The Whirling Arrow

News and updates from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation

The Desert is a Dotted Line: Connecting Taliesin West and Early Scottsdale

Ross Hubbard | Jan 12, 2026

Photo Credit: Aerial view of Taliesin West, November 24, 1949. Photograph courtesy Herb and Dorothy McLaughlin Photograph Collection, Greater Arizona Collection, Arizona State University Library.

The Whirling Arrow

News and updates from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation

A composite image showing four different architectural drawings and blueprints of varying styles and complexity.

Frank Lloyd Wright + Arizona

Frank Lloyd Wright’s connection to Arizona, the location of his personal winter home Taliesin West, runs deep, with his architectural influence seen all over the Valley. Here, PhD student David R. Richardson gives a brief overview of several of Wright’s most notable projects in the Grand Canyon state.
A Chinese Guanyin statue in the snow, ca. 1940, photograph by Edmund Teske. Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (Avery Architectural Library at Columbia University and the Museum of Modern Art) 2501.1027.

Winter At Taliesin

A Chinese Guanyin statue in the snow, ca. 1940, photograph by Edmund Teske. Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (Avery Architectural Library at Columbia University and the Museum of Modern Art) 2501.1027.
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