Frank Lloyd Wright
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Frank Lloyd Wright (Frank Lincoln Wright; 8 Juin, 1867 – 9 Aprile 1959) wis a famous American airchitect frae the early 20t centurie. He designit aw kinds o biggins includin banks, holiday resorts, office biggins, kirks, a synagogue, a gas station, a beer gairden an an airt museum.[4]
Frank Lloyd Wright | |
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Born | Frank Lincoln Wright 8 Juin 1867(1867-06-08) Richland Center, Wisconsin[1] |
Dee'd | 9 Apryle 1959(1959-04-09) (aged 91) Phoenix, Arizona[2] |
Cause o daith | Surgery |
Naitionality | American |
Eddication | Madison High School |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Hame toun | Chicago, Illinois |
Hicht | 5' 7" (1.70 m) |
Releegion | Unitarian[3] |
Hauf-marrae(s) | Catherine Wright (m. 1889–1922), Maude Wright (m. 1923–1927), Olgivanna Wright (m. 1928–1959) |
Bairns | Lloyd Wright · John Lloyd Wright · Catherine Baxter · Svetlana Milanoff · Catherine Wright · Frances Wright · David Wright · Iovanna Wright |
Pawrents | William Carey Wright Anna Lloyd Jones |
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Wright designit mair nor 1,000 structurs an completit 532 works. Wright believit in designin structurs which wur in peace wi humanity an its environment. He callit his belief organic airchitectur.[5] He uised this technique for his design for Fallingwater (1935), which haes been cried "the best aw-time wirk o American airchitectur".[5] Wright wis a leader o the Prairie School movement o airchitectur an developit the image o the Usonian home, his ane-o-a-kynd veesion for urban plannin in the Unitit States.
He began an American style of buildin design an is said tae be ane o the greatest airchitects o the twentiet centurie.[6]
Wright wis born in Richland Center, Wisconsin on 8 Juin 1867 tae a fermin faimily.[7]
His work includes oreeginal an creative ensaumples o mony biggin types. Wright an aa designit mony o the interior elements o his biggins, sic as the furnitur an stained glass. Wright authorit 20 beuks an mony airticles an wis a popular lecturer in the Unitit States an in Europe.
His colorful personal life eften made heidlines, maist notably for the 1914 fire an murders at his Taliesin studio. Already well-kent durin his lifetime, Wright wis recognizit in 1991 bi the American Institute of Architects as "the greatest American airchitect o aw time."[5]
Wright deit on 9 Aprile, 1959 in Phoenix, Arizona frae surgical complications.[8] He wis 91 year auld.[8]