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Article: Frank Lloyd Wright in the Twenty-First Century.`.
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- National Forum
- Article date:
- June 22, 2000
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At the dawn of a new millennium why should we care about Frank Lloyd Wright? This world-famous architect's seven-decade career ended more than forty years ago. What could this distant, flamboyant figure reveal to us that today's technologically sophisticated architects could not easily surpass or simply dismiss as passe?
It is true that he created a large number of architectural masterpieces, many of which survive and are eagerly visited by enthusiastic architects, students, and lay admirers. It is also true that Wright's personal life was filled with colorful and tragic events, making him an ideal subject for television biographies, such as Ken Burns' recent ...