Here is an article on The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation’s fund raising plans. CEO Phillip Allsopp hopes to raise $125 million, and, should the goal be hit, ke knows just what he wants do with it:
âWe want to become a major destination for artists, engineers and scientists,â says Allsopp, whose âwish listâ for Taliesin West includes a 30,000-square-foot archive facility with exhibition space for visitors to view a rotating collection of Wrightâs works and an on-site design and innovation center where artists, scholars and students can convene for seminars and share ideas.[ … ]
âWe need to be relevant and connect across the generations,â says Allsopp, adding that the foundation has also been discussing the possibility of creating a Taliesin Craftsman Guild, paying homage to Wrightâs affinity for apprenticeships, so the next generations of masons, plumbers and electricians can learn from masters about restorative architecture.
Though the governance problems of the foundation seem to be in the past, this is still a lofty financial goals, but goals that Allsopp calls “ambitious but achievable plans”.
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Based on past performance, I predict that 5 years from now the new archives building will not have been built.