The Architecture Of Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architecture

Frank Lloyd Wright is arguably the most important and influential architects not just in America, but ever. This might be because he designed so many buildings, many of which are considered some of the most important American buildings. It also might be because when it came to architecture his ideas were very revolutionary. Frank Lloyd Wright was using what he called “Organic Architecture,” while everyone else was using Beaux-Arts architecture. Beaux-Arts architecture can be Classical, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, or Georgian styles. It uses ornamentation, detailed sculptures and carvings. There is often a marble staircase with elaborate banisters. Frank Lloyd Wright felt that the American society was afraid to live as itself. He thought they were just using everybody else’s culture, premade abroad. Wright believed that America should have their own style and art. Frank Lloyd Wright wanted to make a uniquely American architecture. Wright did create a new kind of architecture, Organic Architecture, the only problem was it had already been created. It had the same ideas ...