Frank LIoyd Wright

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holiday resort
Frank Lloyd Wright designed all kinds of buildings including banks, holiday resorts, office buildings, churches, a synagogue, a gas station, a beer garden and an art museum
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ośrodek wypoczynkowy
stained glass
Wright also designed many of the interior elements of his buildings, such as the furniture and stained glass.
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witraż
author
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autor
notably
His colorful personal life often made headlines, most notably for the 1914 fire and murders at his Taliesin studio.
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szczególnie
recognize
Already well-known during his lifetime, Wright was recognized in 1991 by the American Institute of Architects as "the greatest American architect of all time
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uznać
surgical
surgical complications
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chirurgiczny
designing structures
Wright believed in designing structures which were in peace with humanity and its environment. He called his belief organic architecture
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projektowania konstrukcji
belief
He called his belief organic architecture
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wiara
is said to be
He began an American style of building design and is said to be one of the greatest architects of the twentieth century
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mówi się, że
lead to
Wright was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture and developed the image of the Usonian home
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prowadzić do
waterfall
Frank Lloyd Wright designed a summer-house in 1935 over a waterfall in Pennsylvania. He called the house "Fallingwater".
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wodospad
valley
The house actually sits low in the valley over the stream, but looks dramatic from further downstream.
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dolina
stream
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strumień
downstream
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w dół rzeki
terraces
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tarasy
stick out
It has large terraces, and some of them stick straight out and hang over the waterfall or the stream.
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wystawać
support
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wsparcie
wrapping
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opakowanie
in all three stories of the tower.
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we wszystkich trzech kondygnacji wieży.
storey
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kondygnacja
resemble
it resembles the horizontal and vertical lines in the rock formations and other natural features
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być podobnym
rock formation
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Skała
features
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Cechy
maze
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labirynt
layout
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układ
stained glass
Robie House. It had a maze like layout and geometric stained glass windows.
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witraż
odd
The Robie House was a unique house with odd shapes, colors and form.
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dziwny
up until
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restored
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przywrócony/ odbudowany
streamlined style
Johnson Wax Headquarters. The building has Wright's idea of the streamlined Art Moderne style popular in the 1930s.
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opływowy styl
circular forms
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okrągłe formy
curve
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krzywa
curved
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zakrzywiony
sweeping
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zamiatanie
mortar
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zaprawa murarska
reddish hue
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czerwonawy odcień
stone trim
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Tapicerka kamienna
slight
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niewielki
striking difference
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uderzająca różnica
strike struck struck
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uderzyć uderzył
mirrored
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dublowane
carport
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Wiata
reinforce
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wzmacniać
gross area
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Powierzchnia brutto
square
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plac
masterpiece
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arcydzieło
seashell
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Its interior is similar to the inside of a seashell.
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muszla
lodged
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złożony
descending
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malejąco
bulbs
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żarówki
complement
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uzupełnienie
further
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dalej
exhibit
Further, the Museum currently designs exhibits to be viewed by walking up the curved walkway without walking down from the top-level.
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wystawa
elevator
Its one of a kind central geometry was created to allow visitors to easily see Guggenheim's collection of his paintings by taking an elevator to the top-level and then viewing artworks by walking down the slowly descending, central spiral ramp
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winda
apprenticeship
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praktyka
engage
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angażować
townhouse
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kamienicy
executive
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wykonawczy
executive project
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projekt wykonawczy
descend
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schodzić

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