Architecture

I have to say, this excursion on  the Final Excursion: Darwin D. Martin House  was my favorite excursion. Very rewarding! There seemed to be surprises around every corner, nook and cranny. The Architecture was simply amazing! The detail and thought that went into that building was exquisite!  Architecture is defined as The art and science of design and erecting buildings and other physical structures. A general term to describe buildings and other infrastructures.  Architecture is  A style and method of design and construction of buildings and other physical structures such as the Darwin D. Martin House.  In relation to buildings, architecture has to do with the planning, designing and constructing form, space and ambience that reflect functional, technical, social, environmental, and aesthetic considerations. All in which we have learned in our class through these weeks. It requires the creative manipulation(Changing) and coordination of material, technology, light and shadow.Those are all pieces of important information in the art world, all in which we learned about. The earliest surviving written work on the subject of architecture is De architectura, by the Roman architect Vitruvius in the early 1st century CE, the first documented Architecture was dated a long time ago in the history of our world! I did not realize the history behing that house. After further research,I learned that Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) designed a unique residential complex for wealthy Buffalo businessman Darwin D. Martin and his family between 1903-1905, also known as the Darwin D. Martin House. The most substantial and highly developed of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie houses in the Eastern United States(AND WE WERE IN IT!), The Darwin D. Martin House received National Historic Landmark status in 1986. The house is considered by leading Frank Lloyd Wright scholars as one of Wright’s finest achievements of the Prairie period and, indeed, of his entire career. What an honor to have the privilage to tour the house!  Thanks!