Frank Lloyd Wright: Design/Theory/Process

Professor Anthony Alofsin

TTH 3:30-5:00PM GOL 3.120

ARC 342D: 00766

There are many ways to look at the history of architecture. This lecture course is intended to use the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, America’s most famous architect, to explore his designs, methods, and the theories supporting them. While the course includes a broad over of Frank Lloyd Wright’s work, it focuses on analysis of his designs and ideas. Students will obtain a familiarity with Wright’s work, an introduction to concepts of organic design, and a synthetic definition of architectural modernism. The themes of the course will be explored through a series of analytical exercises. Examples of organic architecture by other architects may also be considered as variations on interpretations of organic design. Requirements, assignments, and lecture schedule may change as a function of class size and the availability of graders or Teaching Assistants.

The course intends to present a monographic, analytical approach to the work of a major cultural figure and the phenomenon of modernism; to develop the student’s ability to pursue primary research; to develop a method of investigation that has general applicability; and to familiarize the student with principles of the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright.

No prerequisites for undergraduate and graduate students enrolled throughout the University.