Masterpieces from Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright 1867 – 1959

One of the most prominent and influential architects of the first half of the 20th century.To this day he is easily America's most famous architect (topping Philip Johnson, Paul Laszlo,Richard Neutra, and Louis Kahn) and still extremely well-known in the public eye.

Frank Lloyd Wright was born in the agricultural town of Richland Center, Wisconsin , United States , on June 8 , 1867 , just two years after the end of the American Civil War . He was brought up with strong Unitarian and transcendental principles (eventually, in 1905, he would design the Unity Temple in Oak Park , Illinois ).

As a child he spent a great deal of time playing with the kindergarten educational blocks by Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel (known as Froebel Gifts ) given to him by his mother. These consisted of various geometrically shaped blocks that could be assembled in various combinations to form three-dimensional compositions. Wright in his autobiography talks about the influence of these exercises on his approach to design. Many of his buildings are notable for the geometrical clarity they exhibit.