Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier are two very famous people in the field of architecture. The two architects have different views on the relationship between people and the environment. Their architectural style reflects how everyone promotes human and physical environments. Frank Lloyd Wright 's lobby house is considered one of the most important buildings in the American architectural history, Le Corbusier' s Villa Savoie helps to define the evolution of the twentieth century modern architecture.
Modernist architects and designers such as Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier believe that the new technology makes old buildings obsolete. Le Corbusier thinks that building should function as a "machine of life" like a car, he regards it as a machine for traveling. As the car replaces the horse, the modernist design needs to reject the ancient style and structure of ancient Greece. Or from the Middle Ages. After the aesthetics of this machine, modernist designers often reject decorative patterns of designs that prefer to emphasize the material used and pure geometry. Wayne Light Building is a 10-story office building from 1890 to 1991, one of the world's first skyscrapers in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Ludwig Meiss van der Rohe is considered the top of this modern skyscraper in Seagram Building (1956-1958) in New York.
Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier are two very famous people in the field of architecture. The two architects have different views on the relationship between people and the environment. Their architectural style reflects how everyone promotes human and physical environments. The Robie House at Frank Lloyd Wright is considered one of the most important buildings in American architectural history, but Le Corbusier 's Villa Savoye helps to define it.