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===Destroyed Wright buildings=== [[File:Imperial Hotel FFW 1.jpg|thumb|[[Imperial Hotel, Tokyo]] (1923)]] Wright designed more than 400 built structures,<ref>''The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog,'' by William Allin Storrer, University of Chicago Press, 1992 (third edition)</ref> of which about 300 survived {{as of|2023|lc=y}}.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023|reason=Needs reference for number of remaining buildings}} At least five have been lost to forces of nature: the waterfront house for W. L. Fuller in [[Pass Christian, Mississippi]], destroyed by [[Hurricane Camille]] in August 1969; the [[Louis Sullivan Bungalow]] of [[Ocean Springs, Mississippi]], destroyed by [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005; and the [[Arinobu Fukuhara House]] (1918) in [[Hakone, Kanagawa|Hakone, Japan]], destroyed in the [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake]]. In January 2006, the [[Wilbur Wynant House]] in [[Gary, Indiana|Gary]], Indiana was destroyed by fire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org/magazine/archives/arc_news_2006/011706.htm |title=Preservation Online: Today's News Archives: Fire Guts Rare FLW House in Indiana |publisher=Nationaltrust.org |access-date=October 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220045039/http://www.nationaltrust.org/Magazine/archives/arc_news_2006/011706.htm|archive-date=February 20, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2018 the [[Arch Oboler]] complex in Malibu, California was gutted in the [[Woolsey Fire]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://franklloydwright.org/frank-lloyd-wrights-arch-oboler-complex-appears-gutted-by-california-fire/|title=Frank Lloyd Wright's Arch Oboler Complex Appears Gutted by California Fire|date=November 28, 2018|website=Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation}}</ref> Many other notable Wright buildings were intentionally demolished: [[Midway Gardens]] (built 1913, demolished 1929), the [[Larkin Administration Building]] (built 1903, demolished 1950), the Francis Apartments and Francisco Terrace Apartments (Chicago, built 1895, demolished 1971 and 1974, respectively), the Geneva Inn (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, built 1911, demolished 1970), and the [[Banff National Park Pavilion]] (built 1914, demolished 1934). The [[Imperial Hotel, Tokyo|Imperial Hotel]] (built 1923) survived the [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake]], but was demolished in 1968 due to urban developmental pressures.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bernstein|first=Fred A.|date=April 2, 2006|title=Near Nagoya, Architecture From When the East Looked West|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/travel/near-nagoya-architecture-from-when-the-east-looked-west.html|access-date=March 5, 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The [[Hoffman Auto Showroom]] in New York City (built 1954) was demolished in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metropolismag.com/architecture/remembering-frank-lloyd-wrights-bijou/|title=Remembering Frank Lloyd Wright's Demolished Car Showroom |date=May 9, 2013 |first1=Debra |last1=Pickrel |website=Metropolis Magazine }}</ref>
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