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Frank Lloyd Wright, United States of America



Key Building:
Fallingwater, Bear Run, Pennsylvania

The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation was established by Wright at Taliesin West

Featured building: Zimmerman House Manchester
New England house
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Frank Lloyd Wright house

Key buildings, chronological:
Frank Lloyd Wright Residence
1889
Oak Park, Illinois
Built for Wright and his family
Designed while Frank was working for Adler and Sullivan Architects in Chicago.

William H. Winslow House
1893
River Forest, Illinois
Frank Lloyd Wright's first independent commission after leaving Adler & Sullivan
Architects.

Ward W. Willets House
1901
Highland Park, Illinois
The first Prairie Style house by Lloyd Wright

Unity Church
1904/08
Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois
Innovative concrete building

Frederick C. Robie House
1906
Chicago, Illinois
Key example of the Prairie Style house.

Hollyhock House
1917
Los Angeles, California

Taliesin III
1925
Spring Green, Wisconsin
Frank Lloyd Wright's former home

Fallingwater
1935
Bear Run, Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania
weekend retreat for Edgar J. Kaufmann.
This is Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous and spectacular building. The house
boldly cantilevers out over a beautiful waterfall. Fallingwater voted American Institute of Architects Best American building of last 125 years.

Honeycomb House
1936
Stanford, California
Usonian house built for Paul R. Hanna
Designed around a hexagonal grid, visibly expressed in the floor tiles and walls

S. C. Johnson Administration Building
1936
Racine, Wisconsin

Taliesin West
1937
Scottsdale, Arizona

S. C. Johnson Research Tower - Johnson Wax Research Tower
1944/47
Racine, Wisconsin

Unitarian Church
1947
Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin

V. C. Morris Gift Shop
1948
San Francisco, California

Price Company Tower
1952
Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Beth Sholom Synagogue
1954
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1956
New York, New York



New York Architects

The American Institute of Architects designated seventeen Frank Lloyd Wright
buildings to be retained:


Frank Lloyd Wright Residence
William H. Winslow House
Ward W. Willets House
Unity Church
Frederick C. Robie House
Hollyhock House
Taliesin III
Fallingwater
Honeycomb House
S. C. Johnson Administration Building
Taliesin West
S. C. Johnson Research Tower
Unitarian Church
V. C. Morris Gift Shop
Price Company Tower
Beth Sholom Synagogue
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Frank Lloyd Wright assistant - Rudolf Schindler:
Oak Park studio: 1918-20
worked on projects such as Imperial Hotel
Los Angeles studio: 1920-31
worked on projects such as Hollyhock House for Aline Barnsdall

Chicago Buildings:
Frederick C. Robie House

New York State Buildings:
Reisley House, Westchester
Friedman House, Westchester

Ohio Building:
Westcott House, Springfield

Pennsylvania Buildings:
Fallingwater, Bear Run
Kentuck Knob, Chalk Hill

American Architecture

Modern Architects

Frank Lloyd Wright architect - RIBA Gold Medal Winner 1941

New Frank Lloyd Wright Building:
The Massaro House, Petre Island, Lake Mahopac, New York State, USA
(1950)-2007



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