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Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright born Frank Lincoln Wright was born on June 8, 1867 in Richland, Wisconsin. His parents were Anna Lloyd-Jones and William C. Wright. When Frank was an infant (1869) they moved to Iowa. They then moved to Rhode Island for a few years, then in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Eventually they moved back to Wisconsin. Frank went on to attend the University of Wisconsin at Madison for two years. He majored in engineering, not architecture. Since he did not like where he was at he moved on to Chicago. He worked for a man named J.L. Silsbee, working on detailing architecture. After a few years of working there, he gained many skills such as ductile line and telling accent. He wanted a job that would provide him with more of a background in architecture and give him more important things to do. He was hired by a firm named Adler and Sullivan. He quickly became an assistant to Louis Sullivan, a famous Chicagoan architect. In 1889 Frank married a woman named Catherine Tobin. They soon had six children together. In 1893, frank opened his own architectural firm. His soon had as many as ten assistants working under him. Wright liked to design homes in the “prarrie’ style. Prarrie style was a new modern and radical approach to building homes. It was detailing in bold, yet plain, roomy, and used mass produced materials. Wright built over 50 of these type of homes from 1900 to 1910. He was known for building homes with wide, low roofs, and continuous windows that turned corners. They also were very boxy. By this time Frank had done everything from apartment homes to churches and business’. Around 1909, Frank had separated fr... This is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Digital Term Papers. Please register below now! Digital Term Papers has over 63,000 essays, term papers, and book notes online. Many paper sites will charge you hundreds of dollars for a single paper. Digital Term Papers only charges $14.95 for a one month membership with instant account activation! Don't waste anymore time! Join NOW!!!
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