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:
- Born: June 8, 1867
- Birthplace: Richland Center, Wisconsin
- Died: April 9, 1959 in Phoenix, Arizona
- Married three times, seven children
- 532 completed worksBusinessWeek: Frank Lloyd Wright: America's Architect (July 28, 2004)
- 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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Where to see great examples of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in or near Chicago?(1 Answer)
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Frank Lloyd Wrights own foundation, http://www.gowright.org/; has a listing of all of the houses he designed in the United States. In The Chicago Illinois area ...
