Frank Lloyd Wright

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Frank Lloyd Wright was a pioneering American architect renowned for his innovative, nature-integrated designs such as Fallingwater and the Guggenheim Museum.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American architect
architect
human
architecturalStyle Prairie style
organic architecture
authored An Autobiography
In the Cause of Architecture
The Natural House
awardReceived AIA Gold Medal
birthName Frank Lincoln Wright
causeOfDeath surgical complications
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1867-06-08
dateOfDeath 1959-04-09
designed Fallingwater
Hollyhock House
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
Johnson Wax Headquarters
Price Tower
Robie House
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Taliesin West
Unity Temple
educatedAt University of Wisconsin–Madison
fieldOfWork architecture
urban planning
founded Taliesin Fellowship
fullName Frank Lincoln Wright
gender male
influenced Eero Saarinen
John Lautner
Philip Johnson
Richard Neutra
influencedBy Japanese architecture
Louis Sullivan
knownFor integration of architecture with nature
open-plan interiors
use of natural materials
language English
movement Modern architecture
Organic architecture
Prairie School
notableWork Ennis House
Fallingwater
Hollyhock House
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
Johnson Wax Headquarters
Larkin Administration Building
Millard House
Price Tower
Robie House
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Taliesin
Taliesin West
Unity Temple
occupation architect
interior designer
writer
parent Anna Lloyd Jones
William Carey Wright
placeOfBirth Richland Center, Wisconsin, United States
placeOfDeath Phoenix, Arizona, United States
religion Unitarian Universalism
residence Oak Park, Illinois, United States
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States
spouse Catherine Lee Tobin
Miriam Noel
Olgivanna Lazović
yearAwarded 1949 AIA Gold Medal

Referenced by (42)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Dana–Thomas House
Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright Westcott House
Hollywood Bowl
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Taliesin West
architect
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
Glessner House
Henry Hobson Richardson
Louis Sullivan
influenced
Bruce Goff
Lloyd Wright
Marion Mahony Griffin
Walter Burley Griffin
influencedBy
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center
Solomon R. Guggenheim
associatedWith
AIA Gold Medal
Royal Gold Medal
notableRecipient
Richland Center, Wisconsin
A.D.GermanWarehouseDesigner
The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
associatedWithArchitect
Richland Center, Wisconsin
birthplaceOf
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ("Frank Lloyd Wright buildings")
category
Lloyd Wright
childOf
The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
containsWorkBy
Marion Mahony Griffin
employedBy
Lloyd Wright
father
Anne Baxter
grandparent
Racine
hasArchitecturalWorkBy
Modern architecture
hasKeyFigure
Bartlesville
hasLandmarkArchitect
The Rookery Building
hasLobbyRedesignBy
University of Wisconsin–Madison
hasNotableAlumni
In the Nature of Materials, 1887–1941: The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright
mainSubject
The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
namedAfter
Oak Park and River Forest High School
notableAlumnus
Prairie School
notableProponent
Oak Park, Illinois
notableResident
Anne Baxter
parent
Anne Baxter
relative
Henry-Russell Hitchcock
studied
Walter Burley Griffin
workedWith

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