Saturday, April 27, 2013

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
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The Martin House is actually part of a complex of buildings that also includes the Barton House and four other structures. Frank Lloyd Wright designed 394 pieces of art glass for the Martin Complex using 15 basic designs, 11 of which were for the Martin House itself. Each of the house's two floors have a different basic pattern for the window designs, and there are separate patterns for exterior and interior windows as well as for ceiling panels (geometric designs based on squares).
The "Tree of Life" design used on the second floor was dense enough to provide some privacy, with each consisting of over 700 individual pieces of glass separated by various widths of brass caming.

I have always been fascinated with Frank Lloyd Wright. His wonderful architectural designs and his stained glass is so well balanced with the nature is surrounds. These windows are works of art not only because of the beautiful patterns they are but for the beautiful Changing patterns they cast from the changing light that streams through the, 

Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright, June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 532 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy was best exemplified by his design for Fallingwater (1935), which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture".[1] Wright was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture and developed the concept of the Usonian home, his unique vision for urban planning in the United States.
His work includes original and innovative examples of many different building types, including offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, and museums. Wright also designed many of the interior elements of his buildings, such as the furniture and stained glass. Wright authored 20 books and many articles and was a popular lecturer in the United States and in Europe. His colorful personal life often made headlines, most notably for the 1914 fire and murders at his Taliesin studio. Already well known during his lifetime, Wright was recognized in 1991 by the American Institute of Architects as "the greatest American architect of all time."