Frank Lloyd Wright

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  • American architect Frank Lloyd Wright innovated a style of architecture unique to America.Design Museum: Frank Lloyd Wright Biography. Because he approached space as the most important element in a design, his rooms were less boxy and more open than conventional architecture of the early twentieth century. His building exteriors reflected an intense love of nature, integrating with the land in a way that enhanced both the building and the natural beauty around it.

  • Fast Facts:

    1. Born: June 8, 1867
    2. Birthplace: Richland Center, Wisconsin
    3. Died: April 9, 1959 in Phoenix, Arizona
    4. Married three times, seven children
    5. 532 completed worksBusinessWeek: Frank Lloyd Wright: America's Architect (July 28, 2004)
    6. American Institute of Architects named him "the greatest American architect of all time"BusinessWeek: Frank Lloyd Wright: America's Architect (July 28, 2004)

  • Personal Timeline

    • 1867: Born on June 8 in Richland Center, Wisconsin
    • 1886: Goes to the University of Wisconsin School of Civil Engineering
    • 1887: Leaves school to work for Joseph Silsbee, later that year he works for Adler and Sullivan
    • 1889: Marries Catherine Lee Tobin
    • 1890: Starts his series of "Bootleg" homes in Oak Park. This leads to his departure from Adler and Sullivan
    • 1893: Starts his own architectural firm
    • 1905: First trip to Japan
    • 1909: Promotes his work in Europe through the publication of the Wasmuth Portfolio. He also leaves his family and falls in love with Mamah Borthwich Cheney, a wife of a client Design Museum: Frank Lloyd Wright Biography
    • 1911: Returns to the U.S.
    • 1922: Builds "Taliesin" for himself and Cheney
    • 1914: Cheney and six others are murdered by Wright's cook who also sets fire to TaliesinDesign Museum: Frank Lloyd Wright Biography
    • 1915: Rebuilds Taliesin
    • 1915: Maude "Miriam" Noel moves in with WrightDesign Museum: Frank Lloyd Wright Biography
    • 1923: Marries and separates from Noel
    • 1925: Olgivanna Lazovich Hinzenburg moves inDesign Museum: Frank Lloyd Wright Biography
    • 1926: Arrested under Mann Act (charges dropped)Design Museum: Frank Lloyd Wright Biography
    • 1928: Marries Hinzenburg
    • 1932: Opens Taliesin Fellowship school
    • 1959: Dies: April 9 in Phoenix, Arizona

  • Buildings Timeline

    • 1889-1909: Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
    • 1900: Hillside Home School
    • 1901: Ward Winfield Willits Residence
    • 1902: Dana-Thomas House
    • 1902: Ward Willits House
    • 1902-1903: Larkin Administrative Building
    • 1903: W.E. Martin House
    • 1903-1905: Darwin D Martin House
    • 1904: Unity Temple
    • 1908: In the Cause of Architecture (Essay)
    • 1908: Coonley House
    • 1908-1909: Frederick C. Robie house
    • 1912: The Japanese Print: An Interpretation (Essay)
    • 1913-1914: Midway Gardens
    • 1916-1923: Imperial Hotel
    • 1917-1921: Hollyhock House (Barnsdall Residence)
    • 1923: Ennis House
    • 1923: Millard House (La Miniatura)
    • 1923: Storer Residence
    • 1929: Ocatillo Desert Camp (unbuilt)
    • 1930: Modern Architecture: Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930 (book)
    • 1935: Fallingwater
    • 1936: Hanna Residence
    • 1936: Johnson Wax Headquarters
    • 1936: Jacobs Residence
    • 1937: H.F. Johnson Residence (Wingspread)
    • 1937-1938: Taliesin West
    • 1938: Pfeiffer Chapel
    • 1939: Rosenbaum House
    • 1940: Pope Leighey House
    • 1943: S.C. Johnson Wax Research Tower
    • 1944: Jacobs Residence (Solar Hemicycle)
    • 1947: First Unitarian Society of Madison
    • 1943-1956: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
    • 1953: Boomer Residence
    • 1954: Price Residence
    • 1956: Price Tower
    • 1956: Kentuck Knob
    • 1956-1959: Guggenheim Museum
    • 1957: Marin Civic Center
    • 1959: Norman Lykes Residence
    • 1964: Gammage Auditorium

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