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Taliesin West Gets New Accessibility Upgrades

Taliesin West, the UNESCO World Heritage site that served as Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home in Scottsdale, Arizona, recently completed ADA upgrades that will make the historic property more accessible than ever before.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Jul 18, 2020

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Goetsch-Winckler House For Sale

The early Usonian 1940 Goetsch-Winkler House in Okemos, Michigan by Frank Lloyd Wright is for sale at $479,000.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Jul 6, 2020

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Charles L. & Dorothy Manson House For Sale

The 1941 Charles L. and Dorothy Manson property is on the market in Wausau, WI for $425,000. The home is an early example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian designs, with 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016 and is also a Historical Landmark for the City of Wausau.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Jun 19, 2020

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Charles F. Glore House for Sale

The historic 1954 Charles F. Glore property, on the market for $2.3 million, is a Usonian home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright featuring awe-inspiring cathedral style windows in the living room.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Jun 17, 2020

2-Dimensional Drawings for the Future: UPENN Preservation Research

Earlier this year, two students in the historic preservation program at PennDesign, University of Pennsylvania’s Design School, conducted in-depth, on-site research on the historic preservation of Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home and desert laboratory in Scottsdale, Arizona. Here, Mónica P. Ortiz Cortés, Assoc. AIA, a native of Puerto Rico, shares some of her findings and insight from the experience.

Monica Cortes | Jun 15, 2020

Experience Frank Lloyd Wright’s Wingspread in Immersive Video Tour

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | May 7, 2020

Philip Johnson: 100 Years, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Us

In 1957, architect Philip Johnson delivered a speech to the Washington State Chapter of the American Institute of Architects: “100 Years, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Us.”

Philip Johnson | Apr 30, 2020

Illustrator Ben Denzer Creates Newspaper Architecture for the New York Times

Enjoy a month’s worth of drawings that were updated daily during April 2020, featuring iconic architecture reinterpreted as “newspaper buildings” in this series by illustrator Ben Denzer taken from page 3 of the New York Times.

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Apr 10, 2020

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Larkin and Johnson Wax Workspaces

Frank Lloyd Wright stepped onto the national architecture scene with the substantial essay “In the Cause of Architecture” in the Architectural Record of March, 1908. His first sentence set the terms for understanding his work: “Radical though it be, the work here illustrated is dedicated to a cause conservative in the best sense of the word.” 

Sidney Robinson | Mar 25, 2020