Word: ziggurat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Wright said he got his basic idea from Assyrian ziggurats (pyramidal temples with outside ramps ascending spirally). Eventually he decided that "the ziggurat is pessimistic," because it is pyramidal, so he turned it upside down to get his own building. Pointing to his model, he said triumphantly: "This is pure optimism...