Editing Frank Lloyd Wright (section)

===Design elements===
[[File:Work area at the Johnson Wax Building, headquarters of the S.C. Johnson and Son Co., Racine, Wisconsin LCCN2011633764.jpg|thumb|An open office area in Wright's [[Johnson Wax Headquarters]] complex, Racine, Wisconsin (1939)]]
His Prairie houses use themed, coordinated design elements (often based on plant forms) that are repeated in windows, carpets, and other fittings. He made innovative use of new building materials such as [[precast concrete]] blocks, glass bricks, and zinc [[came]]s (instead of the traditional lead) for his leadlight windows, and he famously used [[Pyrex]] glass tubing as a major element in the [[Johnson Wax Headquarters]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} Wright was also one of the first architects to design and install custom-made electric light fittings, including some of the first electric floor lamps, and his very early use of the then-novel spherical glass lampshade (a design previously not possible due to the physical restrictions of gas lighting).{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} In 1897, Wright received a patent for "Prism Glass Tiles" that were used in storefronts to direct light toward the interior.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/prismatic-tiles-frank-lloyd-wright-glass/|title=The Prismatic Glass Tiles of Frank Lloyd Wright|first=Anthony de|last=Feo|date=May 3, 2017|website=DailyArtMagazine.com – Art History Stories}}</ref> Wright fully embraced glass in his designs and found that it fit well into his philosophy of [[organic architecture]]. According to Wright's organic theory, all components of the building should appear unified, as though they belong together. Nothing should be attached to it without considering the effect on the whole. To unify the house to its site, Wright often used large expanses of glass to blur the boundary between the indoors and outdoors.<ref name="TMCnet">{{cite web|author=Lync Voice UC Industry News|title=The Textile Block System [Concrete International]|url=http://www.lyncvoiceuc.com/news/2012/04/14/6258593.htm|publisher=TMCnet|access-date=February 28, 2014|archive-date=March 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305203935/http://www.lyncvoiceuc.com/news/2012/04/14/6258593.htm|url-status=usurped}}</ref> Glass allowed for interaction and viewing of the outdoors while still protecting from the elements. In 1928, Wright wrote an essay on glass in which he compared it to the mirrors of nature: lakes, rivers and ponds.<ref>Frank Lloyd Wright. "In the Cause of Architecture, VI: The Meaning of Materials{{snd}}Glass". ''The Architectural Record'', 64(July 1928), 10–16.</ref> One of Wright's earliest uses of glass in his works was to string panes of glass along whole walls in an attempt to create light screens to join solid walls. By using this large amount of glass, Wright sought to achieve a balance between the lightness and airiness of the glass and the solid, hard walls. Arguably, Wright's best-known art glass is that of the Prairie style. The simple geometric shapes that yield to very ornate and intricate windows represent some of the most integral ornamentation of his career.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lind|first=Carla|title=Frank Lloyd Wright's glass designs|date=1995|publisher=Pomegranate Artbooks|location=San Francisco|isbn=978-0-87654-468-6|page=57}}</ref> Wright also designed some of his own clothing.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gorman |first=Carma R. |date=1995 |title=Fitting Rooms: The Dress Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4618516 |journal=Winterthur Portfolio |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=259–277 |doi=10.1086/wp.30.4.4618516 |jstor=4618516 |s2cid=163500254 |issn=0084-0416}}</ref>