Frank Lloyd Wright Cantilevered Canopy
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
Frank Lloyd Wright Cantilevered Canopy
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The only functioning gas station ever designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright, known as America’s greatest architect, is located in Cloquet, Minnesota.
This image gives a close up look at the cantilevered canopy. The cantilever is a design element that FLW used in many, if not most of his architectural designs. This canopy extends 32 foot out from the glass wall. The original plans called for overhanging gas pumps with hoses coming down from the canopy. This would allow for free movement of the cars. Wright equated it to being like “mother’s milk” coming down from above. It would have eliminated the need for service islands, but local codes prohibited their installation.
He first began working on a design for a standard prefabricated gas station in the 1920s. It was his hope to eliminate the frequent “eyesores” lining American highways and to develop a facility that would offer a variety of customer services in addition to the sale of fuel. Wright further expanded on this idea with a gas station design that he did in 1934 for his utopian Broadacre City project.
You can see Frank Lloyd Wright's signature single red tile in this image. Can you find it?
Copyright 2018 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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March 27th, 2018
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