Tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright – Fallingwater

Happy Birthday

June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1957
A video tour of Fallingwater (7:21)

Endangered Historic U.S. Places 2009

Unity Temple, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his own Unitarian congregation in Oak Park, Illinois, remains an icon of early modern architecture, with its geometric design, strong massing, characteristic detailing, and use of exposed concrete.
But despite ongoing maintenance of this National Historic Landmark, the 1909 building has suffered extensive damage from years of water [...]

Breaking All the Rules With New York’s Public-Building Design

By ADA LOUISE HUXTABLE
Brooklyn, N.Y.
May 13, 2009
Now that the age of irrational exuberance and outrageous excess is apparently over, can we please talk about real architecture again? It has been fun seeing just how far talent can stretch itself before achieving irrelevancy, but there are diminishing returns in watching more become less in an escalating [...]