Frank Lloyd Wright and the Meaning of Materials - Reading

Highlights

• "the beauty of wood lies in its qualities as wood" - Frank Lloyd Wright
• Wright tended to hide structural wood. Was this because he didn't like the aesthetic of the structural wood itself, or was it because it would change his overall goal for the appearance of the building?
• Wrights views on carving wood, good and bad machinery was interesting. I found humor in his contradictions. It does make me think about how "nature" is manipulated and how it is viewed based on our culture and expectations.
• The author, Terry L. Patterson, did a good job of providing visual support to his ideas with pictures of Wright's work.