F.L. Wright
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Wright in 1954
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| Born |
Frank Lincoln Wright June 8, 1867 Richland Center, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | April 9, 1959 (aged 91) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Tobin (m. 1889–1922) Maude Noel (m. 1923–1927) Olga Lazovich Milanoff (m. 1928) |
| Children | 7, including Lloyd Wright and John Lloyd Wright |
| Awards |
RIBA Gold Medal AIA Gold Medal Twenty-five Year Award (4) Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity |
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Usonian Houses Broadacre City |
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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 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed. Wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy was best exemplified by Fallingwater (1935), which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture". His creative period spanned more than 70 years.
Wright was the pioneer of what came to be called the Prairie School movement of architecture and he also developed the concept of the Usonian home in Broadacre City, his unique vision for urban planning in the United States. In addition to his houses, Wright designed original and innovative offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, museums and other structures. He often designed interior elements for these buildings as well, including furniture and stained glass. Wright wrote 20 books and many 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".
His colorful personal life often made headlines, notably for leaving his first wife, Catherine Lee "Kitty" Tobin for Mamah Borthwick Cheney, the murders at his Taliesin estate in 1914, his tempestuous marriage and divorce with second wife Miriam Noel, and his relationship with Olga (Olgivanna) Lazovich Hinzenburg, whom he would marry in 1928.
Frank Lloyd Wright was born Frank Lincoln Wright in the farming town of Richland Center, Wisconsin, United States, in 1867. His father, William Cary Wright (1825–1904), was an orator, music teacher, occasional lawyer, and itinerant minister. Frank Lloyd Wright's mother, Anna Lloyd Jones (1838/39 – 1923), met William Cary Wright while working as a county school teacher when William was the superintendent of schools for Richland County.
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