The World Through Other Eyes

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an architect and a progressive theorist who made a great impact on Dutch designers of the De Stijl era during the years following the Second World War. He studied engineering at the University of Wisconsin, but he decided to stand out as an architect and went to Chicago in 1887.  In 1889 began working in the office of Dankmar Alder and Louis Sullivan. In 1896 he opened his own studio. He designed in 1900 a type of independent housing called "houses on the prairie", it is influenced by Japanese principles that guide the relationship between interiors and exteriors and the symbolism of spaces open. The main feature of the Prairie Houses was the emphasis on horizontal lines, asymmetrical planes, and natural materials such as wood. He wanted to create an "organic architecture". He has a concept about this architecture that is to create buildings that seem to have arisen from nature or landscape. He use furniture instead of w...

Introduction In the early 20th century, new Scandinavian nations emerged with entrepreneurs and politicians who wanted to create powerful, prosperous and industrialized states. There were people interested in this like intellectuals, social reformers, artists and architects. They rejected the vulgar and sumptuous Victorian interiors. Each of these people took care of something; some to guarantee the maintenance of the national culture that suffered the threat of the machines for their traditional crafts, others in the improvement of life of the poor population and others to promote new ways of life. At this time, rural culture, inspired by the countryside, is very important; in addition to great interest in preserving ancestral trades and rural crafts. The population feared the loss of their culture with the arrival of industrialization, therefore, societies and associations were created, which were in charge of collecting samples of popular crafts and encouraged people not to los...