Architecture: A domicile of democracy or a work of art? Born in rural Wisconsin, Frank Lloyd Wright would not only eventually mature to be one of the most prominent figures in architecture in the United States and around the world, he would redefine it as a form of art but also a democratic symbol. As an architect, he was not only prominent figure but was influential in changing the field of architecture and even the everyday life of the common man. Of all Americans, Frank Lloyd Wright is one of the most influential as he changed the world of architecture.
Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Wisconsin and was the son of Anna Lloyd Jones Wright, his mother, and William Cary Wright, his father on June 8th, 1867 (Gill 23). As a child, Anna Wright gave young Frank Froebel blocks, a toy designed to promote intellectual growth; Frank claims
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During his time, nearly all popular architecture had been a cliche box, and then, with the introduction of steel, Wright knew that if “the idea was to do away with the box, here [steel] was the means” (qtd. in “Frank Lloyd Wright Talks of His Art”). With other new innovations such as a cantilever, Wright said “... [W]alls could be merely screens and the corners could be knocked out. Man could look out of the corner where he had never looked before” (qtd. in “Frank Lloyd Wright Talks of His Art”). Not only did Wright influence architecture physically by utilizing new technology, but he also created new innovations himself. Wright also was the primary creator of the idea that to prevent buildings from falling in earthquakes, they must be flexible, so he said, “...[R]igidity couldn't be the answer, and that flexibility and resiliency must be the answer,” so he made the Imperial Hotel in Japan a flexible structure that withstood the earthquakes (qtd. in “Frank Lloyd Wright Talks of His