th century architecture: "form follows function"
Frank Lloyd WrightMost influential 20th Century American architect
Large, centrally located chimneyFLW's starting point for layout of rooms
The JapaneseInfluenced FLWright: eliminated superfluous parts of the house
Edgar KaufmanWright apprentice; his parents commissioned Fallingwater
Prairie StyleLong horizontal lines echo the land itself
CantileverHorizontal piece projects away from a support
Guggenheim MuseumNYC Wright building featuring a spiral structure
FallingwaterMasterpiece of organic architecture and cantilevering


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