Bio

1886/87

Enrolls for two semesters as a special student of civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison; finishes studies without completing final degree

1887

Moves to Chicago, Illinois; works for architectural firms

1888–93

Works in the office of Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan, Chicago

1889

Builds a house for himself in Oak Park, Illinois, which he later modifies and enlarges

1893

Founds his own practice as an architect in Chicago

c. 1895–1915

Designs numerous single-family dwellings known as Prairie Houses, most of them complete with interiors and furnishings

1902–06

Designs the Larkin Administration Building for the Larkin Company in Buffalo, New York, including interior and furnishings

1909/10

Travels to Europe; prepares a highly regarded monograph, the Wasmuth portfolio, entitled Ausgeführte Bauten und Entwürfe von Frank Lloyd Wright (Wasmuth Verlag, Berlin)

1911

Moves his home and business to Taliesin, an estate in Spring Green, Wisconsin, which he designed himself and rebuilds twice after fires in 1914 and 1925

1913–22

Several stays in Japan in connection with the building of the new Imperial Hotel in Tokyo

1923/24

Designs an builds the Textile Block Houses, Mayan art-inspired homes in California

1932

Founds the Taliesin Fellowship, a private school of architecture

1935

Designs and builds the Fallingwater House for Edgar J. Kaufmann, Bear Run, Pennsylvania

1936

Designs and builds the headquarters and administration building of S. C. Johnson & Son Company, Racine, Wisconsin

1938

Taliesin West, a second branch of the Taliesin Fellowship, opens near Phoenix

1943–59

Designs and builds the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City