This is 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars.

If I asked you to think of the most famous architect in American history, even if you don't think you know anything at all about architecture,

I bet you could take a guess and I bet your guess would be right.

Frank Lloyd Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright, perhaps the greatest architect of the 20th century.

The genius with a T-square has been called the paste center of modern-day architecture.

One of the most extraordinary men of our time.

He has literally established the pace for innovations and new ideas in the field of architecture.

Frank Lloyd Wright left a legacy of some of the most iconic and gorgeous buildings in the United States,

like the Spiraling Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Falling Waterhouse in Pennsylvania,

which straddles a waterfall, and the futuristic Marin Civic Center, which is the backdrop for Gatica,

which is an awesome movie.

And that is producer Avery Truffleman.

By the end of his career, Wright was on a level of celebrity, usually reserved for actors and rock stars.

He was a household name, and he was on late-night talk shows.

Some quarters have denounced Wright as an impractical visionary and a pop-up windbag.

Yeah?

How do you feel about such criticism, Mr. Wright?

It doesn't affect me particularly.

Doesn't bother you. Not a bit.

So Wright wasn't just known for being a genius architect.

He made headlines because he was a character.

He often wore this outfit that included a flowy cape and a hat and cane.

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