The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has completed the final step for placing part of the Arizona campus on the historic register of the city of Scottsdale.
The Taliesin West Historic Preservation Plan was recently approved by the Scottsdale Historic Preservation Commission.It governs the 10.6 acres of structures the renowned architect began in 1937 on the 490-acre […]
(This is old news, from March, sorry)
Frank lloyd Wright always said you should own the view from your house. The next best thing might be to have the view owned by a nature preserve.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation is working with McDowell Sonoran Preserve Commission to preserve the hillsides surrounding Taliesin West. Since Wright designed […]
The Fabyan Villa in Geneva, Illinois is undergoing a round of repairs. Damage due to aging, woodpeckers and squirrels will be completed before the house’s opening for public tours in May.
Interior repairs of cracked walls and ceilings will be completed this week, while exterior fixes for “critter damage” and rot will begin (and be completed) […]
Landmarks Illinois has released their annual “10 Most Endangered” list. While no Wright buildings make the list, five of the 11 sites are in the Chcago-area, and one of the listed sites is the Michigan Avenue Streetwall, an area that includes both Louis Sullivan’s Auditorum Building that Wright worked on and where Sullivan had his […]
Thanks to a sweeping restoration, the Ennis House in Los Angeles has been brought back from near-collapse. But, though it’s ready to receive visitors, its neighbors are not.
A group of about 20 adjacent neighbors is fighting plans to reopen the house to the public, arguing that the house should be sold to a private owner. […]
Via PrairieMod
A news item on the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy’s site updates — with good news — the status of the Charnley Cottage in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Thanks to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, funds for restoration are available, and a preservation easement has been […]
The AP has a nice article on Frank Lloyd Wright Wisconsin’s work on the south side of Milwaukee to restore and preserve examples of the American System-built homes.
Of the six Wright designs on West Burnham Boulevard (four duplexes and two single family homes), the group has bought two — one duplex and one single […]
Fund raising has begun to collect the matching funds that will unlock the $9 million Vision Iowa grant from the State of Iowa. Nearly $8 million of that will go towards two Frank Lloyd Wright projects (restoration of the Park Inn Hotel and a visitor’s center for the Stockman House).
Jean Marinos, president of Wright on […]
[Later update: Thanks to commenter Paul, we now know the specifics: $7.5 million will be given (provided matching funds are raised) to the Park Inn, $250,000 will go to the visitor’s center and the rest goes to other projects in Mason City.]
[Update: Reading something else, I’m not sure the source I used below was correct. […]
The Washington Post has a sort-of review of a new film about the preservation of the Park Inn in Mason City, Iowa The Last Wright. The film is playing at the Environmental Film Festival in Washington, D.C.
Carra’s hour-long film, which is unfortunately rather muddled in its effort to draw together too many threads, shows the […]