The UNESCO World Heritage Center recognizes sites of great cultural , historical , or scientific importance , from manmade urban center like Venice to natural wonderment like the Great Barrier Reef . A group of Modern position honored this month are n’t nearly as old as some other sites on the list , but in just the retiring hundred or so , they ’ve made a huge impact . During its43rd annual session , the World Heritage Committee elect to addeight buildingsdesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright , the American architect who open up the Prairie School movement in the 20th century .
The Frank Lloyd Wright structures joining the UNESCO inclination include Taliesin West in Scottsdale , Arizona ; Hollyhock House in Los Angeles ; the Frederick C. Robie House in Chicago ; Unity Temple in Oak Park , Illinois ; the Solomon R.GuggenheimMuseum in New York City;Fallingwaterin Mill Run , Pennsylvania ; the Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House in Madison , Wisconsin ; andTaliesinin Spring Green , Wisconsin . Each building was constructed between 1905 and 1938 , and they represent just a handful of the more than 400 Wright worksstill standingtoday .
The radical make up a individual World Heritage Site known as " The 20th - Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright . " Together , the buildings are the 24th World Heritage Site recognized in the U.S. , accompanying such places as Independence Hall in Philadelphia , Everglades National Park in Florida , and theGrand Canyonin Arizona . They ’re not the first illustration of advanced computer architecture to be added to the list , though . The Sydney Opera House , the city of Brasilia , and the Bauhaus School in Germany are also World Heritage Sites .
According to organization’swebsite , contribute landmarks to the UNESCO World Heritage list " helps raise sentience among citizens and governments for heritage saving , " and that " greater cognizance go to a universal emanation in the degree of the protection and conservation pass on to heritage attribute . " nation that home heritage website are also eligible for financing from UNESCO to preserve them . All of the sites include " The twentieth - Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright " are already protect asNational Historic Landmarks , and many are open tovisitors .
