Frank Lloyd Wright was considered the father of Modernism, so he must have played a large part in the creation of this new style. Even with his colorful home life he still manages to rule the architectural times and create tons of pieces, along with starting his own practice. Some of the Residential buildings that he designed include: The Winslow House, Hickox House, and the Robie house(below image 1). All of which were built in our very own Illinois, which is where Frank Lloyd Wright was from. He also had his hand in plenty of commercial projects including: The Unity Temple, The Rookerie, The Johnson Wax Building, and the Larkin Building. Having both residential and commercial experience definitely earned him respect and plenty of work.
Walter Gropious, though a step down in fame, was a big part of the International Style. Although he recieved no formal degree Gropious still fought his way up to create his own practice as well as became the director at Weimar. When he put the fine arts and applied arts together it became known as Bauhaus (Image 2 below). This school opened up so much for students including: fine arts, architecture and design, town planning, advertising, stage design, and film. The want to create a relationship between was these and modernism really helped create the new program.
Marcel Breuer was someone greatly effected by the Bauhaus, having studied there and later to teach at it as well. He was mentored by Walter Gropious who had a great influence in him as well as the handles on a bike.
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