ABSTRACT
The first of these fundamental ordering principles, and by far the most important, was the primacy of the space of inhabitation, which he called “the space within.” Wright’s concepts for architectural space evolved first in his designs for interior spaces and were only later projected or expressed in the exterior forms. For Wright, the spatial composition must be determined by the experience of the inhabitants and not by some preconceived formal order. The second principle was that space is given its essential character through its construction. Wright believed that the way a space is experienced is directly related to the way it is constructed and that the architect must work with “the nature of materials.” The third principle was that architecture takes place in nature, where interior and exterior space are woven together to make an integral whole. The relationship between architecture and the landscape was of fundamental importance to Wright, and he believed that the design of a building should start with the ground from which it was to grow. Wright designed buildings not simply as freestanding forms but as contributing elements in the larger order of both the landscape and the city.
