Frank Lloyd Wright
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. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements of the twentieth century, influencing architects worldwide through his works and mentoring hundreds of apprentices in his Taliesin Fellowship. Wright believed in designing in harmony with humanity and the environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy was exemplified in Fallingwater (1935), which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture".Wright was a pioneer of what came to be called the Prairie School movement of architecture and also developed the concept of the Usonian home in Broadacre City, his vision for urban planning in the United States. He also designed original and innovative offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, museums, and other commercial projects. Wright-designed interior elements (including leaded glass windows, floors, furniture and even tableware) were integrated into these structures. He wrote several books and numerous articles and was a popular lecturer in the United States and in Europe. Wright was recognized in 1991 by the American Institute of Architects as "the greatest American architect of all time". In 2019, a selection of his work became a listed World Heritage Site as ''The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright''.
Raised in rural Wisconsin, Wright studied civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin and then apprenticed in Chicago, briefly with Joseph Lyman Silsbee, and then with Louis Sullivan at Adler & Sullivan. Wright opened his own successful Chicago practice in 1893 and established a studio in his Oak Park, Illinois home in 1898. His fame increased and his personal life sometimes made headlines: leaving his first wife Catherine "Kitty" Tobin for Mamah Cheney in 1909; the murder of Mamah and her children and others at his Taliesin estate by a staff member in 1914; his tempestuous marriage with second wife Miriam Noel (m. 1923–1927); and his courtship and marriage with Olgivanna Lazović (m. 1928–1959). Provided by Wikipedia
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
London, Thames & Hudson, 1970
London, Thames & Hudson, 1970
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green and company, 1938
London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green and company, 1938
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
[Princeton, N.J.] : Published for the Dept. of Art and Archaeology of Princeton University [by] Princeton University Press, 1931
[Princeton, N.J.] : Published for the Dept. of Art and Archaeology of Princeton University [by] Princeton University Press, 1931
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Petaluma, CA : Pomegranate, 2005
Petaluma, CA : Pomegranate, 2005
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
New York : Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943
New York : Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
New York : Gramercy Books, 1995
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
New York : Horion Press, 1981
New York : Horion Press, 1981
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
[New York, N.Y.] : Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1953
[New York, N.Y.] : Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1953
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Arizona. : State University, Tempe, 1970
Arizona. : State University, Tempe, 1970
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
[Firenze] : Sadea/Sansoni, 1965
[Firenze] : Sadea/Sansoni, 1965
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
[Phoenix], Ariz. : [s. n.], 1957
[Phoenix], Ariz. : [s. n.], 1957
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Paris, Éditions "Cahier d'art" 1928
Paris, Éditions "Cahier d'art" 1928
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Tokyo : A.D.A. Edita, 2003
Tokyo : A.D.A. Edita, 2003
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
[Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Branch of Plans and Design, 1966
[Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Branch of Plans and Design, 1966
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Miami Beach, Fla. : Bass Museum of Art, 1984
Miami Beach, Fla. : Bass Museum of Art, 1984
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
[Los Angeles? : Trust for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, 1988
[Los Angeles? : Trust for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, 1988
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Tempe, Ariz. : Herberger Center for Design Excellence, Arizona State University, 1995
Tempe, Ariz. : Herberger Center for Design Excellence, Arizona State University, 1995
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
[Tokyo] : A.D.A. Edita Tokyo, 1980
[Tokyo] : A.D.A. Edita Tokyo, 1980
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
New York : Bramhall House, 1962
New York : Bramhall House, 1962
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by Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
New York : [Scottsdale, Ariz.] : Rizzoli ; Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, 1992
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