Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959) American 1942-1959 (creation) (New addition made in 1992 by Gwathmey Siegel and Associates, Architects.) The spiral first appeared in Wright's work as a motor car ramp leading to a mountain-top planetarium overlook (1925 New York, New York, United States concrete © Saif Haq Saif Haq Modernist Architecture and City Planning construction Guggenheim Museum buildings