WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd
(1869–1959)
WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd (8 June 1869–9 April 1959). The ideal of Wright’s architectural philosophy was organicism, which he defined as successfully relating a building both to its intrinsic purposes and its surrounding environment, so that “inside” and “outside” blend into each other. “Thus environment and building are one,” he wrote in A Testament (1957). “Planning the grounds around the building on the site as well as adorning the building take on a new importance as they become features…