s houses. Therooms and ledges are all dramatically different from the traditional boxy houses ofWright’s time period. The Guggenheim Museum has been considered Wright’s last great feat. Sadly, buttrue, Wright passed away shortly before the museum was publicly opened. It has aunique spiral/snail shell design that seems to grow out of the ground in the heart ofNew York City. The huge skylight provides light for the entire museum. The designallows people to see the art in a continuous manner. Visitors are intended to take anelevator to the top and walk all the way down, viewing all the exhibits as theydescend. Today, after an exhaustive competition, a second building is attached tothe museum, providing even more display space. The winning design is a simple,thin tower that is designed not to distract from the beautiful spiral. In true Wrightfashion, the architect stated that he did not want to disturb nature, giving themuseum its own place in the environment.Wright never retired; he died on April 9, 1959 at the age of ninety-two in Arizona. Hewas interred at the graveyard at Unity Chapel (which was considered to be his firstbuilding) at Taliesin in Wisconsin. In 1985, Olgivanna Wright passed away and one ofher wishes was to have Frank Lloyd Wright’s remains cremated and the ashes putnext to hers at Taliesin West. After much controversy, this was done. The epitaph athis Wisconsin grave site reads: “Love of an idea is the love of God.”...
