ONLINE: Wright Design Series
Camela Langendorf
Kenneth Dahlin
As principal architect of Genesis Architecture, Kenneth C. Dahlin designs buildings with the "organic" emphasis of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie Style and Usonian eras, as well as in Mid-Century Modern and other styles. During this virtual Zoom edition of the Wright Design Series lectures hosted by Monona Terrace, Dahlin will discuss the seeming about-face on modernism taken by Wright, who criticized early adopters of his influential design ideas.
press release: The Misunderstood Wright: Modernism and Traditionalism
Presented by Kenneth C. Dahlin, PhD, AIA, NCARB
Thursday, August 20, 1:00 CST
We know Wright was the father of modernism and a modernist — don’t we? After battling Greek Revival and Victorian architecture in his early development of the Prairie Style, Wright very quickly pivoted and criticized the European Modernists such as LeCorbusier and Mies van der Rohe, who had been influenced by his work. What caused this reversal? Was it simply to be attributed to Wright’s ego and need to be at the cutting edge of architectural fashion? Or is there more to it than that? This lecture will explore this issue and the answers will help us better understand the nature of organic architecture. More than that, it will help us understand the modern architecture of our day in light of Wright’s principles.
The program includes a Q&A session with participants. All that is required is internet access and a computer with audio accessibility.
Registration is required: https://zoom.us/webinar/
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