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Design Tour 3
Taliesin West
June 29, 1999, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Taliesin West is the international headquarters for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Frank Lloyd Wright literally created Taliesin West "out of the desert." He and his apprentices gathered rocks from the desert floor and sand from the washes to build this great desert masterpiece. Taliesin West is notable because of its unusual forms, its rough rocky surface, and its innovative uses of material such as textiles and plastics. From the beginning, this remarkable set of buildings astounded architectural critics with its beauty and unusual form, as well as its ability to integrate indoor and outdoor spaces.
Situated on 600 acres of rugged Sonoran desert at the foothills of the McDowell Mountains in Scottsdale, Arizona, Taliesin West is now a National Historic Landmark. Visitors to Taliesin West will not see a museum, but rather a remarkably vital and active community of students and architects working together to maintain Wright's vision. Today 70 people live, work, and study at Taliesin West. Your guide will provide an overview of Wright's basic theories of design.
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