8 Frank Llloyd Wright Buildings Are Now Protected by UNESCO
Perhaps the most universally beloved architect in America, Frank Lloyd Wright is a household name even among people who don?t know much about architecture. The striking house he built partially over a waterfall in rural southwestern Pennsylvania known as ?Fallingwater? is one of the most famous homes in the nation, and most of his other midcentury modern pieces are almost instantly recognizable as his work. Now, eight of his buildings have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) recently voted to give protected status to Fallingwater, Hollyhock House in Los Angeles, The Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House, Wright?s own home and studio Taliesin in Wisconsin, Unity Temple and the Robie House in the Chicago area, the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, and Taliesin West in Arizona. Even bigger, it?s the first time the UN agency has ever recognized exemplary modern architecture in the United States.
Photos and maps of the chosen Frank Llloyd Wright buildings and documents of their historical significance can be viewed on the UNESCO website.
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