Recognized by the AIA (American Institute of Architects) as “the greatest American architect of all–time”…(through 1991, in any event…)
Developed—“organic architecture” for instance, Fallingwater (the Edgar J. Kaufman Residence) in southwestern Pennsylvania as well as “Prairie School architecture”
for instance, the Robie House (in Oak Park, Illinois)…as well as “the Usonian Home” paradigm, for instance, the Rosenbaum House in Florence, Alabama.
(b. 1867 in Oak Park, IL; d. 1959)
Aside from the above, Wright was the architect of the Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan), the Guggenheim Museum (New York, NY), the Graycliff Estate (Buffalo, NY), Johnson Wax Headquarters (Racine, WI), the Louis Penfield House (Willoughby Hills, OH), the Beth Sholom Synagogue (Elkins Park, PA), among 500 completed projects.