Organic Architecture

有機的建築 / 1900s– / Style / Architectural Thought

Refuses to separate building, furniture, material, terrain and light — one continuum including place and life.

Integration with terrain / Horizontals / Natural materials / Inside-outside continuity

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Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs space and gaze
Material
Verify materials specific to region, period and process
Caution
Beyond curves and wood: see how site, structure, furniture and human movement become one.
Further study
Frank Lloyd Wright / Fallingwater / Taliesin

Related entries

Source: Fallingwater — Frank Lloyd Wright

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