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Perhaps America's most innovative and prolific architect, the works of Frank Lloyd Wright are almost too huge and diverse to list. Identified for building unique churches and distinctive commercial complexes, and admired for his geometric style house designs, Wright has been extensively imitated, and his work is constantly on the influence architecture not only in america but around the world. Laymen often think they know the definition of "a Frank Lloyd Wright", but they probably don't fully understand the brilliant mind of the man, nor the intricacies of his Prairie Style. Yet it endures because he has made it so. In lots of ways, Wright's architectural career has overshadowed other areas of his life. In the course of creating innovative kinds of office buildings, churches, classes, skyscrapers, hotels, and museums, not forgetting furniture and stained goblet decorations, Wright had written over a dozen catalogs and toured America and Europe most importantly, often giving extensively acclaimed speeches. Despite a slightly hardscrabble begin to life in the Midwest, Wright became known for his flamboyant and engaging lifestyle, which included multiple marriages and scandals like the murders at his Taliesin studio room in 1914. But through everything, Wright prolonged working nearly until his loss of life, and in 1991 the North american Institute of Architects regarded him as "the greatest American architect of all time".
