Frank Lloyd Wright designed and built this remarkable structure in the Arizona desert beginning in 1937. It was intended to be his winter home and studio. Eventually it also became a school where his apprentices came to learn from him and practice architecture. Some of Wright’s most famous buildings were designed here, such as the Guggenheim Museum and others. The compound consists of several buildings, all reflecting Wright’s “organic architecture” by utilizing native Sonoran desert stone and mortar made with the reddish soil, creating a sense that the buildings sprang from the landscape, which in essence, they did. Designated a National Landmark in 2008, today it is home to Taliesin Fellowship and The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture.
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