Introductory Page

Perhaps no architect has impacted American culture more profoundly than Frank Lloyd Wright.  He created unusual homes, office spaces, city plans, furniture, and art.  He wrote voluminously, and he helped to redefine what it meant to build.  In this e-book, we interrogate the life and ideas of Wright, arguing that his architecture can help us to understand America today.  The structure of the book is derived from Wright's thinking, and from the practice of designing buildings and furniture.  We hope that you enjoy reading about this great thinker.  

Frank Lloyd Wright designed modular furniture as well as plans for mass-produced Usonian homes.  We thus use this as a metaphor for the chapters in our book, which can be reconfigured and read in any order.  Just as the tables and seating Wright designed for homes could be rearranged.  

Links to Writing by Each Student

• Feminist Architecture Module


• City Planning Module