Frank Lloyd Wright Influences

The book, In the Cause of Architecture, contains the essays Frank Lloyd Wright  wrote for the Architectural Record from 1908 until 1952.  These writings offer an abundance of insight as to the influences on Bob Rasmussen  during his tenure as an apprentice at Taliesin and Taliesin West.  The "Wright influence" can be detected throughout design of The Rasmussen House.

A building should contain as few rooms as will meet the conditions which give it rise and under which we live.

There should be as many kinds of houses as there are kinds of people.  A man who has individuality has a right to its expression in his own environment.

A building should appear to grow easily from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings.  

A house with character stands a good chance of growing more valuable as it grows older.

Reveal the nature of wood, plaster, brick or stone...they are all by nature friendly and beautiful.