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Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years.
Jun 4, 2024 · Frank Lloyd Wright (born June 8, 1867, Richland Center, Wisconsin, U.S.—died April 9, 1959, Phoenix, Arizona) was an architect and writer, an abundantly creative master of American architecture. His “Prairie style” became the basis of 20th-century residential design in the United States.
Designing 1,114 architectural works of all types — 532 of which were realized — he created some of the most innovative spaces in the United States. With a career that spanned seven decades before his death in 1959, Wright’s visionary work cemented his place as the American Institute of Architects’ “greatest American architect of all time.”
Over the course of his 70-year career, Wright became one of the most prolific, unorthodox and controversial masters of 20th-century architecture, creating no less than twelve of the Architectural Record’s hundred most important buildings of the century. Realizing the first truly American architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright’s houses, offices ...
Jun 20, 2024 · Frank Lloyd Wright was a pioneer in American architecture and design, known for his innovative and creative approach to building design. He believed in the harmonious integration of buildings with the surrounding environment and human beings, a philosophy he referred to as “ organic architecture .”
Frank Lloyd Wright, the greatest architect this country has yet produced, was born two years after the end of the Civil War and died not quite two years after the launch of Sputnik —91 years...
Frank Lloyd Wright. American Architect and Designer. Born: June 8, 1867 - Richland Center, Wisconsin, USA. Died: April 9, 1959 - Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Movements and Styles: Modern Architecture. , Arts and Crafts Movement. "Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age."
The Triumph of Frank Lloyd Wright. The Guggenheim Museum, turning 50 this year, showcases the trailblazer’s mission to elevate American society through architecture. Arthur Lubow. June 2009....
Considered the “greatest American architect of all time” by the American Institute of Architects, Frank Lloyd Wright devoted his decades-long career to developing an aesthetic that positively impacted the well-being of society.
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 – 1959) is widely viewed as the foremost American architect of the 20th century, designing more than a thousand buildings during his career, including their accompanying interiors and furnishings.
