Frank Lloyd Wright
8 June 1867 – 9 April 1959
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, designer, and writer regarded as one of the most influential figures in modern architecture. He developed the Prairie School style and the philosophy of organic architecture, designing landmarks such as Fallingwater, the Robie House, and the Guggenheim Museum. Over a career of seventy years he designed more than a thousand structures.
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Life events
Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWright joined the Chicago firm of Adler and Sullivan, working under Louis Sullivan.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWright opened his own practice and began developing the Prairie School style.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWright completed the Robie House in Chicago, a masterpiece of Prairie School architecture.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWright started construction of his home and studio, Taliesin, near Spring Green, Wisconsin.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWright designed the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, which famously survived the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWright established the Taliesin Fellowship, an apprenticeship program for architects.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWright designed Fallingwater in Pennsylvania, one of his most celebrated works of organic architecture.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWright designed the spiral Guggenheim Museum in New York City, completed shortly after his death.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWright died in Phoenix, Arizona, months before the Guggenheim Museum opened.
Source: en.wikipedia.org