AZ Big Media: Taliesin West Takes Contemporary Approach to Historic Preservation

In a recent article, AZ Big Media shared more about the upcoming projects that the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation’s preservation teams are working on at Taliesin and Taliesin West.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Jan 1, 2020

Willey House Stories Part 17 – Roll Down to Levittown

Every house has stories to tell, particularly if the house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Some stories are familiar. Some are even true. Some, true or not, have been lost to time, while others are yet to be told. Steve Sikora, owner of the Malcom Willey House, continues his exploration of the home and its influence on architecture and society.

Steve Sikora | Dec 27, 2019

Living with Nature: Passive Energy Techniques

As the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation embraces more sustainable, innovative practices in our preservation work and beyond, we’re sharing some of these methods, and providing some tips on how you can incorporate these practices into your own home and life. Here, we discuss how Frank Lloyd Wright used the natural environment to create more comfortable structures.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Dec 23, 2019

Our House: Christmas 1958 at Taliesin West

Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright’s wife, wrote a series of essays titled, “Our House” for the Capital Times of Madison, Wisconsin from 1958-1962. Here, in this December 1958 writing, she shares an intimate account of Frank Lloyd Wright’s final Christmas celebration at Taliesin West.

Olgivanna Lloyd Wright | Dec 20, 2019

The Atom Brick x Frank Lloyd Wright: Q&A with Founder Adam Reed Tucker

The Atom Brick, a company that seeks to inspire today’s builders to create the world around them using interconnecting bricks, collaborated with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to produce three of Wright’s most well-known buildings.

To learn more about what went into creating these building kits, we spoke with Adam Reed Tucker, founder and design-visionary at The Atom Brick.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Dec 12, 2019

UPDATE: Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Usonian Automatic House Entrusted to the Currier Museum of Art

The funds to purchase this 1,406 square-foot, two-bedroom, two-bathroom Usonian Automatic-style home in New Hampshire were donated to the Currier Museum of Art by an anonymous donor.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Dec 11, 2019

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Death Valley Desert Compound

In the early 1920s, Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned to further develop an existing desert compound located near Death Valley, California. Wright’s unique design, to be built into the surrounding hills, incorporates sweeping canyon views, spring-fed fountains, and a concrete block system.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Nov 21, 2019

The Form and Function of Science Fiction

Science fiction and architecture are both practices that imagine—and critique—new worlds. Frank Lloyd Wright’s work was both a critique of the way we build and a projection about how our built world could change. Wright wasn’t just designing a new built environment, his work was always also addressing the political and economic architecture of future societies. Some particular examples of the way in which his projects have been used in science fiction show the complicated relationship between his social and spatial imaginations.

Fred Scharmen | Nov 15, 2019

Make Your Own Origami Cube: An Introduction to Architecture 101

The cube is an essential building block of architecture when it comes to understanding the built environment. In this hands-on activity we blend the geometric forms Frank Lloyd Wright was inspired by with the Japanese art of paper folding.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Nov 13, 2019