Lloyd Wright

architecture have come. In the case of Paul Scheerbart and Bruno Taut’s Glass utopia, it was successful. Something that people thought to be joke during that time became one of the most use architecture style and elements in building today. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacre City was considered a dystopia during that period and would still be considered a dystopia today. The idea of giving one acre of land to each family would not have work since there is a limited amount of land and land is too…

Jackson Coale Gott was born September 10, 1829 in Lake Roland, Baltimore County. He studied carpentry as a child and later studied architecture in the offices of several prominent local architects, while apprenticing with an unnamed carpenter and master builder while studying under private tutors. After his apprenticeship, he worked in the building industry for several years and in 1863, Gott opened his architectural office, according to the Baltimore City Directory. Gott was later elected an…

American artist, Andy Warhol, once said, “they always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” Many see that one must take action before they get anywhere. Artist feel the need to express themselves in various ways in order to prove that rather than looking at the value of the work itself, society should focus on taking matters into their own hands for the betterment of the nation. Artist of the early 1900’s constructs themselves into society so that a change can…

To some, Wright’s style might look complex, while to others it might look quite simplistic. Wright has his own specific style when it comes to architecture. In fact, he actually named that style the prairie style, because he used it so often, that it has become his own signature look. Wrights buildings are usually first perceived as quite complex due to the unusual division of spaces and the unique exterior shape. Taliesin West is a famous…

Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the most prominent architects in the twentieth century, was very influential in the field of stained glass windows. He designed over 160 buildings containing many stained glass windows, of which almost 100 were built, which amounts to around 4,000 windows in total. Many of Wright’s houses had many windows, including the Dana and Martin houses with around 200, and the Little house with around 300. Wright also developed new styles of stained glass windows, including…

“While the standard polarization of human being in a crime story is normally dividing by the law abiding citizens from the criminal, the characters here are soon divided on the basis of sex differences.” (Alkalay) In Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles” Glaspell uses a murder investigation of a woman’s husband to demonstrate the different roles of men and women in the early 1900’s. Glaspell shows the reader, through small significant objects that the men think are inessential to illustrate the greater…

The one-act play “Trifles” written by Susan Glaspell in 1916 is a play about an on-going crime scene investigation where Mrs. Minnie Wright is accused of having murdered her husband, Mr. John Wright, but no evidence or reasons for her to commit such crime is found by the County Attorney and the Sheriff inside of the house where Mr. Wright’s body was found. In the play, it is shown how Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters find a dead bird in the house and decide to hide it from the investigators. As a juror…

gothic architecture James Renwick. Burnham himself had a long journey but eventually found his break when he was asked to become part of the rebuilding process of Chicago after the fire of 1873. Burnham and Root meet and worked at a firm of Peter B. Wright. They originally worked on just designing reserved housing for the barons of Chicago’s meat industry; the two seem to connect so well because of each other personality and this propelled them during their 18 years of partnership, building…

The Villa Savoye is one of the most important modern buildings of the 20th century which incorporated the Le Corbusier’s five principal points of architecture, and it could be the perfect realization of Le Corbusier's principles. This building is located outside of Paris and offers a space for occupants to escape from the crowded Paris. The location of the villa helped Le Corbusier to have freedom in design in order to create a masterpiece which would truly stand the test of time. This building,…

“Trifles” by Susan Glaspell begins with the investigation of John Wrights murder by strangulation. Sheriff Henry Peters and the county attorney George Henderson arrive at the Wrights farmhouse with witness Lewis Hale, Mrs. Peters, and Mrs. Hale. Lewis Hale explains about finding Mr. Wright acting strangely while she told him that her husband was murdered while she was asleep. During the investigation the women soon discover reason for action in the form of an empty birdcage and eventually…