Central – Section 1.3: Architectural Icons: Frank Lloyd Wright & Beyond

To find works by a world-renowned architect, head east of Tampa to the campus of Florida Southern College in Lakeland, home to 13 sculptures that are beautiful examples of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian style, including the Danforth Chapel and the Usonian Faculty House.


Head south to Sarasota to find another preeminent art institution—The Ringling estate, home to the Museum of Art—which has expanded over the years to include the Chao Center for Asian Art, the Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion and the Keith D. Monda Gallery for Contemporary Art—the Circus Museum, the Historic Asolo Theater and the Ca’ d’Zan, once the opulent winter home of circus impresario John Ringling and his wife Mable. Upon his death in 1936, Ringling willed his property and art collection, plus a $1.2 million endowment, to the people of the State of Florida.