International Master Works Series 4: Lloyd Wright-Flowing Water Villa

Frank Lloyd Wright is one of the most important architects in this century and enjoys a high reputation in the world. Many of the buildings he designed are praised by ordinary people and are valuable wealth in modern architecture.

Wright has a great influence on modern architecture, but his architectural thought is obviously different from the representative figure of European new architectural movement and has taken a unique road. Wright's first masterpiece was Winslow's private residence on the Follis River in 1893. This private house was designed by Wright for his first client, William Winslow, which shows that Wright likes to express architecture in strange scales. Wright believes that architecture should establish a connection between man and his environment. Wright claimed that the building he designed is organic architecture, which can reflect people's needs, the natural features of the site and use available natural materials. The roof of this house has a small slope and deep beams, but there is no attic and basement. The long rows of windows emphasize the impression of the house being low. He uses all-natural wood with spots,

And no paint is used, which fully embodies the natural beauty of wood. This is his first attempt to design a brand-new and localized American building. At this time, Wright and some architects in Chicago designed in this way, forming the prairie school. Although Wright himself doesn't like being labeled as such, he has actually become the leader of this school. 1909, at the peak of his career, Wright left his home and studio in Oak Park and came to Europe with a client's wife, Mama Boswick Cheney. When I was in Europe, I especially recommended two books introducing his works, which were published by Ernst Watt. This person is famous for his excellent portfolio. The two books are Ausgefü rhtebauten and Enü rfe (published in 19 10) and Ausgefü rtebaut. These two publications have won international fame for his works and influenced other architects.

Although Wright's main architectural works in his life were residential buildings, 1957 became a turning point.

That year, his studio got 59 projects, 35 of which were public buildings. The most famous of these works is the Marin County Municipal Center in California. In the same year, Wright also went to Baghdad to meet the Iranian king and designed an opera house and some municipal buildings. However, these designs were not realized during the Iranian revolution in 1958. He also designed the state capitol, Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe's private houses for Arizona, but these designs were never implemented. At the age of 90, Wright wrote another book, a test amendment. As the archivist Bruce Brools Pfeiffier said, Wright made a final summary of his works and artistic achievements in the 20th century. In Wright's life, * * * made 1 100 designs, and nearly one third of them were completed in his last decade. Wright has amazing self-renewal ability and is tireless in architectural design. He created real American architecture.

Through his works, his works and hundreds of students he trained, his thoughts were spread all over the world. flowing water

Flowing water villa is one of the masterpieces of modern architecture, which is located on the bank of Bear Creek in the suburb of Pittsburgh, USA. The owner of the villa is a German immigrant Kaufman, who is the owner of Pittsburgh Department Store, so it is also called Kaufman Mansion.

The villa has three floors, covering an area of about 380 square meters, centering on the living room (main entrance floor) on the second floor, and the rest rooms are scattered to the left and right. The appearance of the villa emphasizes the combination of blocks, which makes the building have an obvious sense of sculpture. Two huge platforms are staggered, the first platform extends to the left and right, the second platform is picked out forward, and several towering stone walls are staggered between the platforms, which is very imposing. Streams flow out from under the platform, and buildings naturally combine with streams, rocks and trees, as if growing underground.

The interior space of the villa is also exemplary.

Indoor space extends freely and permeates each other; The inner and outer spaces blend with each other and blend into one. Flowing water villa has achieved great success in the treatment of space, the combination of volume and the combination with the environment, which has made an accurate interpretation of organic architecture's theory and occupies an important position in the history of modern architecture.