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The greatest architect ever

The greatest architect ever. Frank Lloyd Wright. By Clay Arnold. INTRODUCTION. My power point is on how and why Frank Lloyd Wright became one of the greatest architects that ever lived. . QUESTION 1. How and why did Frank Lloyd Wright keep designing at age 70? .

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The greatest architect ever

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  1. The greatest architect ever Frank Lloyd Wright By Clay Arnold

  2. INTRODUCTION • My power point is on how and why Frank Lloyd Wright became one of the greatest architects that ever lived.

  3. QUESTION 1 How and why did Frank Lloyd Wright keep designing at age 70? Answer: He would do better work in his older age because he was experimental and therefore he kept his mind active and alert.

  4. QUESTION 2 Why did Frank Lloyd Wright declare himself as the greatest architect of all time? Answer: He declared that it was better to be arrogant and truthful than to be phony.

  5. QUESTION 3 Why did Frank Lloyd Wright build the Fallingwater building? Answer: He was commissioned by Edgar Kaufman to make a spectacular home for him.

  6. QUESTION 4 Why did Frank Lloyd Wright dropout of high school? Answer: He dropped out because he wanted to start his career in architecture.

  7. QUESTION 5 Why did Anthony Puttnam want to be Frank Lloyd Wright’s apprentace? Answer: He wanted to keep the spirit to what Wright proposed.

  8. QUESTION 6 Why did Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings get honored? Answer: he was one of the most prominent architects of his time.

  9. QUESTION 7 Why was Frank Lloyd Wright honored for his architectural designs? answer: so great was his fame that following his death he was honored with his own postage stamp.

  10. QUESTION 8 Why did Frank Lloyd Wright’s mom give him building blocks? Answer: she gave him building blocks so that he would learn architecture. She really wanted him to learn architecture.

  11. GRAPH designed 1,141 works -- "including houses, offices, churches, schools, libraries, bridges, museums, and many other building types." Of that number, he completed 532 works.

  12. CONCLUSION • I found out that Frank Lloyd Wright is one of the greatest architects ever.

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