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Frank Lloyd Wright’s design of the Guggenheim Museum
Reading Time: 6 minutes Drawing of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. My post this week is going to be about where Wright designed the Guggenheim Museum He designed it in New York City, you silly! No. I mean: in which of his studios did Wright first draw the plan for the museum? See, the Guggenheim […]
The Taliesin Fellowship
Reading Time: 5 minutes A photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright with apprentices at a drafting table in the Hillside Drafting Studio. Photo taken by Marvin Koner in June 1958. When I gave tours, I introduced the Taliesin Fellowship as: a coeducational apprentice program that Wright and his wife, Olgivanna, started in 1932. They wanted the apprentices to participate in […]
Frank Lloyd Wright birth and birthplace
Reading Time: 3 minutes Theodore Farrington took this photograph of a young Frank Wright in Macgregor, Iowa. The Wrights lived there from 1871 until 1873. As June 8 approaches, it’s time for the annual performance of: “When and Where was Frank Lloyd Wright born” So, I’ve got you covered on “when”. I wrote about that several years ago in […]
Newspaper under Taliesin’s Horse Stable
Reading Time: 6 minutes No, not Taliesin’s first horse stable (as seen in this post). I’m talking about the other Taliesin horse stable. The one he added some time in the Taliesin II era (you know, “The Forgotten Middle Child of Taliesin“). I think he stopped using the first stable when he started having draftsmen live with him. So […]
Frank Lloyd Wright: architect of millionaires… or maybe not
Reading Time: 5 minutes In today’s post I’m going to write about the public perception of Wright as the millionaire’s architect, countered by his attempts to design and build homes for people in the middle class. It’s not surprising that when you think of Frank Lloyd Wright, you think he only designed for rich people. Because You hear he […]
Opening Taliesin for the tour season
Reading Time: 6 minutes A photograph of Taliesin’s Living Room that I took during the first week of House Opening in 2006. I opened the front door yesterday and stepped outside for a moment to experience rain coming down in 50F (10C) temps. Due to this, I was pushed back into “House Opening”. That is, I remembered the work […]
More Things I Learned at Taliesin
Reading Time: 5 minutes Beye Fyfe took this photo while looking up at Taliesin, either in the late fall or early spring. It’s a close-up of that balcony I talked about in my last post. That is: what is carbide gas? I discovered this while researching the history of Taliesin’s lighting and electricity and will write about it in […]
When was Taliesin’s Birdwalk built?
Reading Time: 5 minutes If you don’t know what I’m talking about, don’t worry. I’ll explain it, then tell you when it was built. I’m writing this because a website subscriber wrote me that question after my last post. You can can also subscribe, by hitting the subscribe button at the bottom of the post. It doesn’t cost anything […]
Another Taliesin mystery that I missed:
Reading Time: 6 minutes I know you think I know everything at least if I listen to my mom and oldest sister But, this post is where I come clean about something I missed about the history of Taliesin. it’s only one thing in the pile of things that I know I have missed and I say that and […]
More on Frank Lloyd Wright’s aunts
Reading Time: 7 minutes Or, Jennie and Nell Lloyd Jones for those of us who are Wright-fanboys. like I’m one to talk. Whatcha been doin’ for the last 30 years, Keiran? That’s because one of my blog readers you can subscribe at the bottom of the page asked if I could talk about what led to the demise of […]
