Frank Lloyd Wright was born on 8 June 1867 in Richland Center. An American architect, Wright designed more than five hundred buildings in a career lasting over seventy years, and was the leading proponent of organic architecture, in which buildings are in harmony with their sites. He developed the Prairie style, with low horizontal lines, at houses like the Robie House in Chicago, and later designed Fallingwater in Pennsylvania, built over a waterfall. Other well-known works include the Johnson Wax headquarters and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, which was completed shortly after his death. He founded the Taliesin Fellowship to train young architects, and he was also a controversial and flamboyant personality.
Before and after
- 30 March 1867Alaska Purchase
- 3 April 1867Discovery of Tempel 1
- 7 May 1867Birth of Władysław Reymont
- 4 June 1867Birth of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
- 8 June 1867Birth of Frank Lloyd Wright
- 28 June 1867Birth of Luigi Pirandello
- from 1 July 1867 to 31 December 1870North German Confederation
- 11 August 1867Birth of Edgar de Wahl
- 14 August 1867Birth of John Galsworthy
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- 18 September 1851Founding of The New York Times
- 1857Rise of Symbolism
The era
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