Frank Lloyd Wright had a life full of tragedy and happiness. His adult life started in Chicago. He was working with Sullivan, a famous architect, as an apprentice. When Sullivan found out he was taking clients for his own, he fired him. He had a wife and kids. Frank Lloyd Wright had a family and built the Home and Studio in Oak Park, IL. He lived and worked there.

Then he met a client and fell in love with her. He ran away with her and built Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin. He once more had a family. He built a school and a Taliesin West.

His life turned tragic when one of his servants went mad while he was out of town and killed his family and burned down the house. Frank Lloyd Wright rebuilt his house and went back to work.

His next accomplishment, his best in my opinion, is his house called, Falling Water. The family he designed it for was the owner of a department store. He built a weekend home for them at a favorite spot at the waterfall they had visited. They thought that it would be built to look at the water fall, but, he built it over it! In fact, he built it on the rock that they used to have their picnics on. The most amazing part is that he had it all in his head. He did not put it on paper until the last day of the deadline. But, it cost a lot more than originally planed. Recently, they had to restore it because it was about to become "Fall in Water!"

Frank Lloyd Wright had many other accomplishments. One is the Guggenheim Museum. It is now an art gallery and museum.

(from our partner school in Japan)
Work of Frank Lloyd Wright - the Empire Hotel now called Meiji mura - in Nagoya.