1. Modern housing design: prefabricated and modular design in Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture
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Ana Tagliari
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Projeto modulado ,Pré-fabricado ,Projeto residencial ,Frank Lloyd Wright ,Architecture ,NA1-9428 ,Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology ,HT101-395 - Abstract
This paper investigates the residential architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, especially the designs which were conceived from an idea of prefabricated, modular, low-cost, and high-scale construction. Wright's organic designs originated from a material-based grid, which at the same time organized and provided freedom to create spaces and forms. This study reviews Wright's work, from his first Midwest designs that relied on brick, through an intermediary phase in California when he made intense use of concrete blocks, until his last phase, the usonian houses, which featured wood paneling. During his early career, the concept and the methodology of Wright's ideas greatly contributed to a better understanding of his architecture, his apprentices and his followers. The economy and rationalization found in the projects reviewed are of great importance as the analysis of historical proposals helps us understand the topic in question.
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- 2011
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