Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright (English: Frank Lloyd Wright, June 8, 1867 - April 9, 1959), American architect, interior designer, author, and educator. He designed over a thousand buildings, 532 of which have been completed. Wright believed that architectural structures need to be in harmony with human nature and its environment. This architectural philosophy is called "organic architecture." The best example of organic architecture is Fallingwater (1935) designed by Wright, which was once praised as "the greatest building in American history." Wright's creative period spanned more than 70 years. Wright pioneered the architectural movement known as the Pastoral School and also developed the concept of the Usonian home in the Broadacre City, which was his unique vision in American urban planning. In addition to homes, Wright also designed many unique and innovative offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, museums and other buildings. He also often designed building interiors, including furniture and stained glass windows. Wright wrote twenty books and many articles during his lifetime, and was a popular speaker. Wright, who was already well known during his lifetime, was named "the greatest American architect" by the American Institute of Architects in 1991. . Wright's colorful life often made headlines, including his divorce from his first wife, Kathleen Lee Tobin, for falling in love with his client's wife, Maha Borthwick (Borswick was murdered at Taliesin in 1914 before the divorce), his acrimonious marriage and divorce from his second wife, Miriam Noel, and his relationship with his third wife, Olgivina Lloyd Wright, whom he married in 1928. In 2019, eight buildings designed by Frank Roy Wright were simultaneously selected as World Heritage Sites.