Taliesin West is one of the best examples we have so far when referring to organic architecture. By the instant you step into the museum, you are able to admire a distinct, yet extremely common, style of architecture, which incorporates its prairie characteristics into nature. While being considered one of the greatest architectural structures of all times, Arizonians are lucky to have such an extraordinary historical monument as part of their state. As many architecture aficionados and general public already know, Taliesin West was Mr. Wright's winter house in the beautiful city of Scottsdale, Az. It is located on the Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard, and its territory expands throughout time enabling current students to explore and experiment with their teachings on organic architecture today.
The school offers a different method of education, and it basically consists of two main campuses, which include this last one, Taliesin West, in Arizona, where students arrive in October and stay for the rest of the winter (just like Wright and his wife at their time), and Taliesin East in Wisconsin, where pupils usually spend their summers. A fact about this educational system that is doubtlessly incredible is that some of the drastic practices that Mr. Wright developed in the 1930s at these two locations are still performed today by the choice of several students. The perfect example of this is the tents that diverse groups of scholars had to build at some point during their first year of their degree across the dessert. It was mentioned at the tour that we attended today that students are provided with an average of $2,000 dollars to make such tents after their designs are approved by the professors at the institution.
Furthermore, it is needless to say that Taliesin West is indeed, a design willing to offer the wonders of nature combined with a sense of simplistic modernism. Most of Frank Lloyd Wright's designs do not count with extravagant aspects of design, and on the contrary, they demonstrate how functionality and comfort can also lead to great living spaces. We can travel around the world and explore every single one of Wright's structures, and what we will determine to be the common factor between them is their current presence in today's society. Some say that Frank Lloyd Wright predicted the future, while in reality he just thought of the unique factor that can possibly create the greatest piece of art on any matter: he found a way of making the elements work in any circumstance and in any period of time. Even today, every single apartment and room at Taliesin West is able to take full advantage of natural lighting, and electricity is not needed for it to function in any manner.
However, you don't have to believe me! If you currently live in Arizona (or are planning on visiting in the near future), Taliesin West is definitely one of the places to visit. It totally provides you with the most beautiful panoramas in the state, and it leads you to understand many of the practices required to bring organic architecture to life. In addition to that, there are many options of tours that you can select from. The one we attended today is called the Extended Insights Tour, which not only treated us to mid-morning tea, but it also gave us the chance to talk to a past student of Frank Lloyd Wright himself! It is incredible how many of the architects from the past have decided to continue their lives at Taliesin West and surroundings, without mentioning that the word "retirement" is not one taught at this particular institute. We are more than content with all of the resources and insights that were given during the tour, and as new members of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, we will be more than delighted to keep sharing the experiences that we go through at Taliesin West and the many other locations that Wright left us to cultivate ourselves from.
We hope you enjoy our pictures!
The school offers a different method of education, and it basically consists of two main campuses, which include this last one, Taliesin West, in Arizona, where students arrive in October and stay for the rest of the winter (just like Wright and his wife at their time), and Taliesin East in Wisconsin, where pupils usually spend their summers. A fact about this educational system that is doubtlessly incredible is that some of the drastic practices that Mr. Wright developed in the 1930s at these two locations are still performed today by the choice of several students. The perfect example of this is the tents that diverse groups of scholars had to build at some point during their first year of their degree across the dessert. It was mentioned at the tour that we attended today that students are provided with an average of $2,000 dollars to make such tents after their designs are approved by the professors at the institution.
Furthermore, it is needless to say that Taliesin West is indeed, a design willing to offer the wonders of nature combined with a sense of simplistic modernism. Most of Frank Lloyd Wright's designs do not count with extravagant aspects of design, and on the contrary, they demonstrate how functionality and comfort can also lead to great living spaces. We can travel around the world and explore every single one of Wright's structures, and what we will determine to be the common factor between them is their current presence in today's society. Some say that Frank Lloyd Wright predicted the future, while in reality he just thought of the unique factor that can possibly create the greatest piece of art on any matter: he found a way of making the elements work in any circumstance and in any period of time. Even today, every single apartment and room at Taliesin West is able to take full advantage of natural lighting, and electricity is not needed for it to function in any manner.
However, you don't have to believe me! If you currently live in Arizona (or are planning on visiting in the near future), Taliesin West is definitely one of the places to visit. It totally provides you with the most beautiful panoramas in the state, and it leads you to understand many of the practices required to bring organic architecture to life. In addition to that, there are many options of tours that you can select from. The one we attended today is called the Extended Insights Tour, which not only treated us to mid-morning tea, but it also gave us the chance to talk to a past student of Frank Lloyd Wright himself! It is incredible how many of the architects from the past have decided to continue their lives at Taliesin West and surroundings, without mentioning that the word "retirement" is not one taught at this particular institute. We are more than content with all of the resources and insights that were given during the tour, and as new members of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, we will be more than delighted to keep sharing the experiences that we go through at Taliesin West and the many other locations that Wright left us to cultivate ourselves from.
We hope you enjoy our pictures!
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