It’s been almost 55 years since the death of possible the world’s most famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and finally, late last year Florida Southern College — home to the largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in the world — opened another structure designed by the famed architect. Wright originally designed the so-called “Usonian House” as his vision of a professor’s home in 1939, however the building was never erected until late last year using blueprints Wright left. The house is made up of nearly 2,000 interlocking textile blocks — creating 47 shapes — with almost 5,000 stained-glass inserts, and a staple of Wright — and most prairie style houses — built-in furniture. Now referred to as the Frank Lloyd Wright Sharp Family Tourism and Education Center, the formally intended professor’s house now serves as a tourism and education center on Florida Southern College’s Lakeland campus. You can check out more about the construction of the building by clicking RIGHT HERE and you can check out more pictures after the break.
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