KJZZ: Frank Lloyd Wright Designed a State Capitol for Arizona

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | Dec 9, 2020

KJZZ’s Steve Goldstein spoke with Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation’s VP of Communication & Partnerships Jeff Goodman about how Arizona managed to turn down America’s greatest architect for a State Capitol Building.

Find out what Arizona’s State Capitol Building could have looked like if legislators hadn’t balked at Frank Lloyd Wright’s design proposal for his adopted desert home of more than two decades.

Listen in to this fascinating tale which is a cover story for the newest Winter 2020 issue of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation’s member-exclusive Quarterly magazine titled Unbuilt Frank Lloyd Wright: For the Benefit of the People.

You can also listen and read the full transcript here.

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