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Y rural Pennsylvania’s Fallingwater (pictured).
In the Midwest, Wright
enthusiasts can hit half
of the UNESCO “site”
during a weekend road
trip: The oldest, Unity
Temple, and the Fred-
erick C. Robie House
are less than 20 miles
apart in the Chicago
area. Taliesin, the archi-
tect’s studio and home,
as well as the Herbert
and Katherine Jacobs
House sit less than
four hours away near
Madison, Wisconsin.
—Meghan Miner Murray

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Hear the sound of

falling water

Most honorees noted

for architecture are sin-

gular places, such as

the newly listed Mafra

National Palace in

Portugal and the

historic city of Sheki

in Azerbaijan. But this

year the committee

added eight buildings

in six states that exem-

plify the 20th-century

ARCHITECTURE

OF FRANK LLOYD

WRIGHT. During

his 70-year career,

Wright pioneered the

philosophy of “organic

architecture” that

harmonizes with its

environment, which

can be seen clearly in

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