Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright June 8 1867 – April 9 1959) was an American architect interior designer writer and educator who designed more than 1000 structures and completed 532 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy was best exemplified by his design for Fallingwater (1935) which has been called the best all-time work of American architecture.
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birth date
1867-06-08
birth place
Wisconsin, Richland Center Wisconsin
BNF Id
12388569w
death date
1959-04-09
death place
Phoenix Arizona
individualised GND number
11863531X
LCCN Id
n/79/032932
SELIBR Id
222406
significant building
Robie House, Larkin Administration Building, Imperial Hotel Tokyo, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Dana-Thomas House, Fallingwater, Taliesin (studio), Taliesin West, Ennis House, Johnson Wax Headquarters, Unity Temple, Darwin D. Martin House
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