Frank Lloyd Wright Contributions To Society

“As soon as he could hold a pencil, he was taught to draw shapes such as circles, squares and triangles.” (Frank Lloyd Raintree Biographies 2003). Frank Lloyd Wright believed in many things. Some of those things are culture, history, the “streamlined” idea, and believing in yourself as a person. Wright’s houses are his whole life meshed into one structure. Frank Lloyd Wright was born on June 8, 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin. He was the son of William Russell Cary Wright, a musician and minister, and Anna Lloyd-Jones, a school teacher (Gale, 1980). Since Wright had been a small child, he has been around shapes. Frank is a case of someone who has known what they want to do their whole life. Raintree Biographies says that “His mother filled his room with glue and cardboard, so that he could make imaginary buildings.” Frank Lloyd Wright was only 15 when he was admitted to the University of Wisconsin. A little time later his parents divorced. He built a home, Taliesin in Wisconsin, which was built as a personal studio and home for his family. In 1914, a slave set the building on fire killing

The first reason people will remember him is for his mark on the architectural world in general. A quote from Raintree Biographies says “Wright’s designs for both the outside and the inside of living and working spaces was important to American life” (29). The second reason why people will remember him is he invented the “streamlined” idea. “He invented a new word to describe the shape of his buildings, which he called streamlined” (14). The biggest reason is how bold he was. Wright never stopped believing in his work and himself. According to Gale resources and Raintree biographies, Wright was so confident that he quit his job to pursue his own designs and architectural beliefs. History will remember Frank Lloyd Wright for years to