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Article: Wright's Beth Sholom Synagogue.(Architect Frank Lloyd Wright)
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- American Jewish History
- Article date:
- September 1, 1998
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Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) designed more than 1,000 buildings, for a myriad of uses, throughout America. Admired internationally by architects, historians, and the general public, he is often associated with two structures: Fallingwater, the country house in western Pennsylvania, and New York's Guggenheim Museum. Landmarks of the modern movement, both buildings have also become symbols of the twentieth century and the human imagination.
Fallingwater, built for Liliane and Edgar Kaufmann, Sr., and the Guggenheim, sponsored by Solomon Guggenheim, were not isolated commissions late in the architect's brilliant but tumultuous career. Indeed, he received ...