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Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was born on June 8th 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin. He was an architect, interior designer, writer and educator. He was very devoted to nature and for years he showed the men around him how to build their homes and look at the area around the house as well. In his early life Frank's family moved around quite often. he spent most if not all of his summers in the Wisconsin countryside. He fell in love with the landscape and went on to build multiple houses there. After graduating college he went on to become an apprentice to the architect Louis Sullivan. After working for Sullivan for a few years he married and had six children. He then later parted ways with Mr. Sullivan and went to work on his own. Louis Sullivan greatly inspired him in his work.
In a1893 he designed his first house on his own, the Winslow house, and from then on his work was known as organic architecture. Over the next few years he designed and built multiple houses and public buildings that came to be known as the basis of The Prairie School of Architecture. after multiple years of success and marriage he left everything behind and went to Germany with the wife of a client. there he put together two portfolios that increased his international profile as the leading living architect. he returned to the United States and built himself a home called Taliesin. Tragedy struck the house when it was caught on fire. The fire killed his lover and six others while destroying the home. He immediately began building the home again. A year later he was asked to build The Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. a year after it was finished a large earthquake hit that left everything but the hotel wrecked and torn to pieces. Wrights building had held up its claim. he then returned to the states and an electrical problem caused another fire which burnt down Taliesin again. He rebuilt the house and married his third wife Olga. With the great depression starting and the building of homes decreasing he dedicated himself to writing and teaching. That same years he founded the Taliesin Fellowship. An immersive architectual school based out of his own home and studio. He seemed to be content with his teaching and then in 1935 he burst back into the spotlight with the Fallingwater house. This house remains one of his most celebrated works. from then on he continued to design and build public houses. He died on April 9th 1959 at the age of 91. He is considered on of the greatest architects of the 20th century.
Sources: http://www.biography.com/people/frank-lloyd-wright-9537511?page=3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright
