Rican Wright
If I had the time, I'd look into this. Sounds like a fun research project.
PUERTO RICO HERALD: Prairie School Architecture And Con Artists In The CaribbeanLiving in Puerto Rico I don't have access to Wright's works, but I have the next best thing. I have the work of one of Wright's biggest fans, and one of Puerto Rico's most respected architects and con artists: Antonin Nechodoma.
Nechodoma's works in Puerto Rico during the early 1900s are the foundation of local modern architecture. His style was defined by low horizontal lines and open indoor spaces that blended with the surrounding environment and allowed air circulation.
The only problem was that Nechodoma's style wasn't his at all, it was Frank Lloyd Wright's prairie style copied line by line, literally. The father of Puerto Rican architecture was a man who boasted being Frank Lloyd Wright's apprentice, when in fact he never met the man.
* Ray, 10/06/2003 11:50:34 AM
