father death_date death_place mother birth_name birth_place nationality birth_date signature significant_buildings image article_title significant_projects name alma_mater
william russell cury wright 9 april 1959 phoenix , arizona , u.s. anna lloyd jones frank lincoln wright richland center , wisconsin , u.s. american 8 june 1867 frank lloyd wright signature.svg fallingwater taliesin west robie house imperial hotel , tokyo darwin d. solomon martin house unity temple ennis house larkin administration building dana-thomas r. house coonley house marin county civic center guggenheim museum johnson wax headquarters taliesin frank lloyd wright portrait.jpg frank lloyd wright
 usonian houses broadacre city frank lloyd wright university of wisconsin-madison
frank lloyd wright

frank lloyd wright -lrb- born frank lincoln wright , june 8 , 1867 -- april 9 , 1959 -rrb- was an american architect , interior designer , writer , and educator , who designed more than 1,000 structures , 532 of which were completed .
wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment , a philosophy he called organic architecture .
this philosophy was best exemplified by fallingwater -lrb- 1935 -rrb- , which has been called `` the best all-time work of american architecture '' .
wright was a leader of the prairie school movement of architecture and developed the concept of the usonian home , his unique vision for urban planning in the united states .
his work includes original and innovative examples of many building types , including offices , churches , schools , skyscrapers , hotels , and museums .
wright also designed many of the interior elements of his buildings , such as the furniture and stained glass .
wright wrote 20 books and many articles and was a popular lecturer in the united states and in europe .
his colorful personal life often made headlines , most notably for the 1914 fire and murders at his taliesin studio .
already well known during his lifetime , wright was recognized in 1991 by the american institute of architects as `` the greatest american architect of all time '' .
