fall 2005
ARC 368R/388R:
Frank Lloyd Wright: Work and Ideas
Prerequisites
For GRADUATE and UNDERGRADUATE students in the School of Architecture who have completed survey courses I, II, III in the history of architecture, or equivalent preparation.
For other students, permission of instructor is required.
Course Format
This lecture series will focus on the relationship of Frank Lloyd Wright's work and the emergence of Modernism from the late 19th through the mid-20th century. Students will obtain a familiarity with Wright's work and a synthetic definition of architectural modernism. This year major emphasis will be place on Wright's use of Primary Forms and his evolving concept of organic architecture. Ongoing research by the students and the instructor as well as assigned readings will form the basis of class discussion. Topics for a term paper will be approved by the instructor, and a bibliography of each topic will be formulated through discussions between the instructor and students.
Educational Objectives
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.
Evaluation
Grades will be based on participation in class discussion and a mid-term exam (one-third); a final research paper (one-third); and short projects and quizzes (one-third).
Texts
Books on library reserve in Battle Hall and articles will be on ELECTRONIC RESERVE.
Recommended for purchase and available at University Co-op:
Frank Lloyd Wright, Drawings and Plans of Frank Lloyd Wright, Dover, 1983
_____________, The Early Work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Dover, 1982.
William Allin Storrer, The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalogue.
Anthony Alofsin, Frank Lloyd Wright: the Lost Years, 1910-1922, Chicago, (1993.) paperback ed. 1998.
Frank Lloyd Wright: Master Builder, David Larkin and Bruce Pfeiffer, Eds. (New York: Universe Publishing, 1997) 0-7893-0098-2. Pb.