By Samantha Pires on March 10, 2021 From left to right: Taliesin, Taliesin West, The Guggenheim, Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium, Unity Temple, Hollyhock House, Fallingwater, Robie House The legendary Frank Lloyd Wright is one of the most famous architects who ever lived. He left a legacy of over 500 built works, over 1,000 conceptual designs, and a legion of followers who still design according to his principles. He is also arguably the most famous American architect who ever lived and is credited with developing the first-ever American style of architecture—the Prairie style. Wright’s mother believed that he was destined to build incredible things. She decorated his room with architectural drawings and provided him with geometric toys to help his development. Wright would credit these toys and his mother’s predictions as his first introduction to design. “For several years I sat at the little Kindergarten table-top…with the cube, the sphere, and the triangle,” said Wright. “These primary forms and figures were the secret of all effects…which were ever got into the architecture of the world…these smooth wooden maple blocks… All are in my fingers to this day.”