Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Step Inside St. Louis' Frank Lloyd Wright House
Would like to tour an actual Frank Lloyd Wright House in the Gateway City? Nestled on 10.5 acres in Ebsworth Park is a unique and significant residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, widely recognized as the greatest American architect of the 20th-century. This 1,900 square foot residence, built for Russell and Ruth Kraus, was the architect's first building in the St. Louis area, and is one of only five Wright designs in Missouri. It is an excellent example of Wright's democratic vision, intended to provide middle class Americans with beautiful architecture at an affordable cost. The home is notable not only for its architectural integrity, but for retaining all of its original Wright-designed furnishings and fabrics.
The square, rectangle, octagon, triangle, hexagon, parallelogram, circle, spiral, and arc are keys to the consistent and systematic quality underlying all of Wright's work. Those shapes allow an ordering of space that encompasses both composition and construction. Using nature as his mentor and geometry as a tool Wright developed what he called organic architecture. The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its significance in American architecture.
The St. Louis Artists’ Guild will open “Prairie Skyscraper: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower” exhibit on December 17, 2006. If you love the unique style of Wright, don’t miss this free, curated exhibit of artifacts and photographic documentation of the design, construction, and history of Frank Lloyd Wright’s innovative, multiple-purpose building for the Price family in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The St. Louis Artists Guild is located in Oak Knoll Park and will present the exhibit until March 3, 2007.
The square, rectangle, octagon, triangle, hexagon, parallelogram, circle, spiral, and arc are keys to the consistent and systematic quality underlying all of Wright's work. Those shapes allow an ordering of space that encompasses both composition and construction. Using nature as his mentor and geometry as a tool Wright developed what he called organic architecture. The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its significance in American architecture.
The St. Louis Artists’ Guild will open “Prairie Skyscraper: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower” exhibit on December 17, 2006. If you love the unique style of Wright, don’t miss this free, curated exhibit of artifacts and photographic documentation of the design, construction, and history of Frank Lloyd Wright’s innovative, multiple-purpose building for the Price family in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The St. Louis Artists Guild is located in Oak Knoll Park and will present the exhibit until March 3, 2007.
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