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 […]
The May 2008 issue of Dwell has a two-page interview with Pedro Guerrero, Frank Lloyd Wright’s photographer (and Alexander Caler’s and Louise Nevelson’s). If you are a Dwell hater, or are easily annoyed by high-income, urban-residing, black-wearing, twenty-something hipsters, the short interview probably isn’t worth the $5.99 cover price.
But Guerrero is extremely talented and […]
(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 […]
Edward Lifson remembered what I forgot: today is the 50th anniversary of the Frank Lloyd Wright Rose Bowl parade float:
The “First in Sunshine” float was awarded first place in its category.
Kate Nolan, of The Arizona Republic, wrote an article on last night’s opening symposium for the 75th anniversary celebration of Frank Lloyd Wright’s apprenticeship program.
An audience member asked whether the Wright school wasn’t isolating itself by staying “up here on the hill? Is there any cross-pollination of ideas the way there is at a […]
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Taliesin Apprenticeship — of course it’s time for a party. A celebration will be held November 8- 12 at Taliesin West. Among the notable attendees will be: Eric Lloyd Wright, Paoli Soleri (Taliesin alumnus), Pedro Guerrero, Earl Nisbet, and John Rattenbury. Events include a […]
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 […]
I grew up in the 1970s, so I’ve always had an odd interest in Arcosanti, Paolo Soleri’s utopian community in the Arizona desert — Soleri was once a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. (I’ve always thought that Peter Beagle’s famous quote, “the Sixties were no fouler a decade than the Fifties — they merely reaped […]
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has hired an architect for the newly created position of Vice President of Campus Planning, Restoration and Development. Robert A. Jones, AIA NCARB will oversee all maintenance, restoration and management of the buildings, land and infrastructure of the Foundation’s property in Scottsdale, Arizona and Spring Green, Wisconsin. Which, to me, […]