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

seven people. Wright was in Chicago returning home when this happened (Raintree Biographies, 2003). In 1959 after the Guggenheim museum was finished, Frank Lloyd Wright died at Taliesin West in Arizona. He was 92 (p. 27, Raintree Biographies, 2003).
In his life, Frank accomplished many things. He invented the prairie style house, impacted the bungalow style dramatically and became one of the most well known architects in the world. Some of his most famous buildings were his home and studio in Oak Park, Taliesin home and studio, Sullivan auditorium, Gamble house, the Usonian home, and the Guggenheim museum. Whenever you walk down the street and see a house with a low roof and a wide porch, it was influenced by Wright’s original ideas. According to Raintree Biographies, Wright had more than 500 designs that were built, and over 400 are still standing today. Overall, Frank built over 1,000 churches, offices, museums, houses, bridges, schools and libraries. Frank Lloyd Wright’s career lasted 70 years.
History will remember Frank Lloyd Wright through his contributions to society, such as building homes for the needy.

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

come.
Wright is still remembered for his work in many ways. His bold and brave personality is what makes his houses thrive. Frank pushed himself hard everyday, and with all of the bad in his life, there were opportunities he took for greatness. Frank Lloyd Wright was a loving, enthusiastic, bold man who not only affected architecture in past history, but set the tone for every modern day architect. One thing that made Wright so good was his willingness to take chances. And that passion is found in his houses down to the wood grain.