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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Scottsdale, Arizona, United Statesen_US
dc.coverage.temporalbegun 1937 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorWright, Frank Lloyden_US
dc.date1937en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-20T17:59:34Z
dc.date.available2013-02-20T17:59:34Z
dc.date.issued1937en_US
dc.identifier192728en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1372en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/100013
dc.descriptionWest elevation of Theatre, with roof of underground cinema in foreground; Taliesin West was architect Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and school in the desert from 1937 until his death in 1959 at the age of 91. Today, it houses the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, a school for architects, and is open to the public for tours. During his lifetime, Wright continually altered and added to the complex of buildings, all of which were constructed by students. The design was an organic response to a combination of driving factors: the rugged nature of the talus-sloped mountain site, from which Wright plucked the sand, gravel, and stone used as basic construction materials; the mild winter climate, which permitted natural lighting through a tent-like roof of redwood and canvas; the necessity of housing a community of staff and students. It is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Restoration work to the private quarters of Mr. and Mrs. Wright was completed in 2004. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/6/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumcanvas; wood; stone; cementen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectlandscapesen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectdwelling, educationalen_US
dc.subjectModernisten_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.titleTaliesin Westen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-WFL-TW-L1en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypestudio (work space)en_US
vra.worktypedormitory (building)en_US
vra.worktypeschool (building)en_US
vra.worktypehouseen_US
dc.contributor.displayFrank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959)en_US


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