Theorist

Frank Lloyd Wright

1867–1959 Organic architecture & the American dwelling

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Details

Nationality: American

Classifications

Holder: Individual
Source of authority: Lived experienceObservation
Subject: More than human
Mode of transmission: Text drawingApprenticeship
Knowledge type: Relational embodied
Epistemic cluster: Western philosophical

Notes

[DRAFT] American architect whose 'organic architecture' integrated building, site and dwelling — from the Prairie houses and Fallingwater to the affordable Usonian home and the Broadacre City vision of dispersed, democratic settlement.

Connections

authored Fallingwater

Referenced by

Louis Sullivan mentored
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc influenced

Sources

Frank Lloyd Wright. An Autobiography. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943.
Neil Levine. The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. Princeton University Press, 1996.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Frank Lloyd Wright." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/frank-lloyd-wright/. Accessed July 17, 2026.