Frank L. Wright Architecture at Florida Southern College

Frank Lloyd Wright was an architect whose name goes synonymously with the development of American architecture in the early 1900’s. Born in Wisconsin in 1867, Wright lived on several estates with his family before eventually returning to his birth state to study at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He soon left college to work in Chicago with a well-known architectural firm. There Wright sh

The grounds of the college were nicely landscaped throughout; the presence of numerous citrus trees indicates how the area was once full of citrus groves by the acres. The cover walkways from each building made it seem like one continuous building. They flowed into each structure as if it was an extension of itself. The design of most of the buildings incorporated triangular shapes and lines of the esplanades. The Polk County Science Building, one of the last of Wright’s building to be constructed was very long in shape, tan in color, and made of concrete blocks and copper. An example of Wright’s use of parallel lines, rectangular shapes and grid form were evident in this structure. Unfortunately the doors to that building were locked so I was unable to experience how it would feel like to be a student in a Frank Lloyd Wright designed classroom.

Viewing all of Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings at Florida Southern College was an amazing experience for me since I have such a great passion for architecture. Even after leaving the campus, I continued to be in a state of awe, they were such powerful buildings with a history and story behind each one of them. These structures spoke to me much in the same way a painting on a wall would do. It was obvious that Wright was a man well ahead of his time, his designs were simple, not at all abstract more nonobjective, they were modern and still continue to look that way. As Wright quoted himself, “these buildings will be standing a thousand years into the future” and I believe that rightfully so.

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