Question 1

True or false: Fallingwater, Wright's most famous house, was built over a waterfall in Pennsylvania.

Accepted Answer

True. Fallingwater is cantilevered over a 30-foot waterfall on Bear Run, with the stream flowing directly beneath the main terrace. Descriptions of the house routinely state it was built over the falls.

Question 2

True or false: Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

Accepted Answer

True. Wright indeed designed the iconic spiral Guggenheim, completed in 1959 after his death.

Question 3

True or false: Frank Lloyd Wright once worked as a draftsman for Louis Sullivan in Chicago.

Accepted Answer

True. Wright apprenticed under Sullivan from 1887 to 1893, calling him 'Lieber Meister' (dear master).

Question 4

True or false: Frank Lloyd Wright designed over 1,000 buildings, and all of them were built during his lifetime.

Accepted Answer

False. Roughly 400 of his 1,000+ designs were never constructed, including many visionary projects.

Question 5

True or false: Wright invented the modern open floor plan, which he called the 'Usonian' style.

Accepted Answer

False. He popularized open floor plans in his Usonian homes but did not invent the concept; open plans existed earlier. The Usonian style encompasses his entire design philosophy, not solely the floor plan.

Question 6

True or false: Wright's original name was Frank Lincoln Wright, changed later to honor his mother's family.

Accepted Answer

True. His middle name was originally Lincoln, but he changed it to Lloyd after his mother's Welsh family.

Question 7

True or false: Wright studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Accepted Answer

False. He took engineering classes at the University of Wisconsin for two semesters but never earned a degree and never attended MIT.

Question 8

True or false: Wright was the first architect to use reinforced concrete in residential homes.

Accepted Answer

False. Reinforced concrete was used earlier by architects like Auguste Perret; Wright popularized it but didn't pioneer it.

Frank Lloyd Wright Trivia Questions