Frank Lloyd Wright designed well over a thousand different buildings during his life, most of which were residential, considering he was a domestic architect who believed that he had a greater impact on society by the structures he designed for people to live in. He believed that the people would benefit if their houses were well designed. Though he is well known for his efforts in residential housing, Wright also made his mark in commercial buildings with some notable projects such as the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. For Wright, Japan was ancient, unfamiliar, and striking; “A vast city channeled but with wide bare-earth streets swarming with humanity…lined both sides with blue-grey tile roofed two story wooden buildings… Scarlet and gold shuttered sedan-chairs, the kagos…softly brilliant globes or cylinders, red paper lanterns patterned with strange characters…samisen strings…broad ivory…just like the prints!” (3).
