It must be difficult to think of organic architecture as being in any way soothing. Yet there is something so different about an organically designed building that sets it completely apart from the everyday crowd.It is a fair statement to say that the best architects who design in this fashion have that certain undefined feeling for site/client/building all rolled into one. It is one of those things that you either have or you don't. They seem to possess that rare ability to know very quickly exactly what sort of a building will suit any given site.
Many of these architects are trained professionals, while others are what we might call true artists without an ounce of architectural training. Yet they still seem to have a deep understanding of exactly what to build at a specific place.
We might think of someone like Frank Lloyd Wright who designed the iconic "Fallingwater" for Edgar Kaufman. The story goes that Edgar called up FLLW at his office one day, asking as to the progress of the design. Nothing was yet down on paper - not a single line.
Yet the audacious Mr. Wright boldly stated that they were all ready for Edgar to come on over and view the plans right away! The students on hand that day could not believe their ears!
No doubt FLLW had a firm grip in his mind as to how the house was to be designed. His students were treated to the master himself producing the design which became Fallingwater in a matter of mere minutes. As one of them is quoted to have said..."The design literally poured out of him".
By the time Mr. Kaufman arrived upon the scene, the design was completed. All that remained was to tidy up some of the details. Such is the way of organic architecture when done by someone who truly understands. The design literally grows almost as though it has been there forever.
A design such as this becomes literally soothing to look at. And while this is but one example of a superbly appropriate building for a given site, there are many other architects of more recent vintage who seem to bear the very same design gene, if you will.
It is uncanny how some houses just "belong". One look at the site and house and it is obvious that the soothing reality of a great organic architect has once again triumphed. There is a discussion going on here and perhaps I can tempt you to take a few minutes to read more.
Keith Elliott is a retired builder who has had a long time passion for a certain type of house. It wasn't until the 1990's that the expression "Organic architecture" was introduced to his vocabulary, and it was then that the realization hit home as to why this certain type of house had always held such a strong attraction.
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