Movement
Organic Architecture
Explore in the Atlas →Frank Lloyd Wright's philosophy that buildings should grow harmoniously from their site, materials and time, unifying form and function as nature does; a continuing tradition realised in works such as Fallingwater.
Dwelling Settlement
Details
- Origin
- United States
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- ObservationLived experience
- Subject
- More than human
- Degree of codification
- Pattern based
- Mode of transmission
- ApprenticeshipText drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Sources
- Frank Lloyd Wright. An Organic Architecture: The Architecture of Democracy. Lund Humphries, 1939.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Organic Architecture." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/organic-architecture/. Accessed July 17, 2026.