Before he took on the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Frank Lloyd Wright was in the midst of finishing up a modernist house in Phoenix. The home's curving walls and off-kilter aesthetic is a precursor to the Guggenheim, one of Wright's most revered works. The owner of the home - Zach Rawling - announced that he is giving the David and Gladys Wright House to the School of Architecture at Taliesin, formerly known as the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. Built in 1952, the house is one of more than 1,000 architectural works Wright, long regarded as one of America's best architects. Frank Lloyd Wright is widely considered one of America’s most influential architects.

Source: Forbes June 08, 2017 18:27 UTC