1869-1959
Regarded as one of the world's greatest architects he designed more than 600 buildings during nearly seventy years. Wright introduced the term 'organic' architecture and created the American Prairie Style, characterized by long, low, and horizontal lines. His most celebrated structure is perhaps Fallingwater (1935)
Among his most famous non-residential structures are the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, two buildings for Johnson Wax Company (1936) in Wisconsin, and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. He also established an architectural school and built for it 'Taliesin West', Ariz. (1938).
Beth Sholom Synagogue (1959)
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