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| Designation | UNESCO World Heritage (cultural, 2019) |
| Name | The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Country | United States of America |
| Nearby cities | Phoenix |
| Nearby sites | Saguaro National Park, Petrified Forest National Park |
| Latitude, longitude | 33.61, -111.85 Google Maps |
About
The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2019 as a cultural site.
Why it was inscribed
The World Heritage Committee found that it meets criterion (ii) of the ten selection criteria:
(ii) an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design.
Description (UNESCO World Heritage Centre)
The property consists of eight buildings in the United States designed by the architect during the first half of the 20th century. These include well known designs such as Fallingwater (Mill Run, Pennsylvania) and the Guggenheim Museum (New York). All the buildings reflect the ‘organic architecture’ developed by Wright, which includes an open plan, a blurring of the boundaries between exterior and interior and the unprecedented use of materials such as steel and concrete. Each of these buildings offers innovative solutions to the needs for housing, worship, work or leisure. Wright's work from