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Imagine the hours that were spent, over a two-year period, to create that model. Congratulations and thanks, to Razin Khan and the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust.

The main dining hall was Wright's cathedral or Hagia Sophia ?

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SDR wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:16 pm Imagine the hours that were spent, over a two-year period, to create that model. Congratulations and thanks, to Razin Khan and the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust.

The main dining hall was Wright's cathedral or Hagia Sophia ? S

Imagine all the hours spent designing all that ornament!

What a great question. Mr Wright pooh-poohed the idea of "a style," and never accepted labels attached to his work, though the term "Prairie style" has long been used in connection with his signature early residential work. But he liked the term "style," at one point or another in his career; he said that a building should have "style."

As for the Imperial Hotel, all bets are off; observers have been pondering the genesis, connections, and meanings of its appearance since day one. It is certainly the most elaborately articulated---some would say "decorated"---of all the products of his fertile imagination. It is neither Japanese nor Asian, nor is it American or European. It is not a representative of any architectural style . . . but it certainly has style !

S