Frank Lloyd Wright

             Frank Lloyd Wright was considered one of the 20th century's most celebrated architects. He accomplished many things in his lifetime, including the design of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, along with about one thousand other buildings. He was born on June 8, 1867, and lived until he was almost 92 years old, dying on April 9, 1959. He never retired, even when he knew that he was dying. He created the so-called organic architecture that changed the way people look at what architecture is.
             Before Frank Lloyd Wright was born, his mother, Anna Lloyd Jones-Wright, said that he was going to be a great architect. Little did she know that her prediction would soon come true. In his childhood, his mother influenced her son by using a German educator named Frobel's geometric blocks. She used them to entertain and educate him. Wright was encouraged throughout his childhood to use his imagination and was free to wander around a playroom filled with paste, paper, and cardboard. Years later, when he was in high school, Wright's parents divorced and he dropped out of school. At age 15 Wright started working as a draftsman for William Conover, a civil engineer, while he attended classes as a special student at the University of Wisconsin. The school did not have any architectural courses available, but he still gained some practical experience by working with Conover. A few years later, he quit college to pursue a job in Chicago, where he joined the architectural firm of Adler & Sullivan in 1887. He was only 20 years old at the time he moved to Chicago. He referred to Sullivan as "Liebermeister" (beloved master). Wright admired Sullivan's talent for drawing very complicated plans and building designs. He was inspired greatly by him, and soon picked up his way of doing things, and then jumped ahead of Adler in the cooperate ladder.
             The relationship between Wright and the employees caused lots of stress between himself and the other draft...

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