Frank Lloyd Wright died on 9 April 1959 in Phoenix, aged 91. 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
- 1 January 1959Castro's revolution takes power in Cuba
- 2 January 1959Launch of Luna 1
- 2 February 1959Dyatlov Pass incident
- 8 February 1959Birth of Mauricio Macri
- 9 April 1959Death of Frank Lloyd Wright
- 15 April 1959Birth of Emma Thompson
- 20 April 1959Founding of European Court of Human Rights
- 30 April 1959Birth of Stephen Harper
- 13 May 1959Establishment of Torres del Paine National Park
More in Art, literature & culture
- 29 October 1947Founding of Şalom
- 1954Publication of The Lord of the Rings
- 1958Publication of Exodus
- from 13 August 1961 to 9 November 1989Construction of Berlin Wall
- 1986Construction of Musée d'Orsay
- from 17 April 2011 to 19 May 2019Premiere of Game of Thrones
The era
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