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News and updates from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
At Taliesin in Wisconsin, our preservation team is working to restore and update a historic communal living space in order to return it to a multi-person dwelling. Here we share the current progress of the project.
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Mar 3, 2020
In the winter 2020 issue of the Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly magazine, 2019–2021 Graphic Design Fellow Rachel Minier created unique icons for each of the eight Frank Lloyd Wright sites included in the 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, a group inscription of Wright sites to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Here she shares some insight into her design process.
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Feb 27, 2020
In 1932, Frank Lloyd Wright created the Taliesin Fellowship, a community of apprentices and their families who lived, worked and studied with Wright first at Taliesin in Wisconsin and later also at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona. The program provided a total learning environment integrating all aspects of the apprentices’ lives with the intent of educating responsible, creative, and cultured human beings and building professionals.
Stuart Graff | Jan 31, 2020
On KJZZ’s The Show, Mark Brodie sat down with Fred Prozzillo, Foundation Vice President of Preservation, to learn more about the ongoing preservation efforts at Taliesin and Taliesin West.
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Jan 20, 2020
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
At Frank Lloyd Wright’s two homes Taliesin and Taliesin West, Olgivanna and Frank Lloyd Wright often celebrated the holidays in lavish style including Halloween, where the Wright’s and Taliesin Fellowship dressed in costume and enjoyed a feast.
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Oct 31, 2019
Taliesin, Wright’s summer home in rural Wisconsin, has an interesting and somewhat tumultuous history. As the years went on, Wright rebuilt the structure and experimented with architecture, creating a truly unique work that tells a story.
Keiran Murphy | Oct 9, 2019
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 recycling materials, and share more about how we reuse materials in our preservation efforts at Taliesin and Taliesin West.
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Sep 25, 2019
The inscription of a collection of eight Frank Lloyd Wright-designed buildings marks the first modern architecture designation on the UNESCO World Heritage List in the United States.
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Jul 7, 2019