publication date: Saturday, August 26, 2006 (part of Round XXVIII)

category: Architecture

clue: Geometric design came as easily to this highly influential Midwestern architect as falling water.

explanation: Wright was a prominent architect from the American Midwest known for conceiving buildings as arrangements of geometric shapes. One of his most famous designs was a house called Fallingwater. more…

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Erik Bates, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, David Mitzman, Jerry Mathis, Tony Peters, Scott Horowitz, Megan Baxter, Chris McKinnon, Todd Brotsch, E. M., Adrianne Rodgers, Kerry Odell, Josh Paddison, Joy Dunn, Amir H. Sufyani, Aaron Weiss, and Sue Harper

player landmarks: This was the first goo solved by Sue Harper.

trivia: Scott was not inspired to create the Architecture category for this goo, planning to put Wright into the Art & Photography category, but a planned second Architecture goo in later weeks made Scott change his mind.


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