> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.trxl.co/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # ✱ FLW 150 - URL: https://www.trxl.co/flw150/ - Published: 2017-06-08T17:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2023-07-25T00:27:16.000Z - Author: Evan Troxel - Tags: Architecture, Inspiring People, #sqs, #Import-blog1, #evantroxel-me-com Frank Lloyd Wright would be 150 years old today, and thinking of him immediately took me back to my childhood. At around 8 or 9 years old, I replicated his floor plans on grid paper of my own. I would beg my parents to buy me plan books or find books in the library because they were utterly fascinating, and I remember specifically drawing the Robie house (seen below) and being in awe of the kinds of plans he designed mainly because it didn't look anything like the houses I had lived in. I only thought of them as 'plans' at that time... I didn't even know they were real buildings! But then at one point I remember seeing pictures of the Wingspread house (in the slideshow below) for the first time thinking that it couldn't be real. How could *that* be a *house*? Mind. Blown. 💥 ![Animated floor plan of the Robie house](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496939289406-4MOVHVWWJE3F5RY1GCFE/image-asset.gif) Animated floor plan of the Robie house It's amazing to me what a man with such an incredible vision and creativity could do with a pencil. I've had the opportunity to visit a few FLW buildings—the [Hollyhock house](http://barnsdall.org/hollyhock-house/about/) in Hollywood, the [Ennis house](http://ennishouse.com) in Hollywood, the [Gammage theater](https://tours.asu.edu/tempe/asu-gammage) at ASU, and [Taliesn West](http://franklloydwright.org/taliesin-west/) in Scottsdale. I've always loved my experiences in them and obviously I have a lot more to see. He designed over 500 built works. So here's to Frank. His architecture was a piece of what inspired me to become an architect, and his architecture will continue to inspire us for at least another 150 years. What a legacy. ![Robie house](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496937882419-5Y24YABT784LWPCDF8MI/frank-lloyd-wright-robie-house-s-ddd9fe0b5983cbe8.jpg) ![Wingspread house](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496938471496-2FYDDOCS7RJIT738K3XF/stringio.jpg) ![Wingspread house](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496938480793-OMECJL5POU0BDIJJBNOO/wingspread-aerials-2009-008a.jpg) ![Wingspread house](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496938475894-RLTUX6N0Q21BLHBNGKJX/5a03859r.jpg) ![Wingspread house](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496938477659-IZ6E4Z4HKLMRJXVED4SV/08d_495-086.jpg) ![Hollyhock house hearth](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940250646-3FMNCYP5SH7F9HO3D8ZS/iu-2.jpg) ![Frank Lloyd Wright the Rock Star](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940458432-K7KKHEZHTLZZGA21LUPP/iu-4.jpg) ![Frank Lloyd Wright](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940465834-VNSUK4PQDC4WZNR0VFTZ/4-future-city.jpg) ![Frank Lloyd Wright](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940469255-6KBZQA3PGIIX56PBROJF/iu-5.jpg) ![Taliesn West](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940824387-PSSIB2Z7VSAUSB5FWEQ9/taliesin-west.jpg) ![Taliesn West Drafting Room](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940826771-8JI6GU403MF372JHL3C1/iu-6.jpg) ![Taliesn West](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940825079-L86RK9706GKSW40EEA2I/iu-7.jpg) ![Taliesn West](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940826320-5ZN80V8BB7DSUVHJQD8Q/tsw3.jpg) ![Taliesn West](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940971710-DE1WRMY76FA0I1W2VMR2/taliesin-west-055.jpg) Robie house / Wingspread house / Wingspread house / Wingspread house / Wingspread house / Hollyhock house hearth / Frank Lloyd Wright the Rock Star / Frank Lloyd Wright / Frank Lloyd Wright / Taliesn West / Taliesn West Drafting Room / Taliesn West / Taliesn West / Taliesn West ![Robie house](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496937882419-5Y24YABT784LWPCDF8MI/frank-lloyd-wright-robie-house-s-ddd9fe0b5983cbe8.jpg) ![Wingspread house](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496938471496-2FYDDOCS7RJIT738K3XF/stringio.jpg) ![Wingspread house](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496938480793-OMECJL5POU0BDIJJBNOO/wingspread-aerials-2009-008a.jpg) ![Wingspread house](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496938475894-RLTUX6N0Q21BLHBNGKJX/5a03859r.jpg) ![Wingspread house](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496938477659-IZ6E4Z4HKLMRJXVED4SV/08d_495-086.jpg) ![Hollyhock house hearth](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940250646-3FMNCYP5SH7F9HO3D8ZS/iu-2.jpg) ![Frank Lloyd Wright the Rock Star](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940458432-K7KKHEZHTLZZGA21LUPP/iu-4.jpg) ![Frank Lloyd Wright](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940465834-VNSUK4PQDC4WZNR0VFTZ/4-future-city.jpg) ![Frank Lloyd Wright](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940469255-6KBZQA3PGIIX56PBROJF/iu-5.jpg) ![Taliesn West](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940824387-PSSIB2Z7VSAUSB5FWEQ9/taliesin-west.jpg) ![Taliesn West Drafting Room](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940826771-8JI6GU403MF372JHL3C1/iu-6.jpg) ![Taliesn West](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940825079-L86RK9706GKSW40EEA2I/iu-7.jpg) ![Taliesn West](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940826320-5ZN80V8BB7DSUVHJQD8Q/tsw3.jpg) ![Taliesn West](https://storage.ghost.io/c/93/80/9380fef7-629b-48bf-9c81-27fe48a999cc/content/images/content/v1/4fb6ec4fe4b093525981eab3/1496940971710-DE1WRMY76FA0I1W2VMR2/taliesin-west-055.jpg)