Frank Lloyd Wright is a famous architect. Art Garfunkel majored in architecture at Columbia University because he thought his career as a musician might never pan out. Simon, knowing his musical partner was a big fan of Wright, used his name in the title.
The idea for this song came in the summer of 1969 when Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were renting a house in the Hollywood Hills and working on the Bridge Over Troubled Water album. Garfunkel noticed a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and mentioned it to Simon, suggesting he write a song about the architect.
Paul Simon says that there was a Brazilian influence in this song, but isn't really sure how he came up with the chord changes. The strings in the song were arranged by Jimme Haskell, who was brought in to work on this song and the track "Keep the Customer Satisfied."
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