150th anniversary of the birth of architect Frank Lloyd Wright
150th anniversary of the birth of architect Frank Lloyd Wright

This May 9, 1939 photo shows architect Frank Lloyd Wright. (AP Photo)
This Aug. 16, 1938 photo shows architect Frank Lloyd Wright in his home studio at Talisien, in Spring Green, Wis. (AP Photo)
This Aug. 23, 2007 photo shows Fallingwater, a home built over a waterfall in Bear Run, Pa. It is one of Wright’s best-known works. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
This Aug. 23, 2007 photo shows the fireplace and living room area at Fallingwater, a home built over a waterfall in Bear Run, Pa. It is one of Wright’s best-known works. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
This Oct. 25, 1953 photo shows architect Frank Lloyd Wright next to a model of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. (AP Photo)
This May 31, 2011 photo shows the exterior of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. The museum, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was built from 1956-1959. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
This May 31, 2011 photo shows the interior of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. The museum, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was built from 1956-1959. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
This May 31, 2011 photo shows the interior of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. The museum, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was built from 1956-1959. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
This June 6, 2005, photo shows the exterior of Kentuck Knob, featuring an 18-foot wall that overlooks a sloping hill in Chalk Hill. Pa. The house was built for I.N. Hagan and his wife Bernardine by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
This June 6, 2005, photo shows the interior of Kentuck Knob, featuring an 18-foot wall that overlooks a sloping hill in Chalk Hill. Pa. The house was built for I.N. Hagan and his wife Bernardine by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
This Oct. 3, 2012 photo shows a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in the Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
This Oct. 19 2012 photo shows a home that architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed for his son David in Phoenix, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
This Oct. 19, 2012 photo shows the master bedroom of a home designed by noted architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
This June 8, 2017 photo shows a 1952 model of architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower which was built in Bartlesville, Okla. The model is part of the MOMA exhibition, “Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive,” in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
This Sept. 26, 2014 photo shows Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower in Bartlesville, Okla. (AP Photo/Beth Harpaz)
This Sept. 26, 2014 photo shows Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower in Bartlesville, Okla. (AP Photo/Beth Harpaz)
This Jan. 28, 2010 photo shows the water dome fountain at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The campus is home to the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)
This photo taken Jan. 28, 2010 shows a student studying under the Esplanades covered walkways on the campus at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The campus is home to the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)
This photo taken Jan. 28, 2010 shows the exterior of the William H. Danforth Chapel, at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The campus is home to the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)
This photo taken Jan. 28, 2010 shows the interior of William H. Danforth Chapel at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The campus is home to the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)
This Jan. 28, 2010 photo shows light flowing through colored glass blocks on the stairwell of the William H. Danforth Chapel at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The campus is home to the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)
This Nov. 9, 2009 photo shows the exterior of Beth Sholom Synagogue in Elkins Park, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
This Nov. 9, 2009 photo shows the interior of Beth Sholom Synagogue in Elkins Park, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
This Sept. 27, 2005 photo shows the interior of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple in Oak Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
This Aug. 16, 1938 photo shows architect Frank Lloyd Wright in his home studio at Talisien, in Spring Green, Wis. (AP Photo)
This Aug. 23, 2007 photo shows Fallingwater, a home built over a waterfall in Bear Run, Pa. It is one of Wright’s best-known works. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
This Aug. 23, 2007 photo shows the fireplace and living room area at Fallingwater, a home built over a waterfall in Bear Run, Pa. It is one of Wright’s best-known works. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
This Oct. 25, 1953 photo shows architect Frank Lloyd Wright next to a model of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. (AP Photo)
This May 31, 2011 photo shows the exterior of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. The museum, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was built from 1956-1959. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
This May 31, 2011 photo shows the interior of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. The museum, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was built from 1956-1959. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
This May 31, 2011 photo shows the interior of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. The museum, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was built from 1956-1959. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
This June 6, 2005, photo shows the exterior of Kentuck Knob, featuring an 18-foot wall that overlooks a sloping hill in Chalk Hill. Pa. The house was built for I.N. Hagan and his wife Bernardine by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
This June 6, 2005, photo shows the exterior of Kentuck Knob, featuring an 18-foot wall that overlooks a sloping hill in Chalk Hill. Pa. The house was built for I.N. Hagan and his wife Bernardine by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
This June 6, 2005, photo shows the interior of Kentuck Knob, featuring an 18-foot wall that overlooks a sloping hill in Chalk Hill. Pa. The house was built for I.N. Hagan and his wife Bernardine by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
This June 6, 2005, photo shows the interior of Kentuck Knob, featuring an 18-foot wall that overlooks a sloping hill in Chalk Hill. Pa. The house was built for I.N. Hagan and his wife Bernardine by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
This Oct. 3, 2012 photo shows a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in the Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
This Oct. 19 2012 photo shows a home that architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed for his son David in Phoenix, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
This Oct. 19, 2012 photo shows the master bedroom of a home designed by noted architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
This June 8, 2017 photo shows a 1952 model of architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower which was built in Bartlesville, Okla. The model is part of the MOMA exhibition, “Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive,” in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
This June 8, 2017 photo shows a 1952 model of architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower which was built in Bartlesville, Okla. The model is part of the MOMA exhibition, “Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive,” in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
This Sept. 26, 2014 photo shows Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower in Bartlesville, Okla. (AP Photo/Beth Harpaz)
This Sept. 26, 2014 photo shows Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower in Bartlesville, Okla. (AP Photo/Beth Harpaz)
This Jan. 28, 2010 photo shows the water dome fountain at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The campus is home to the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)
This Jan. 28, 2010 photo shows the water dome fountain at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The campus is home to the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)
This photo taken Jan. 28, 2010 shows a student studying under the Esplanades covered walkways on the campus at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The campus is home to the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)
This photo taken Jan. 28, 2010 shows a student studying under the Esplanades covered walkways on the campus at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The campus is home to the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)
This photo taken Jan. 28, 2010 shows the exterior of the William H. Danforth Chapel, at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The campus is home to the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)
This photo taken Jan. 28, 2010 shows the exterior of the William H. Danforth Chapel, at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The campus is home to the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)
This photo taken Jan. 28, 2010 shows the interior of William H. Danforth Chapel at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The campus is home to the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)
This photo taken Jan. 28, 2010 shows the interior of William H. Danforth Chapel at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The campus is home to the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)
This Jan. 28, 2010 photo shows light flowing through colored glass blocks on the stairwell of the William H. Danforth Chapel at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The campus is home to the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)
This Jan. 28, 2010 photo shows light flowing through colored glass blocks on the stairwell of the William H. Danforth Chapel at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. The campus is home to the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)
This Nov. 9, 2009 photo shows the exterior of Beth Sholom Synagogue in Elkins Park, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
This Nov. 9, 2009 photo shows the interior of Beth Sholom Synagogue in Elkins Park, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
This Sept. 27, 2005 photo shows the interior of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple in Oak Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Thursday marks 150th anniversary of the birth of America’s best-known architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. His innovative designs continue to fascinate the public, from New York’s circular, sculptural Guggenheim museum, to the famous Fallingwater house in the Pennsylvania woods and his modernist Wisconsin home, Taliesin, which served as a laboratory for his ideas. Here’s a look at some of his achievements from the Associated Press photo archive.