Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. was an American architect,designer,writer,and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements of the twentieth century,influencing architects worldwide through his works and mentoring hundreds of apprentices in his Taliesin Fellowship. Wright believed in designing in harmony with humanity and the environment,a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy was exemplified in Fallingwater (1935),which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture".
Robin Gayle Wright is an American actress and director. She has received accolades including a Golden Globe Award,and nominations for eight Primetime Emmy Awards.
Ian Edward Wright is an English television and radio personality and former professional footballer.
Fallingwater is a house in the Mill Run section of Stewart Township,Pennsylvania,United States,designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935. Situated in the Laurel Highlands of southwest Pennsylvania,it is built partly over a waterfall on the Bear Run river. The house was designed to serve as a weekend retreat for Liliane and Edgar J. Kaufmann,the owner of Pittsburgh's Kaufmann's Department Store. The original house was completed in 1937,and a guest annex was completed in 1939. The Kaufmanns' son,Edgar Kaufmann Jr.,deeded the house in 1963 to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy,which continues to operate it as a tourist attraction.
James Claude Wright Jr. was an American politician who served as the 48th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989. He represented Texas' 12th congressional district as a Democrat from 1955 to 1989.
Wright State University is a public research university in Fairborn,Ohio,United States. Originally opened in 1964 as a branch campus of Miami University and Ohio State University,it became an independent institution in 1967 and was named in honor of aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright,who were residents of nearby Dayton. The university offers bachelor's,master's,and doctoral degrees and is classified among "R2:Doctoral Universities –High research activity". It is a member of the University System of Ohio. Its athletic teams,the Wright State Raiders,compete in Division I of the NCAA as members of the Horizon League. In addition to the main campus,the university also operates a regional campus near Celina,Ohio,called Wright State University–Lake Campus.
Taliesin is a house-studio complex located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of the village of Spring Green,Wisconsin,United States. Developed and occupied by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright,the 600-acre (240 ha) estate is an exemplar of the Prairie School of architecture. Wright began developing the estate in 1911 on land that previously belonged to his maternal family.
Edgar Howard Wright is an English filmmaker. He is known for his fast-paced and kinetic,satirical genre films,which feature extensive utilisation of expressive popular music,Steadicam tracking shots,dolly zooms and a signature editing style that includes transitions,whip pans and wipes. He first made independent short films before making his first feature film A Fistful of Fingers in 1995. Wright created and directed the comedy series Asylum in 1996,written with David Walliams. After directing several other television shows,Wright directed the sitcom Spaced (1999–2001),which aired for two series and starred frequent collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
The Darwin D. Martin House is a historic house museum in Buffalo,New York. The property's buildings were designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright and built between 1903 and 1905. The house is considered to be one of the most important projects from Wright's Prairie School era.
Joseph Wright is an English film director. His motion pictures include the period drama adaptations Pride &Prejudice (2005),Atonement (2007),Anna Karenina (2012),and Cyrano (2021),the action thriller Hanna (2011),the Peter Pan origin story Pan (2015) and Darkest Hour (2017).
The Rosenbaum House is a single-family house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and built for Stanley and Mildred Rosenbaum in Florence,Alabama. A noted example of his Usonian house concept,it is the only Wright building in Alabama,and is one of only 26 pre-World War II Usonian houses. Wright scholar John Sergeant called it "the purest example of the Usonian."
Thomas C. "Tommy" Wright Jr. is an American politician. Since 2001 he has served in the Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 50th district in the Southside Virginia counties of Amelia,Cumberland,Mecklenburg and Nottoway,plus part of Lunenburg County. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The Mosher House is Prairie-style house constructed by John A. Mosher in Wellington,Ohio,in 1902. The two-story house has an asymmetrical cruciform plan with an open porch at the west side facing the street. The exterior has horizontal board and batten siding with stucco above the second floor window sill height. The hip roofs have broad overhangs on all sides.
The 1842–43 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,senators were chosen by state legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1842 and 1843,and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative deadlock. In these elections,terms were up for the senators in Class 3.
Satoshi Nakamoto is the name used by the presumed pseudonymous person or persons who developed bitcoin,authored the bitcoin white paper,and created and deployed bitcoin's original reference implementation. As part of the implementation,Nakamoto also devised the first blockchain database. Nakamoto was active in the development of bitcoin until December 2010.
House of Cards is an American political thriller television series created by Beau Willimon. It is based on the 1989 novel of the same title by Michael Dobbs and an adaptation of the 1990 British series of the same name by Andrew Davies,also from the novel. The first 13-episode season was released on February 1,2013,on the streaming service Netflix. House of Cards is the first TV series to have been produced by a studio for Netflix.
The David and Gladys Wright House is a residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1952 in the Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix,Arizona. It has historically been listed with an address of 5212 East Exeter Boulevard,but currently has an entrance on the 4500 block of North Rubicon Avenue. There is no public access to the house.
Going Clear:Scientology,Hollywood,and the Prison of Belief is a 2013 non-fiction book about Scientology written by Lawrence Wright.
The Kenneth and Phyllis Laurent House is a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Usonian house in Rockford,Illinois. It was the only house that Wright designed for a physically disabled client.
The Patrick and Margaret Kinney House was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and it was built in 1951. The home is located in Lancaster,Wisconsin. The house was added to the State Register of Historic Places in 2007 and to the National Register of Historic Places the following year.
