Frank Lloyd Wright remains one of the most influential figures in modern design, shifting how we think about space and nature.
This quiz looks at his key concepts, such as organic architecture and the Prairie School style. You will see questions about famous homes like Fallingwater and his unique structural innovations.
When you finish, you can learn more about other famous architects. We also offer quizzes on landmark structures and different important design styles.
Which architectural style was pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright in the early 20th century?
Brutalism
Brutalism
Beaux-Arts
Beaux-Arts
Prairie School
Prairie School
Art Deco
Art Deco
Organic architecture, as defined in Frank Lloyd Wright’s philosophy, focuses on harmony between human habitation and what?
Classical European palaces
Classical European palaces
Nature and the landscape
Nature and the landscape
Skyscraping glass towers
Skyscraping glass towers
Industrial concrete blocks
Industrial concrete blocks
Which Chicago-area residence is frequently cited as the quintessential example of the Prairie School style?
Fallingwater
Fallingwater
The Robie House
The Robie House
Taliesin West
Taliesin West
The Guggenheim Museum
The Guggenheim Museum
In which American state is the famous residence ‘Fallingwater’ located?
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Arizona
New York
New York
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
What is the most distinctive architectural feature of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City?
The spiral design
The spiral design
The use of local desert stone
The use of local desert stone
The open-plan kitchen
The open-plan kitchen
The cantilevered terraces
The cantilevered terraces
Before starting his own practice, Wright worked in the Chicago office of which influential architect, often referred to as the ‘father of skyscrapers’?
William Le Baron Jenney
William Le Baron Jenney
Henry Hobson Richardson
Henry Hobson Richardson
Louis Sullivan
Louis Sullivan
Daniel Burnham
Daniel Burnham
What design element is a hallmark of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie School houses?
Gothic arches and high towers
Gothic arches and high towers
Ornamental baroque detailing
Ornamental baroque detailing
Brutalist concrete facades
Brutalist concrete facades
Horizontal lines and low-pitched roofs
Horizontal lines and low-pitched roofs
What was the name of Wright’s series of affordable, single-story homes designed for middle-class American families starting in the 1930s?
The Usonian house design
The Usonian house design
The art deco skyscraper movement
The art deco skyscraper movement
The International Style of modernism
The International Style of modernism
The neoclassical revival movement
The neoclassical revival movement
Taliesin West, which served as Wright’s winter home and architecture school, is located in which city?
Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona
Oak Park, Illinois
Oak Park, Illinois
Spring Green, Wisconsin
Spring Green, Wisconsin
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Which concept is central to Wright’s definition of ‘organic’ design?
Imitation of classical motifs
Imitation of classical motifs
Extensive use of ornamentation on exterior walls
Extensive use of ornamentation on exterior walls
Integration of the building into the site’s topography
Integration of the building into the site’s topography
Emphasis on multi-story verticality
Emphasis on multi-story verticality
Which international city hosted the Imperial Hotel, one of Wright’s most famous projects, which survived the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923?
Paris, France
Paris, France
London, United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom
Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Which Los Angeles residence, designed by Wright, features ‘textile block’ concrete construction and has appeared in numerous films like Blade Runner?
The Ennis House
The Ennis House
The Hollyhock House
The Hollyhock House
The Millard House
The Millard House
The Storer House
The Storer House
Wright was an avid collector and influential advocate of which art form from abroad, which deeply influenced his perception of space and composition?
Renaissance Italian villas
Renaissance Italian villas
Japanese Ukiyo-e prints
Japanese Ukiyo-e prints
Colonial American farmhouses
Colonial American farmhouses
Ancient Egyptian pyramids
Ancient Egyptian pyramids
In Wright’s residential architecture, what element served as the ‘hearth’ or physical and symbolic center of the home?
The detached three-car garage
The detached three-car garage
The open floor plan concept
The open floor plan concept
The Cherokee Red color
The Cherokee Red color
The central stone fireplace
The central stone fireplace
In the 1920s, Wright experimented with a construction method involving patterned concrete blocks, calling them what?
Prairie style houses
Prairie style houses
Textile block houses
Textile block houses
Skyscrapers
Skyscrapers
Government administrative centers
Government administrative centers
What reinforced concrete structure, finished in 1908 in Oak Park, represents an early and highly influential example of architectural modernism?
Taliesin
Taliesin
Unity Temple
Unity Temple
Fallingwater
Fallingwater
The Imperial Hotel
The Imperial Hotel
What is true regarding Frank Lloyd Wright’s formal university education?
He studied engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
He studied engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
He completed a five-year degree program in architecture
He completed a five-year degree program in architecture
He was expelled from the Harvard School of Architecture
He was expelled from the Harvard School of Architecture
He served an apprenticeship with a city planner in San Francisco
He served an apprenticeship with a city planner in San Francisco
Which of these was NOT a characteristic feature of Wright’s early Prairie School floor plans?
The use of long, horizontal axes
The use of long, horizontal axes
An open flow between the living and dining areas
An open flow between the living and dining areas
A completely open-plan kitchen integrated into the main living room
A completely open-plan kitchen integrated into the main living room
A central fireplace serving as the anchor of the home
A central fireplace serving as the anchor of the home
Which Buffalo, New York estate is considered one of the largest and most complex examples of Wright’s Prairie School residential work?
The Darwin D. Martin House
The Darwin D. Martin House
Taliesin West
Taliesin West
The Freeman House
The Freeman House
Fallingwater
Fallingwater
Which project by Wright is famous for its ‘dendriform’ (tree-like) columns reaching up to a translucent glass-tube ceiling?
The Guggenheim Museum
The Guggenheim Museum
The Marin County Civic Center
The Marin County Civic Center
Johnson Wax Headquarters
Johnson Wax Headquarters
The Price Tower
The Price Tower
Which building in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, is the only realized skyscraper design by Frank Lloyd Wright?
The Guggenheim Museum
The Guggenheim Museum
The Mile High Illinois skyscraper project
The Mile High Illinois skyscraper project
The Price Tower
The Price Tower
Unity Temple
Unity Temple
In which time and place was the ‘Prairie School’ movement primarily established?
Detroit in the 1890s
Detroit in the 1890s
New York in the 1910s
New York in the 1910s
Chicago in the 1890s
Chicago in the 1890s
Chicago in the 1920s
Chicago in the 1920s
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