Unpacking the Imperial Hotel at 100: Frank Lloyd Wright and the World

The 1923 opening of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan, was the culmination of one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most ambitious and elaborate commissions. It was Wright’s first international project, inaugurating him as one of the first 20th-century architects of global significance. Join Ken Tadashi Oshima, professor of architecture at the University of Washington, in honoring the centennial of the Imperial Hotel. The lecture will examine the nature of people and places that intersect with Wright’s experience in Japan and would resurface in projects around the world including those in St. Louis.

The Joanne and Alan Kohn Lecture is presented by The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park.