First published: 23/03/20.

Clyde 2.5

Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings

Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings (Inscribed)

Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings by Clyde

I visited only one location of this WHS in October 2010. Even though I'm not a fan of modern architecture, I was positively impressed by some of the iconic buildings in New York City. It felt like being in a movie, as many of those buildings featured in many films I had seen.

I remember seeing the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum for the first time after an enjoyable NBA match at Madison Square Garden and a stroll in Central Park. Its unique architecture and white colour make it stand out among the regular vertical high rise buildings, without being an eyesore or too much of a contrast, which I personally find is the main problem of most modern architecture (such as for example the other Guggenheim in Bilbao).

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's interior is equally as impressive as its exterior, not for its eccentric art on display but for its architecture. The spiralling ramp in the cylindrical part of the building was my personal highlight and in a way it reminded me of the Musei Vaticani's famous spiral staircase designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932.

I really hope to visit Fallingwater, the waterfall house described as Frank Lloyd Wright's "most beautiful job" to be able to take in this site's OUV on a much smaller scale, especially after the negative experience I recently had in the Tugendhat Villa in Brno, Czechia.

 

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